I BOUGHT A $700 Saturn SC2 It's Mostly PLASTIC In The BEST WAY

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Saturn changed the automotive industry and this was one of the last cars to carry that legacy. I bought this 2001 Saturn SC2 for $700 and the ad only said bad clutch. I showed up expected the car to be destroyed but it was far better than I expected. The DOHC 4 cylinder runs great, the body is in excellent shape, and basically just needs a clutch to drive again. This plastic car was way ahead of it's time and I think thats the reason tons of these cars are still on the road.
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@chubbysumo2230 2 года назад

GM killed Saturn because their cars started dominating the cheap and low entry-level Market. They even started displacing some of the entry-level Asian cars. Considering they were at most $18,000 fully loaded, but most ran around fourteen to fifteen thousand dollars, and they had good quality, before Saturn was forced to reintegrate into GM more closely, Saturn made good cars. When Saturn started displacing the Chevy Malibu and Chevy Impala sales, as well as some of other GM low-end models, GM killed their design and development department, and forced them to use Parts been Parts again. They also got rid of the plastic body panels, because they lasted too well. Saturn is the exact kind of car that automakers hate, because it's reliable, it's cheap to manufacture, it's cheap to buy, and nobody has to be saddled with a massive amount of debt. That is the real reason why GM killed Saturn.

@gkcooper 2 года назад

Also, a very important note is the National Automobile Dealer's Association (NADA) wanted Saturn dead because of the way they were sold and dealerships became factory outlets instead of conventional dealerships. It threatened the entire automotive economy with it's honesty!

@transtubular 2 года назад

Because ultimately, car makers don't want to sell you one car that lasts you a while. They want to sell you a new car every other year. Just like phone makers want you to buy a new phone every other year.

@markwarren7959 2 года назад

Typical GM. They did the same thing to the Fiero GT when it started interfering on Corvette sales after they finally got it right in 1988.

@chubbysumo2230 2 года назад

@@gkcooper like they tried to kill tesla too? Wish saturn had made more money to get out from GM.

@markwarren7959 2 года назад

@Jim jibroni Exactamundo.

@katrinapereira7217 4 месяца назад

I paid $600 for my 2002 SC1 as a tow vehicle behind my RV. I just unlock the steering wheel, put it in neutral, pull two fuses and go. Its also a very easy DIY fix it vehicle.

@mclarenjohnf1 2 года назад

The Citroën Méhari was developed as a French take on the Mini Moke, it has an ABS plastic body and the same basic chassis and drivetrain as the other vehicles on the Citroën A-Series platform. One of the other french plstic cars was The Citroën AX it had a plastic bonnet and tailgate, the body-coloured bumpers were dyed during production rather than painted, as this process was considered more ecologically friendly. The result was one of the lightest cars on the road - just 611kg in base trim - and one that was, by virtue of its weight savings, extremely economical. With the 1.4-litre TUD diesel engine, it's no car to take to the drag strip, but It will do around 60mpg in normal use, and top 75mpg on a cruise. great for students. one major fault it's a Citroën!!!!

@johntarver5684 2 года назад

One of my friends from high school had one of these. We did donuts and drifts in school parking lot everyday before band practice. 😂

@jordanseay216 2 года назад

YES! I love these strange sorta forgotten cars like the Diamonte they you recently bought. The Saturn SC2 is pretty cool! I’m also a big fan of your blue Aztek. All of them are cool funky cars!

@rohrer64 2 года назад

My beater is a 2000 Saturn LS with 80k miles. Love the car and it is still I'm great shape

@Mike-xq6ce 2 года назад

Plastic panel Saturn's were the ultimate rust belt cars. Don't look underneath... But there's no rust visible from eye level lol

@Rmasters33 2 года назад

We had one and by the time we sold it, it was nearing 300,000 miles. The rear control arms were bad, one snapped and that one and the other had serious rust around the bushings. Figures as those were down in the dirt, wet and salt. I'd look at those on yours but I don't begrudge having to replace ours at 278K.

@thebonefish 2 года назад

Back in 2004 I had a 2002 SL2. Managed to get a 15.99 2.2 at like 85 or something. Did like 10 runs with it and left the time slips in the manual when I traded it in haha

@brendangrad988 2 года назад

Had one one these before the 3rd door. Unfortunately it was trashed but I went to a junkyard and got her all fixed up right before the engine started knocking as the manual transmission caused the engine to get crank play.

@Spillmansgarage 2 года назад

My sister had one of these in college. I remember her backing into a parking pylon by accident, dented the quarter. My dad fixed it with a hair dryer and his hand from the inside of the trunk.

@earnestp.worrell5389 2 года назад

They made the old GM dustbuster minivans with the same plastic for body panels. That's why you can still see some of the original POS's that look decent and not rusted out.

@MrJimbo666 2 года назад

I need one of these as my next winter beater.

@jeffreyrigged 2 года назад

my cousin had a first gen sc2 with the flip up headlights. little car ran and handled good. it threw a rod one day and that was the end of it. his has leather and a sunroof.

@toddrobertson1398 2 года назад

That was right when cassettes could still be a thing lol my BMW’s were the same way back then .

@carlgruver695 2 года назад

The only problem the SL2 had was the engine the twin DOC would blow head gaskets very weak intake and timing chain but still a very good car

@stevengarcia7905 2 года назад

Could you sell the dome lamp????? I just got a 2002 Saturn sc2 as well and the dome lamp is broken

@Sliphantom 2 года назад

The original Saturns (the S-series) were superb cars. They were, in my opinion, the best small cars GM ever made - inexpensive, well-made, and with performance comparable to even the best compact imports. The only thing wrong with them was the timing. They showed up on the market in the early 90s, just as cars were starting to get bigger and SUVs/CUVs were starting to really get popular. Saturn really needed more than just a compact to survive, and the L-series was too little, too late. It's a shame Saturn isn't around anymore, but the bigger shame is how little GM learned from it. The S-series was great because it was the only GM small/budget car in recent history developed outside of the cynical environment that forced designers to cut corners and use mediocre junk from the corporate parts bin. In other words, the S-series was great because those who designed it understood that they didn't need to be cheap to make a inexpensive car.

@drgjs 2 года назад

I had a first gen sc2. had to replace the alternator 3x. the sunroof started leaking. but I like it quite a bit...a great first car. the one big design flaw, apart from the location of the alternator, was that rain water would dump inside the cabin when you opened the door (in the rain). they fixed that with this generation though--that's the distinct channel on either side of the roof.

@Sliphantom 2 года назад

@@drgjs Alternator issues are sadly a reality of many old cars nowadays. From what I understand, the only "new" ones available for most models are refirbs of questionable quality. I've known a number of people who went through alternators like that on a variety of different cars.

@drgjs 2 года назад

@@Sliphantom Oh--I'm talking alternator problems back in the 1990s! I can't recall the year, but I owned a first-gen SC2 from 1993 till around 1999 or 2000. It was in the shop more than a toyota would have been, with 3 replaced alternators. I was told that it was placed too closely to the exhaust manifold, without adequate heat shielding. (I gave it to my brother, who sadly totaled it just a few months upon delivery.)

@bn9983 2 года назад

They were great cars the real issue was it was conceived at a time where a GM division could make something's for it self, but matured into a time where nothing could be a one off. So rather than evolve the S car they ended for a crappy Cavalier clone in the Ion. The L car was trash with nothing but problems from the taillights (still a GM problem) to the 3.0 V6 from the Catera. The Vue was good especially with the Honda 3.5 but as you say too little too late. Leadership (use that term loosely with GM) couldn't figure out what we should be and just threw everything against the wall.

@Super_Charged4life 2 года назад

Didn't expect to see you here. Do you still stream ik you stopped uploading automation videos. Doubt you remember me we sorta talked back and forth on discord about these Saturn's.

@kennypool 2 года назад

I was a Saturn salesman. Sounds like a horror movie. We jumped on the panels hundreds of times to demonstrate there indestructiblity. Overall a good car at a very good price.

@corymiller1618 2 года назад

These are the vids where JR is simply the best. I love these inexpensive flips.

@thedeadcamel 2 года назад

I'd bet someone $20 he loses money on this one, he paid $700 for a beater that doesn't drive...

@carnstar 2 года назад

@@thedeadcamel nah even though I don’t see this car selling for 3k on any given day he will definitely cut even if he only spends 1500 in total. This car can sell all day for 2k locally probably and maybe on bring a trailer 3k 500-700 beaters that need to be fixed are easy flips even I do them myself.

@daviddoyonjr5774 2 года назад

Bro no one asked

@dalejessop5466 2 года назад

I was working for GM when Saturn opened the plant in Spring Hill, TN. Started off independent and were highly innovative and successful. Then GM started taking control and parts bin-ified Saturn and killed them.

@davidenorth 2 года назад

The original plastic car is the. corvette. Please do a double Corvette update video.

@Vacationtime247 2 года назад

Exactly the type of video the audience craves. Cheap, nice, fixable, flippable, fun, affordable, entertaining, little pocket rocket car. Plenty of room to make a decent payday with just a couple days work. Plus the content is fire. Something any person can get and fix without a bunch of headache. VT247

@ryanm4319 2 года назад

I sold one of these to a kid in 2002, it was such a production at the dealer but he wanted it so bad, he brought his grandmother to co-sign over a two week period of trying to figure out how to pay for it. A week after he finally got it, took it to Best Buy to install some cheap security system like we did back then. Pulled into the front dealer showroom lot to come show me, car promptly starts tweaking and smoking and bursts into electrical fire right there in front of everyone. I’ll next forget that Saturn.

@jimmyjimjims7483 2 года назад

Strange that they just bought it and the clutch "went out". Sounds like they didn't know how to drive a stick and mulched the clutch/flywheel. The Modelo/Swisher combo tells me they were going to abuse this car to death anyway, it saved itself lol

@bethehammer0676 2 года назад

They're probably the ones that cut the cat off too, seems like a good way to make some quick money off of your busted car.

@worldofrandometry6912 2 года назад

You've got to love RU-vid comments. They're difficult to work on/No, they're not/The engine has to come out/No, it doesn't/You need special tools/No, you don't. Funny stuff.

@kalkalico 2 года назад

We have had a 01 SL1 since about 2004, still going strong at 209k miles. Most reliable car we have ever had!

@applepoop10 2 года назад

$3,000 is a bit steep seeing that you can get a Toyota for cheaper. $2,500 would be a better price. Also you can buy a brand new Mirage, Versa, or Rio for less than $20,000.

@steph9954 2 года назад

GM went and asked their mechanics "how would they build a car in that "class",which they made it so that backyard mechanics could do everything needed,even down to the outside car panels

@germanjesus 2 года назад

How do you keep over paying for cars ? You get those for free they have zero scrap value. Usually people gotta pay to get rid of them.

@thebluexb 2 года назад

What a cool car! It would look amazing if the roof was wrapped gloss black to match the window trim

@WatchJRGo 2 года назад

I thought about wrapping the roof and mirrors 💯

@delturcious 2 года назад

Saturn did that on a handful of the second gen SC2s as a “White Hot” or “Red Hot” option.

@Stanislaw365 2 года назад

You are onto something there man, great idea

@tbskirk 2 года назад

That's actually not a bad idea!

@ericgrace4484 2 года назад

@@WatchJRGo do it

@b-genspinster7895 2 года назад

Changing the oil filter is super awesome.

@zollotech 2 года назад

Had a friend with the first gen SC2 that had a clutch go out. He had a hard time finding someone to work on it for some reason as they said the clutch was a pain to replace. Curious if that holds true…

@adamwing9301 2 года назад

its a power-train pull, that's why

@michaelkrenzer3296 2 года назад

It depends on how you want to do it. It is a partial subframe drop (EVERYTHING is attached to the subframe up front including the radiator and condensor) to do it fast which means for most folks, doing it on lift. We did it at the track with normal jack and stands but it actually take longer. With a couple of added wiring quick disconnects we got to where our four man team could swap out the whole subframe at the track in 70 minutes. So I have a raced and DD a first and second gen S-series and they were really decent cars. The problem was that without 3 years of the first gen introduction, the Japanese competition had moved on while GM was just trying to recoup a bit of their investment so the S-series stayed substantially the same for 11 years...how much did the Civic change in that time?

@pmscalisi 2 года назад

I had an acquaintance that had the four door version of this car and actually liked it enough to keep it for many years.

@phil4294 2 года назад

I had one and replaced the clutch myself, best thing for barnyard mechanics, was fun doing and nothing was too heavy.

@kiltedsaint 2 года назад

@@adamwing9301 you don't have to pull the engine/trans.

@Wannabecowboy004 2 года назад

Saturn s-series could be had with the craziest options, I looked at a 94 SW2 with manual windows, power locks, manual trans, abs & traction control 🤣 I have 2 myself and love them, best cars get tons of looks and story’s from ppl about them

@srp365 2 года назад

Excellent vehicle as far as safety goes. My sister wrecked her SC2 dodging an armadillo at 85... Front and rear completely smashed in as the car ping ponged between the guardrails... Both doors still opened and closed perfectly. Bumps and bruises, that was it.

@1HeatWalk 5 месяцев назад

I'll be damned, but that armadillo be dead if I was driving that day.

@peasantgarage2468 2 года назад

Love Saturn's! I daily a Saturn Astra (less of them in the states). The Astra's where brought over European branch of GM in 2008 -2009 because the polymer panels were too expensive as GM was winding down Saturn at that time. I miss the Saturn brand.

@deanjames6162 2 года назад

After my wife drove her new Saturn SL1 for a few years , we gave it to my daughter and bought my wife an SC2 . To this day , she still says that was the best car she ever had.

@1HeatWalk 5 месяцев назад

My 99 sc2 automatic just hit 190,000 miles. I paid $200 for it. It's a beater car, but it's my beater car.

@V3DT 2 года назад

I bought a 2001 SL1 manual trans with power mirrors, windows, locks, cruise control for $1,000 over 2 years ago, was pretty run down but parts are cheap, I've likely spent less than $700 in parts fixing it up. Also had to weld in patches near the rear by the trailing arm because of the body rusting out underneath but overall it's been a solid car, I drive it hard & it holds up well & I've also gone on longer trips with it with no issues & great gas mileage. They are nice cars, I wish there was something made modern day that was still built like those.

@mbach2826 2 года назад

That SC2 definitely looks better on the outside than the inside, lol. I was waiting for you to mention the miles it has. 138k isn't bad!! And those alloys look pretty sharp, imo. Always liked the look of the 97 and up coupes. And when they added the 3rd door in 2000, that was genius!! One thing I remember about the S-Series is that you sat REALLY low in them. Looking forward to the series on this S-Series

@spaceghostmiid 2 года назад

i just got my first car a few months ago, its a 97 sc2 with 92000 miles. guy who sold it thought it had a blown head gasket so i got it for 900. only problem was the radiator, head gasket was fine.

@raymondmumford6255 2 года назад

Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up and in good working order 😊

@Kevbox2008 2 года назад

I remember the clutch was SUPER smooth on these. It was one of those cars that you could actually learn to drive stick because the clutch was so smooth.

@b.cguitarcovers2347 2 года назад

Your gonna ask $3000 for a 21 year old car ? Lol I suppose some suckered will buy it

@mikes.4811 2 года назад

I almost bought an S coupe with the flip up headlights back when Saturn first started (Yes, Im that old), but a 93 Grand Am with the big V6 won out, which I still have. Wonder how long the Saturn would have lasted.... 🖖

@shawn57187 2 года назад

I’d buy that if or when you want to sell it!

@AKTad 2 года назад

My first car was a 2002 SL with a manual. Some lady hit my bumper when I was at work and the insurance company paid the price that I bought it. We ended up heating the bumper and popping out the dent so the car was practically free. Great car and was actually pretty fun to drive

@FirstnameLastname-xq4rp 2 года назад

Get a spare transmission if you're gonna drive it hard. The transmissions on S series Saturns had a habit of ejecting the differential pin through the bell housing.

@dafirnz 2 года назад

I dailied a 2001 SC1 for 7 years. Unfortunately my life just outgrew it. Somehow I averaged about 7l/100km (33mpg) driving the absolute snot out of it because it was so slow.

@nicholasrhoden9828 2 года назад

I'm a huge fan of manual transmission vehicles. I believe the manual transmission is going to be obsolete before long, and it's a shame.

@slaytallica136 2 года назад

As a Tennessean, I fondly remember Saturns. The old ones around here are beaten to hell like your average Bonneville or Scion TC. Overflowing ashtrays and ducttaped windows abound.

@Veldkamp88 2 года назад

Sounds like NJ.....

@Chilicharger665 2 года назад

I will really enjoy this series. I forgot about Saturn. I haven’t seen one in a very long time.

@Ne9n 2 года назад

I had 2 SL2's loved them. first went 100k on in and had an accident. Simple fairly reliable and fun to drive. The second one had many electrical problems, bad grounds, and nagging issues.

@CarswithNash 2 года назад

I’ve seen them around… Never thought much of them.🤷‍♂️

@Heffelz8 2 года назад

Years ago, I watched a kid tear up a 1/4 mile spectator drag with one of those. He would smoke all of the bigger v6 and V8’s in the corners but the track was short enough that they couldn’t catch him on the short straights. I think the only mod was adjustable suspension. His family all races in different race divisions so he was constantly tinkering to make it better with his setup and not for power.

@EweToobUsername 2 года назад

A friend of mine had a SL1 and it was literally like riding on rails. The Ion (basically the Saturn Cobalt) was nowhere near the same in how it handled, and more power didn’t make up for it.

@davidandrews9670 2 года назад

have you ever worked on a ISUZU Trooper? I used to own one for several years.

@sojourner1999 2 года назад

Ahh the memories... My first Saturn was in the first 50 car purchases from the Omaha dealership back in '92. Drove it off the show room floor to applause from the staff.

@FrequencyOfThought 2 года назад

I took my sister's (it was brand new) for a joy ride when I was 15 LOL... remember going around a corner peeling out! was the 3 door peppy little car. So this car has a special place in my heart. Imagine how old we're all getting HAHAHAH

@AndyEffertz 2 года назад

Stick shift Saturns were no problem to 250k miles. Valve seals are common for them all to burn oil at take off and start up

@SurferDudeUSA 2 года назад

Absolutely love Saturn. I had numerous of them (SL2’s, L100, L200, L300, and Vue)- I drive a lot. Very safe cars, easy to fix, great gas mileage. My favorite Saturn I owned was my Vue, which had for years. Still looking to get a Vue Hybrid (even though it is a mild hybrid)- still wish they made them. The side panels were great for dings (or lack of) and felt very safe when got hit.

@generationscomputersystems 2 года назад

I didn't know Saturn managed to release a Vue Hybrid before the brand was 'retired' by GM. They were on the way to make technology available on the cheap. That's probably why GM did what they did, looking at profits over product.

@erasmmuss 2 года назад

This days the owners manuals tells the owners not to drink the antifreeze and that's about it

@DSR216 2 года назад

I loved my 99 SW2 manual. I traded it when it needed all 4 window regulators and A/C at the same time, but I would have saved a lot of money just fixing it... By the way, I think it did have traction control.

@mikemyers7332 2 года назад

My first car was an 97 Saturn sl2 in the bright red color, very one of a kind Saturn. And they're pretty quick too. Love them, they're just small.

@davidduffy2046 2 года назад

3K? Good luck

@jefftuckercfii 2 года назад

These were the best cars GM ever made because they left Saturn alone - for a while - to do things their own way. They tried to do things like Japanese car companies, primarily Honda and Toyota. They were successful at it for some time...I had a '93 SL2 that I put almost 200K miles before I got rid of it because of a burned valve and couldn't fix it for less than $2000. It wouldn't pass smog in California with the burned valve, so I couldn't keep it, even though it still got 30 mpg with 60ish lbs compression on the one cylinder. Eventually, GM forced Saturn to use more and more GM parts like engines and drivetrains and ruined a quality and successful company, and now Saturn is no more. In the end it was just another GM division like all the others they killed off. BTW, traction control was available even back in '93 but you had to get the automatic trans. I had a 5-speed manual, so no TC. It did have cruise, though, which was cool. I loved that car.

@ezman100 2 года назад

You deserve to have way more subscribers! This is the kind of material fans of bigger channels want to see.

@cameronlovesevolve 2 года назад

wow those wheels are so clean! A friend of mine had one of these back in high school .. theyre so light you can really have fun with a tight emergency brake on dry pavement.. or dirt roads.. and from what i remember those little DOHC 1.9's sounded kinda cool and had really smooth/predictable power

@rwdplz1 2 года назад

Having flashbacks to working the parts counter, and Saturn owners NEVER knowing what car they drove.

@Danbuilt426 2 года назад

As a new mechanic trying to call for parts was a nightmare.

@trapjohnson 2 года назад

Can't dare make cars out of plastic, as that's petroleum biproduct /s

@Bum_Hip 2 года назад

I had the first generation Saturn coupe. It was a great little car for me. That is until I stopped paying for it and it got repossessed. Back in the day, I wasn’t the best with my money. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Anyway it was a great car while it lasted.

@marksbikeexports5123 2 года назад

Back in the day few of us where.....props to you for seeing it, many didn't, don't, won't and never will.

@Bum_Hip 2 года назад

@@marksbikeexports5123 thank you for the kind words.

@JiNNeZZ 2 года назад

Funny to see a SAAB next to a Saturn gj on that GM :)

@jamesemcclure 2 года назад

Cool car. It will be interesting how well the frame has stood the test of time underneath. Unfortunately Saturn seems to have proved making a good reliable cheap car is the best way to go out of business. No one replaces them.

@mikebelcher5111 2 года назад

It's right I want you to buy a Saturn unless you just want to replace it and get tired of it you never really have to replace it it will last I don't know how they built them so tough

@suburban404 2 года назад

Scion replaced them in that niche, and met the same fate.

@michaelkrenzer3296 2 года назад

Front and rear subframe rot is a common thing in the rust belt. Worse is the rear because it is also the mounting bolt locations. Still really good cars if what you wanted was just a car. DD one for few years and had no complaints outside of the totally understandable loud cabin.

@TheDisgruntledMechanic 2 года назад

YES SIR! exactly! see my comment about my Saturn.

@svpracer98 2 года назад

I got a die-cast of this in red when my parents bought what became my first car (2008 Saturn Astra XR)

@joe6096 2 года назад

These SC2s are really great cars. Nice find JR! I remember when these were new. Super reliable, easy on gas, fun to drive, cheap to maintain. Everything anyone would want in a daily driver. The way yours is equipped, fully loaded with the 5 speed stick, is really the ultimate Saturn until you get to that Sky. Can't wait to see yours all fixed up.

@chadharmon5716 2 года назад

People make me sick in how they treat there vehicles

@rlessmeier 2 года назад

Speaking of Gabe. We need an update. How is he healing up?

@marksbikeexports5123 2 года назад

Gabe I highly suspect is the type of soldier seen on the barracks roof in the snow with a tea tray, explaining to the noobs that this is the latest in fast arctic insertion. So, to answer your question, he's probably healed aaaaaand messed himself up, again, since ;). My kind of Squaddie

@sdimedriver27 2 года назад

I like the honda elements because they have plastic fenders and such

@TheRealAlpha2 2 года назад

I miss these cars. I remember wanting on as a kid, I also remember thinking how it seemed like they wanted to make them look "Jetsons" level Futuristic with the bubble roof. Although I notice you didn't open the trunk, I hole there;s not surprises in there.

@WatchJRGo 2 года назад

Just the jack, nothing cool in the back 🍻

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

Travis Bell would probably buy this boat anchor from you.

@northroad1 2 года назад

I always wanted to find a wagon, the SW2, that wasn't beat to hell. Hasn't happened yet. I owned a 99 SL2 manual for years and it really was a good car, wish I'd kept it

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

Ever notice how the only people that drive Saturns today are juggaloos. #dirtysaturn #methandhipoints

@lolimrob 2 года назад

First ever car I bought a couple years ago was a 2001 Saturn SL. Super nice car , so cheap and reliable.

@robertwalls5794 2 года назад

The plastic panels made it to many GM products but that was the Saturn divisions schtick. Back around 1999 or 2000 I believe whenever the Saturn L series came out it didn't have full plastic panels like the other Saturns did and the Saturn salesmen would pound on the sides to demonstrate how durable the plastic panels were. I witnessed a time somebody failed to tell a salesman about the non plastic quarter panels on the L series and he started pounding on it for his demonstration and after a few hits realized it wasn't plastic and other salesmen were yelling for him to stop and staring in wide eyed amusement. Good times!

@316Autos 2 года назад

Saturn was my bread and butter car when I had my car lot. Such underrated cars. Decent power, high 30's on the mpg's, decent looking, fun to drive, and pretty dang reliable in the later years. That said, I can change the engine and starter in one with my eyes shut.

@DFR81Tube 2 года назад

My 2001 sc2 still gets an average of 34 mpg

@316Autos 2 года назад

@@DFR81Tube Yup. I averaged about 34 and topped out at 39 from Dallas to Houston. Even Civic's had a hard time doing that.

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

Saturn's marketing hook was really f'd up. They had no haggle pricing. This was to target ppl Saturn's believed were weak and timid and somewhat ignorant and uniformed about cars. Thier target market were teachers and members of the military. Again Saturn marketing these ppl bc they thought they were dumb. Amway and other MLM scam schemes pioneered this abysmal marketing theory

@rpavlik1 2 года назад

Looks very nice... Third gen, used to have a few, including a red SC2 with sunroof. (I have a 2002-made SL2 manual still, will drive it forever) Mind that only the doors and quarter panels are plastic, hood, roof, and trunk are all metal. Plugs must be copper ngk, burning oil is normal, etc. Saturnfans (with most common tld) has instructions to do anything you'd ever want to do or know about these things. And they're super easy to work on in general. Yeah I guess I'm a bit of a old school (s series) Saturn fanboy. Do feel free to ask any questions, though honestly most of the answers are on the forum. Some of them did actually have some primitive traction control. (Those alloy wheels look really nice, no more alloy Saturns at my house)

@johngoodwyn8246 2 года назад

Saturn offered do it your self repairs with classes @ the Dealer and had a strong owners group.

@Scotty_in_Ohio 2 года назад

I had bought a 1994 SC2 - had the entire Saturn buying experience with the owners meetup and BBQ, etc. It was the first and last "GM product" I've ever purchased new. I had absolutely NO issues with it over my ownership of about 4 years - it was great but I needed more interior room (growing family) so we sold it. Not too long after that GM began to "swallow up" the brand and IMO ruined it before they ended that line.

@born_again_torinos 2 года назад

I remember those days. It seemed the saturn owners were a bit "saturn supremacist", very cultish.

@trapjohnson 2 года назад

Adding cassette is a godsend for those who need the aux port that didn't exist in the bluetoothless headunits.

@KnuckleHeadGarage27 2 года назад

Yeah I had a 98 Sl2 saturn same engine but automatic. Which I'll say I'll never own a auto again in a saturn but however it was a really good car an I ended up losing it over Insurance wanting to Total it over wreck but it actually wasn't even totaled cause it had those plastic body panels like this an it poped back out just fine an left some scratches that's all. I most certainly want to own another Saturn but I want it to be a 5-speed for sure

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

Gonna be that boomer and say JR is just too damn young to know what turds these cars were in the day.

@Falasi4 2 года назад

We bought a 95 SL1 and put 170k on it before trading it in still running good. Used a weird amount of oil without smoking or dripping. Worst thing about it other than the terrible turning radius was the unbelievable static shock from it. Often could see the spark in daylight. If there was ever a car you need to ground yourself on before pumping gas, that was it. Something about the air flow over plastic making the charge... Not really fond memories of that Saturn other than no significant repair bills while we had it.

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

And boy did those panels ever break

@SufalDeb 2 года назад

Yess, love me my Saturns, I actually used your saturn ion redline video to help me bleed the clutch on mine. (Would love to see you build and document a lsj sc or turbo car)

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

oRphan car JR strikes again

@turnerdan53 2 года назад

Oh the Wedge. I was driving through Nashville TN and looked over to the northbound lane and seen one that went under a pickup truck and the back wheels was resting on the roof of the car. No glass was broken and it looked like some one had lifted the back wheels up and placed it gently on the roof.

@philmakris8507 2 года назад

Awesome???? Awesome????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 $3000 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 God, I wonder what the JR cool count is gonna be for this roach

@gratefulhikes 2 года назад

I still remember driving to bmx races down south in the late 80’s and seeing the soft sided Saturn semi trucks taking pre production cars around for testing. Such a cool time. Great car, I can’t wait to see if back on the road! Be well 🙏

@Daniel-np8zo 2 года назад

My neighbor has one, they are great running cars and easy to work on with good mpg.... shame what happened to saturn.

@henryd1981 2 года назад

Brings back memories. I once had a 2002 SC1, which was my first brand new car purchase. It was a great little car. The one thing I didn’t like about it was that it wasn’t equipped with ABS. Subsequently, I was sweet-talked into trading it in for a 2004 ION, which was not one of my better decisions.

@mikebelcher5111 2 года назад

You got that right man these cars were built good and tough the ions they started slacking

@aarg2609 2 года назад

What specifically was wrong with the ion?

@djncrti2860 2 года назад

@@aarg2609 Cobalt is was what was wrong with the Ion

@mikebelcher5111 2 года назад

@@aarg2609 they were very cheaply and shotty made, the rattled and fell apart these however are well made tough cars

@jefferyboat7428 2 года назад

These cars with dohc are very peppy too,

@TheMrLebaron 2 года назад

Good buy, My One Grandma actually had THREE of the S series Wagons. All manuals. She liked not dealing with sales people like at a normal dealer, and they always got great MPG and never let her down. She only stopped buying them because they stopped making them

@generationscomputersystems 2 года назад

Hey John, what a blast from the past. I had a 1996 SC2, a 2nd Gen with all the options except the sunroof. I liked it for the economy but hated it as it was Red. I also had a 1993 SC2, a 1st Gen with the same options and in Black. Between these two cars, I got 10 tickets within 18 months of ownership. Needless to say, I had to get rid of them. Yours is nice being a 3rd Gen but this model evolved to become the Ion series after 2002. It too was also short lived due to being a GM brand. FYI, that centre console was also an optional addon accessory as well.

@markboni2615 2 года назад

this car has such a pretty side profile but that front end 🤮 i’ve never seen a saturn in real life as i’m from Scotland but why do the headlights always look too close together 🤷🏼‍♂️😂