Originally posted by: snowdogg187
Ohh I also said I will never even consider a saturn, pontiac, daewoo or pontiac. This is due to my past experience of what I have seen.
And exactly what have you seen?
I know there are plenty of Saturns that have hit over 200k miles and are going strong. They're an econobox, so don't expect much luxury, but that
IS what you are looking for. The Ion mentioned earlier uses the Ecotec from GM, which is pretty much on every GM car that uses a 4 cylinder, its a very reliable engine.
My car is at 88k miles. Parts have broken, and thats to be expected on any car, some more than others. Mine hasn't been that expensive to fix. I'd say my biggest problem was a weird transmission problem where one of the bolts got loose and 2nd gear was strange, it cost about $300 to fix. Other than that, no big problems. I drive my car pretty tough too, I go to some autocross sessions and have put ALOT of runs on my car.
Pontiac? My brother has a TransAm with its "unreliable" V8 with over 190k miles on it, and its still running very strong with no major problems. He pushes his car hard as well.
I can't comment on Daewoo, I don't have any experience with them.
As far as I'm concerned, aside from a few brands (VW to name one), most domestics and imports can run very reliablely, but it all depends on how well the owner takes care of the car.
