Faults:

I'm glad I kept my S-10 @225k runs like a champ.

Mad oil consumption @75.

Loud knock @80k.

Excessive Oil leak from valve cover @100k.

Stuttering, stumbling and stalling @125k.

General Comments:

This car needs constant checks and maintenance to remain reliable, Lucas will save it.

Not very comfortable interior.

Handles well in any conditions.

Faults:

I loved this car. I had moved to America in 2004 and wanted a cheap car to do some traveling. My boss' wife in fact spotted this car for sale on the side of the road and I bought it soon after.

Apart from the usual wear and tear stuff - brakes, the odd oil leak, tyres etc nothing really went wrong with this this cheap little gem. I had her serviced regularly at a back yard Barry sort of place, and that was all it ever required. Parts were cheap as chips and it was so economical to run.

The only thing this car didn't manage for me was that it failed to impress the American ladies, but that's a whole different story.

General Comments:

I am back in Australia now, and before I left the land of the free, the big, and the guns, I sold it to a New Yorker who asked if Australia was part of America?! Consequently I jacked the price an extra 20 bucks on account of ignorance.

This car got me everywhere. I drove it twice to Toronto from Tampa, Florida and back without so much as a skip. This too in the middle of winter mind you.

I miss that little Saturn. She was a beauty and I hope that fellah who bought it off me is having plenty more fun.

I now have a bigger GM HSV with a gut wrenching V6, and burning so much gas that it's paying off the Saudi sheik's new castle.

Faults:

Other than wear items not much has gone wrong with this car. It does consume a lot of oil in between oil changes, but that's something I can live with considering how reliable this vehicle has been. It has not left me stranded yet. I replaced things like the battery, brakes, tires, plugs, starter, mostly wear and tear items.

General Comments:

I love how it is cheap on gas and its very reliable compared to the other vehicle I owned prior to it. Its quick enough and it runs great.

Faults:

Catalytic Converter.

Belt and tensioner.

Valve Cover Gasket.

Shift Cables.

Starter.

Coolant Temp. Sensor.

Fog Light Bulb.

Headlight Bulb.

Parking Break stopped working.

The interior of this vehicle rattles like no other.

General Comments:

If you want a car that will get you from point A to point B in a relatively inexpensive manner, this may be a great car for you.

It has adequate power and free of large problems. There will be the occasional small problem with this car like the items listed above. Granted, I've driven the car for 4.5 years and 53,000 miles of consistent wear and tear.

These vehicles can be had for next to nothing, so if you are college student or you travel a long distance to work and don't have the funds for a new civic, the saturn is a great car.