Loaded with everything except CD player and Sunroof...
Anything I should know about this car before buying it? Known issues, etc?
155,000 miles if it matters. Driven by a little old lady who never put the gas pedal past 1/2 way.Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R
Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:13:20 GMT, "Joe" graced this newsgroup with:
check for front and rear oil seal leaks. check all belts/hoses. At
155k, you may need to check timing chain tensioner.
Is it an automatic? Might be about the end of the line if it is. Any service records? Little old lady car can mean poor maintenance.
Yes. Automatic. Drives like a brand new car... No smoke. Oil looks clean and no foam. No leaks that I can see.
Former owner is family. Perfect maintenance.
Literally driven like a babied auto it's entire life.
Bottom line is I have to make a decision. Give up my 1995 Saturn SL1 that has stuck rings and burns a quart of oil every 900 miles and go with this apparent cream puff with mostly, if not all highway miles or... Take my chances on the Saturn. Not ready to buy something else right now.
The deal is I give the Saturn to someone else, I get the Nissan.
Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R
Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:20:27 GMT, "Joe" graced this newsgroup with:
Personally, having owned a SL1 and an LS300, (long story, both of them bought new), I'd run as far away from the Saturn as possible.
IMHO, there's no way your Saturn will outlast that Sentra. I, personally, will never own another Saturn for as long as I live.
The build quality is, well, like every other GM vehicle. Runs fine until the warranty runs out. Not to mention the irritating wind noise from the complete and utter poor design of the door seals.
And the LS300 was even worse. Do you know that you have to practically take the entire top of the engine off just to replace the thermostat? $20 for the t-stat, $600 for labor!
Good lord what a flaming piece of crap that car was.
So now we own three Lexi (an LS430, an ES300 and a GS300) as well as the Sentra. All four cars have never given us a moments worth of trouble and the GS300 is a 94 with 177k! The fit and finish of that car is like a car only a couple years old. You can't get that in any American car I know.
If the transmission fluid is clean and doesn't smell burnt, it's probably OK. It amazing how many "well maintained" cars never had the trans serviced.
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:21:33 -0400, JimV graced this newsgroup with:
..and..if it *is* working properly *do not* flush the tranny. Just add fluid as required. A sure fire way to trash an old tranny is to flush it.
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