Tin Indeed

[mishalak]

I'm really glad I didn't write about this last night. I was angry and everything so I would have just ranted about the fact that my car died again. I had gotten to the gas station over in Englewood and filled up. When I tried to start my car up it tried and died. Thereafter nothing worked. Not the headlights, not the dome light, nothing came on in the dash, so I rolled it out to the street and parked it by the curb. I'm just glad that today is a holiday. If it were not a day off I would be calling in to say I could not make it today. My dad thinks it is something really basic like a wet relay that shorted out. He suggests going over to see if it will start today and if it does to get it to a service place.

All I can say is that I'm not impressed with the reliability of Saturn cars. I don't think I'll buy one again.

Comments

[publius1.livejournal.com]

The weird thing is, my roommate's Saturn hasn't broken down once that I can think of in the 2 years he's had it...

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

Sure, and one can find Toyotas and Hondas and Lexuses which _have_ broken down early. But these are all statistically insignificant, because the sample size (my room-mate's/brother's/uncle's/mom's car or whatever) is too small. But when you look at large numbers of vehicles over long periods of time, it becomes obvious that Saturns are "affordable" for a reason. The same reason that Hundais and Kias are cheap.

Speaking for myself, I can't afford a cheap car.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

I always figured Saturns were sort of the iMacs of cars -- cheap because they were packaged rather than customizable, but not necessarily of poor quality.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I don't think I'll buy one again. It would be tempting fate. Even if they are mostly good the universe would hit me with another bad one just to make a mockery of my faith in statistics.

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

You're not the first person I've heard that from. In fact, Saturns routinely score low in the lists generated by the independent ratings agencies (like J. D. Powers & Associates). Try a Toyota next time. Toyota and Honda consistently garner top honors in reliability, cost of ownership, and owner satisfaction.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I had a Toyota (in GM colors), but my father dunned me into selling it and buying this car from him. I wanted to stick with my Toyota even though it had 200,000 miles and this one had just 20,000. Once again my judgment is better than his.

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I hate gaining new wisdom - it always seems to be accompanied by some sort of inconvenience, misfortune, or even pain. :/

[ajournalguy.livejournal.com]

Yes, well. That's why he's the father, and you're the son.
Sadsad.