Chrysler Closes....

Good thoughts all, guys.

In June 2002 I took delivery of my nifty new Saturn SC-1 Coupe. I drove it off of the lot for $11,500 with a manual shift and a delete options on almost everything but the moon roof. That car is now over 6 years old, has 178k miles on it and runs like it is brand new. I just had the clutch/quill done on it with minimal maint over the years and it STILL gets 40 MPG.

NOW the best they have on their lot is an "Astra" which they can "get" in a manual shift. It costs almost $20k and gets a whopping 30 MPG. So where did the extra 8 grand come from and where did the missing 10 MPG go to?

My point? There is not ONE car in all of America that can compare to my SC-1. The best I can get now is a pice of over-priced, over-optioned crap that gets 3/4 the mileage.
I want to buy American cars but I an no martyr either.

Am I on to something?

My two cents... -LY