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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
Is it worth dropping in a new engine, or simply letting the repair shop
make it disappear? It only has 78k miles, so the body and interior are quite intact. |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
Is this a car that you really have some personal attachment to? If not,
consider what you are sinking that money into. Check out your SW's value on www.kbb.com and see what its worth. If you invest in this engine, the value of the car remains the same in retail value, unfortunately dont expect a return on your investment, that is, unless this is a car that you will keep for many years, enought to see that return in your investment by driving it. IMHO, if you love your SW as much as I loved my '94 SL2, and want to keep your baby, for another 5-10 yrs, then its a good personal investment. I was considering a crate engine just before she got totalled. Just dont expect to sell it down the road to make a return on your expenses. (Unless you mod it out like crazy and sell it on the street) So the balls back in your court, ask yourself: "$3500 engine in'95 SW2, worth it?" marx404 |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
Get a real car. Try a toyota or nissan. Saturn is garbage. I know 1st
hand, I own one. GM Sucks, now matter how low they price their cars. You don't see Toyota offereing all these "dangle a carrot" deals. Because they know they build good vehicles. "marx404" > wrote in message ... > Is this a car that you really have some personal attachment to? If not, > consider what you are sinking that money into. Check out your SW's value > on > www.kbb.com and see what its worth. If you invest in this engine, the > value > of the car remains the same in retail value, unfortunately dont expect a > return on your investment, that is, unless this is a car that you will > keep > for many years, enought to see that return in your investment by driving > it. > > IMHO, if you love your SW as much as I loved my '94 SL2, and want to keep > your baby, for another 5-10 yrs, then its a good personal investment. I > was > considering a crate engine just before she got totalled. Just dont expect > to > sell it down the road to make a return on your expenses. (Unless you mod > it > out like crazy and sell it on the street) > > So the balls back in your court, ask yourself: "$3500 engine in'95 SW2, > worth it?" > > marx404 > > |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
Got a Toyota, had a Saturn and it's not that simple. Saturn started out
chasing the Civic market, and I think the original S models were on to something. Spaceframe, polymer panels, torquey 4-bangers, and customer service that was just unheard of back in the early 90's. It was a product that should have grown like the Civic and Corolla, not stayed stagnate, and then with the old 1-2 punch, dropped for a multi-platform answer with the ION/COBALT (that's the GM mentality I don't like). When I was shopping for my Toyota in 2004 I got an '05 because it was supposed to have the better tranny (that didn't have probs with overdrive when towing) - oh btw, this is a pickup. Also, earlier models had brake probs. Don't get me started on Nissan (Datsun) - the model I was looking at had crazy build quality (one good, two bad, three good, etc) which made you think of Detroit in the mid 70's. When the Toyota is paid for I should be starting my mid-life crisis and will definitely check out the SKY. I have finally warmed up to Honda's S2000, but I'd like to have another Saturn. We'll see what out's there and how they stack up. I'm not brand loyal (unless you're talking about something important like Guinness). "K2NNJ" > wrote in message ... > Get a real car. Try a toyota or nissan. Saturn is garbage. I know 1st > hand, I own one. GM Sucks, now matter how low they price their cars. > > You don't see Toyota offereing all these "dangle a carrot" deals. Because > they know they build good vehicles. > > > "marx404" > wrote in message > ... >> Is this a car that you really have some personal attachment to? If not, >> consider what you are sinking that money into. Check out your SW's value >> on >> www.kbb.com and see what its worth. If you invest in this engine, the >> value >> of the car remains the same in retail value, unfortunately dont expect a >> return on your investment, that is, unless this is a car that you will >> keep >> for many years, enought to see that return in your investment by driving >> it. >> >> IMHO, if you love your SW as much as I loved my '94 SL2, and want to keep >> your baby, for another 5-10 yrs, then its a good personal investment. I >> was >> considering a crate engine just before she got totalled. Just dont expect >> to >> sell it down the road to make a return on your expenses. (Unless you mod >> it >> out like crazy and sell it on the street) >> >> So the balls back in your court, ask yourself: "$3500 engine in'95 SW2, >> worth it?" >> >> marx404 >> >> > > |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
In my case it is pure economics. I can effectively buy back my own car
for $3500 in repairs, or plunk down $whatever for a Toyota. That new little blob that Toyota is planning on introducing this spring would sure be a nice city car, which is all I need. I have not ruled out buying some old wreck. Repairing my own car has some marginal value compared to replacing it, because I would know that it was never flooded or totalled or smoked in. My mechanic has warned me tha the new engine will be the same GM design. Total cost of ownership. $whatever gets me a car that lasts for however many years. Dollars per year. I am quite objective about this. Please understand that I am trying to avoid trolling or feeding the trolls, even though I have to admit that I am quite annoyed by this situation. There are others who must have faced the same dilemma. |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
If you dont want to do it, I will do it. Where is the car located? I would
buy it if you dont want it. I am in Ohio. |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
elephant, nope you aint trolling, I been in the same situation with our '93
SL1. When our tranny needed replacement at 150K miles, my wife decided to replace it rather than spend on a new car why? because this is a car she wants to "run into the ground" and that she absolutely loves. If this is your case, why not? Another resolve would be to look in the paper for a $4-5K car and see what you find, not every used car is a POS, although it may be tough to find one as nice as yours. If the interior is mint on your SW I would replace the engine if youre keeping the car. As far as the upcoming Toyota Yaris, I thought you bought a Saturn for safety? Think about it, I walked out of a totalled '94 SL2, think youll do that in Toyotas equivalent to a Yugo? Youre better off keeping the SW2 and far safer IMHO. marx404 |
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
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$3500 engine in '95 SW2, worth it?
>From what I understand, it is a typical Twincam -- oil burning since
50k miles, and it ran down below the dipstick a couple times. Timing chain (touted as a reliability feature, remember?) skipped a tooth. Car now fails compression test. Ah, decisions, decisions. I am not delighted with the idea of buying a used car, as I am just not a good enough mechanic to judge if the car has been flood damaged, totalled, etc. |
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