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My car review:
Can't post pictures but I can tell you about the car: I got the call last week and headed out to the dealership: I was so worried about the color and was flip flopping up to the last minute...but like I said before it's not the color it's the car that makes it look so good! As soon as my wife and I got out of the car we could see it sitting there. SILVER PEARL and glistening chrome wheels! It looked great! Better than I expected. I rushed in and the sales person flew through the paper work (I must have had a look like...lets go!) and walked me through the car features. It was neat to see how the ONSTAR worked and the hands free dialing functioned. My sales guy had a new SKY shirt and a baseball cap for me and some flowers for my wife (class act). I waved goodbye to everybody that dealt with me at Saturn of Lakeside and took off.
FIRST SONG: KIDROCK LIVE: BAWITABA!
The car is amazing! The interior does have some hard plastic but it is a perfect blend from the leather to the chrome accents in the car. All the car controls are within a comfortable reach, if you have the stick they put the volume control in a perfect position. While resting your hand on the stick you can easily extend you fingers and adjust the volume or jump to the steering wheel radio controls and perform the same task. The drivers seat feels like my old baseball glove, it was just made for me! The leather is soft and smooth, not hard and stiff. The interior has a classy look to it nice looking displays and trim that matches the rich-looking exterior.
The drive is tight and handles like a dream. There is plenty of speed in this car, yes more HP would be nice, but this is plenty for me! The manual stick is short and a riot to drive and I hear no clunking between any gears. Near my house I went around curves I never would have attempted in my dodge ram. Hugged every corner and was smooth down the road. Even roads that are brutal on my wives grand prix the Sky drove through them like butter. I am very pleased with the comfort of this car.
On the drive home I snapped more necks than the local chiropractor. People would stop and stare and give thumbs up, while others would as "is that really a Saturn"? I rushed home and had the neighbors (22-25yr olds) playing basketball stop in the middle of their game and walk over (remember this is a tough age group to impress). These guys were floored by the car and couldn't get over how good the silver pearl looked with the 18-inch chrome wheels! They fought to sit in the seat and listen to the Monsoon system and referred to the car as a baby VETTE. They took pics of the car with their camera phones and were sending them to friends on the spot. Two guys since then have gone up to the same dealership and requested brochures.
I have read the car's manual and am trying to abide by the break-in requirement of not exceeding 70MPH for the first 500 miles! I did put in the high-octane fuel and try to take it easy on her...but it is tough!
Overall this is way better than I expected for the amount of money I spent! If you were still questioning a color don't sweat it! Your friends and neighbors will only see it in one color...Green with envy
Can't post pictures but I can tell you about the car: I got the call last week and headed out to the dealership: I was so worried about the color and was flip flopping up to the last minute...but like I said before it's not the color it's the car that makes it look so good! As soon as my wife and I got out of the car we could see it sitting there. SILVER PEARL and glistening chrome wheels! It looked great! Better than I expected. I rushed in and the sales person flew through the paper work (I must have had a look like...lets go!) and walked me through the car features. It was neat to see how the ONSTAR worked and the hands free dialing functioned. My sales guy had a new SKY shirt and a baseball cap for me and some flowers for my wife (class act). I waved goodbye to everybody that dealt with me at Saturn of Lakeside and took off.
FIRST SONG: KIDROCK LIVE: BAWITABA!
The car is amazing! The interior does have some hard plastic but it is a perfect blend from the leather to the chrome accents in the car. All the car controls are within a comfortable reach, if you have the stick they put the volume control in a perfect position. While resting your hand on the stick you can easily extend you fingers and adjust the volume or jump to the steering wheel radio controls and perform the same task. The drivers seat feels like my old baseball glove, it was just made for me! The leather is soft and smooth, not hard and stiff. The interior has a classy look to it nice looking displays and trim that matches the rich-looking exterior.
The drive is tight and handles like a dream. There is plenty of speed in this car, yes more HP would be nice, but this is plenty for me! The manual stick is short and a riot to drive and I hear no clunking between any gears. Near my house I went around curves I never would have attempted in my dodge ram. Hugged every corner and was smooth down the road. Even roads that are brutal on my wives grand prix the Sky drove through them like butter. I am very pleased with the comfort of this car.
On the drive home I snapped more necks than the local chiropractor. People would stop and stare and give thumbs up, while others would as "is that really a Saturn"? I rushed home and had the neighbors (22-25yr olds) playing basketball stop in the middle of their game and walk over (remember this is a tough age group to impress). These guys were floored by the car and couldn't get over how good the silver pearl looked with the 18-inch chrome wheels! They fought to sit in the seat and listen to the Monsoon system and referred to the car as a baby VETTE. They took pics of the car with their camera phones and were sending them to friends on the spot. Two guys since then have gone up to the same dealership and requested brochures.
I have read the car's manual and am trying to abide by the break-in requirement of not exceeding 70MPH for the first 500 miles! I did put in the high-octane fuel and try to take it easy on her...but it is tough!
Overall this is way better than I expected for the amount of money I spent! If you were still questioning a color don't sweat it! Your friends and neighbors will only see it in one color...Green with envy
. 715 wonderful miles on my baby now (daily driver until I get a clunker to drive in bad weather). But the weather is BEAUTIFUL-screams for a top-down drive-anybody need something from the store??? 
