qwikz28
05-14-2009, 01:35 PM
After a year hiatus, I now have my Vue back, so up for sale is this cherry 2001 Saturn L200. This car has about 145k miles and runs like a top.
The history of this car is as follows (skip it if you don't care, but I wish to disclose it): My aunt was looking for a car, found this on the side of the road and bought it. The family was moving and could not take the car with them and had to sell it. There was nothing wrong with the car and their reasoning made it obvious that they weren't simply dumping the car. The car had ~50k from those owners. Soon after, my aunt got a jeep and sold this car to my father. We used it for about a month and then transferred the title over to my dad's pharmacy where it would begin life as a delivery car. It had about 65k miles at this time IIRC. The car has been through the hands of 5 different delivery drivers. Two old guys, two college-age guys and myself. Since then, the car has received a new wiper motor, a trans rebuild, and regular maintenance items from our local mechanic (who has worked on my camaro before, he is good). Then I replaced the turn switch stalk (which the driver broke somehow) and fixed a leaky heater core (that was an annoying fix) on my own this weekend. I was planning on registering it this week but my mother finally bought a new car and I now have my Vue back so no need for this car. Now the car is unregistered and uninsured in my driveway, but runs quite well actually.
To give you an idea of how much faith I have in this car, I was planning on using this car for my tenure at law school and my many trips this summer to visit my friends in DC and Boston. I have more faith in this car than my Camaro to get my to my destination on a long distance trip, and despite being quite underpowered, is light and can move well. I would even go so far to say that it is fun to drive because of how nimble it is.
So here are some specs:
2001 Saturn L200 Sedan
145k miles
2.2liter ecotec with 4 speed auto
Maroon exterior with tan cloth interior
Woodgrain dash
Moonroof
CD Player
Aftermarket Borbet Wheels (installed by previous owner)
Fusion HRi Tires (quite new and installed by us)
The Bad:
-The front bumper was repainted due to a minor shopping center fender bender my aunt was involved in when she got the car. She decided to have it resprayed by one of those guys that approaches you in the hood and comes to your house and does the repair. Its a 20 foot repair but doesn't look awful.
- Of course, it has some scratches and dents, but overall, looks fantastic for a car of its age and use
-Slight shimmy around 60mph. No idea why, never bothered me enough to diagnose it. My vue is starting to do it too actually :(
-Interior has some spots of wear from stuffing totes of medicine into the interior.
-Cubby under radio sags, some proper fitment or glue would solve that
-Armrest lid broke off.
Can't really think of anything else. Feel free to contact me with questions and offers. More pics to come when I clean out the car and the weather improves. Please note that the car is uninsured and unregistered so unless you have a dealer plate, I cannot allow you to leave the driveway with it. You must also arrange for your own method of picking the car up. For a fee, I can arrange it for you (depending on how much a person wants to deliver it for, I won't be benefiting from it basically)
Pics:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0664.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0665.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0666.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0667.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0668.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0670.jpg
The history of this car is as follows (skip it if you don't care, but I wish to disclose it): My aunt was looking for a car, found this on the side of the road and bought it. The family was moving and could not take the car with them and had to sell it. There was nothing wrong with the car and their reasoning made it obvious that they weren't simply dumping the car. The car had ~50k from those owners. Soon after, my aunt got a jeep and sold this car to my father. We used it for about a month and then transferred the title over to my dad's pharmacy where it would begin life as a delivery car. It had about 65k miles at this time IIRC. The car has been through the hands of 5 different delivery drivers. Two old guys, two college-age guys and myself. Since then, the car has received a new wiper motor, a trans rebuild, and regular maintenance items from our local mechanic (who has worked on my camaro before, he is good). Then I replaced the turn switch stalk (which the driver broke somehow) and fixed a leaky heater core (that was an annoying fix) on my own this weekend. I was planning on registering it this week but my mother finally bought a new car and I now have my Vue back so no need for this car. Now the car is unregistered and uninsured in my driveway, but runs quite well actually.
To give you an idea of how much faith I have in this car, I was planning on using this car for my tenure at law school and my many trips this summer to visit my friends in DC and Boston. I have more faith in this car than my Camaro to get my to my destination on a long distance trip, and despite being quite underpowered, is light and can move well. I would even go so far to say that it is fun to drive because of how nimble it is.
So here are some specs:
2001 Saturn L200 Sedan
145k miles
2.2liter ecotec with 4 speed auto
Maroon exterior with tan cloth interior
Woodgrain dash
Moonroof
CD Player
Aftermarket Borbet Wheels (installed by previous owner)
Fusion HRi Tires (quite new and installed by us)
The Bad:
-The front bumper was repainted due to a minor shopping center fender bender my aunt was involved in when she got the car. She decided to have it resprayed by one of those guys that approaches you in the hood and comes to your house and does the repair. Its a 20 foot repair but doesn't look awful.
- Of course, it has some scratches and dents, but overall, looks fantastic for a car of its age and use
-Slight shimmy around 60mph. No idea why, never bothered me enough to diagnose it. My vue is starting to do it too actually :(
-Interior has some spots of wear from stuffing totes of medicine into the interior.
-Cubby under radio sags, some proper fitment or glue would solve that
-Armrest lid broke off.
Can't really think of anything else. Feel free to contact me with questions and offers. More pics to come when I clean out the car and the weather improves. Please note that the car is uninsured and unregistered so unless you have a dealer plate, I cannot allow you to leave the driveway with it. You must also arrange for your own method of picking the car up. For a fee, I can arrange it for you (depending on how much a person wants to deliver it for, I won't be benefiting from it basically)
Pics:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0664.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0665.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0666.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0667.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0668.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Snake3660/IMG_0670.jpg