Automatic tranny? I only have 1/10 the miles on my 4 year old SW-2 Saturn wagon, but it's a stick with a 5 speed tranny. I'm still very well pleased with the quality and - so far - durability. I've owned foreign sports cars, and later coupes and sports sedans since 1956, far preferring the handling and performance over U.S. designed and built machines. I'm pleased to say I recognize and appreciate the vast improvement in most American cars in the intervening period... My Saturn handles very like a fine European or Japanese sports sedan. It's appointed like they used to be, not cheap and cheesy like the American iron used to be, years ago. Also, I've noticed the same attention to detail and reliability for other U.S. made cars in the last 4 to 5 years. American-made cars deserve the new attention they're getting. They've made vast strides.
I still want to hear about that tranny! <g> keith whaley Peter Alling wrote: > > My Saturn went approximately 230,000 statute miles that's 370,149 KM for > the those impaired by > using the Metric system. My mechanic congratulated me by the way, not the > for extraordinary mileage > but the way the tranny destroyed itself, his exact words were, "I've only > seen BMW's hand-grenade like that!"
