On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:47:46 -0700, SoCalMike
<Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote:

>nblomgren wrote:
>>
>> It's a huge step up from the old car. Though the first two Saturns
>> were reliable and _cheap_, Saturn's moved away from those ideals.
>
>id say the saturn ion still qualifies. its just more of the same, though
>and seems to have gotten lost in the GM marketing shuffle.

I tried the Ion out, but it seemed kind of, well, chintzy inside. The
seats were like sitting on a thinly padded bench, the layout wasn't
intuitive, and everything seemed plastic-y, and so the price was high
considering the quality.

And the Ion's going away after (I think) this year.

Finally settled on a used SL2 with 24K on it. Got a great deal, since
they don't hold their value very well

And that's the one the tornado took.

--Nan