High Milers, how many miles on your Saturn?

Wow! I only do 350 - 490 miles a week to work depending on overtime.
You in sales or a really serious long distant commuter?

Wes

 

Klicks as in Km or Mi?

Wes

 

'93 SL2 with almost 186,000 miles

 

In sales. Before the SL2 I had a Mazda Portege, had it for 346,000 miles.
Only went as far as a valve cover gasket into the engine, trany, & clutch.

 

as in kilometers. I'm actualy up to 213678 km to be exact. And so far
there's not too much wrong with it except old age creeping up on it!!!

larry

 

You know, I can't see myself driving 35 miles back and forth to go to work
every day!!! You must be a patient man. Heck I drive 5 and a half miles a
day and that's return trip!! I can't see myself driving that far.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT...

larry

"David Gintz (formerly )"

 

Now if you want to talk mazda, you're going to make me cry!!! Had a mazda
323 hatch 1993. Changed three cvc shafts on it. I loved that little car! But
unfortunately had to get rid of it when I bought the saturn. The only thing
I don't like about my saturn is that the motor is not very strong. It's an
SL! and aonly has a four cylinder. 1.9 litre. The mazda, wich is a very
small car especialy the 323, had a 1.6 and was standard. But I'm happy...

larry

 

You give me a lot of hope on the life span of my saturn. Can I assume
you have a profile of fairly long distances between stops?

Wes

 

I used to drive or bicycle 7 miles each way but the job is done
(bankrupt) and this winter the facility collapsed from snow load on an
un-heated facility.

I drink my coffee, catch the liberal view of the world from NPR/BBC
after catching the other side from Fox before I leave the house.

Heck, living in northern Michigan, my 35 mile commute might be shorter
than a 10 mile commute downstate.

How is your saturn holding up rust wise? Not sure if you are north or
south of my location.

wes

 

The Saturn has not done as well, Replacement engine & trany at 217,000
miles - oil burner none to 3/4 of a quart of oil in 250 miles [ one day this
one day that ] / dealer did not refill trany after replacing 1/2 shaft [ but
they say they did ].

 

97 SL1 with 132K miles. No major problems. Uses a little oil between
changes at 6K miles. Using Restore with oil changes now and cuts down
on oil useage.
MR

 

Do you use conventional or synthetic for 6k intervals?
Thank you.

 

Just reg. 5w30 bought by the case at Walmart. It is a generic brand
and use the Tech filters. Most of the driving is at hwy speeds
though; very little city driving.
MR

 

Oh yes, just one more thing. The other day on tv they were ranting
about what good mileage the hybrid cars were getting.......around
40mpg I think. Big deal. I also have a standard shift SL that gets
around 42mpg on the hwy without the ac running and about 40 with it on
and this is at 70mph more or less.
MR

 

Thank you.

 

1992 SL2
Currently 517, 938 Miles
Replaced engine at 438, 000 Miles; still original automatic
transmission.

 

517, 938 Miles ???

Wow, that would take me at least 30 years to rack up those kind of miles...
Have you had this kind of mileage on other vehicles? (just curious)

 

Never. Never thought about it when I bought it way back then. The
most I ever had was the vehicle before this, but that was only about
124, 000 miles. About a 1000 miles a week commuting.

 

106,000 miles on our Saturn. Repair costs: ONLY 20 cents per mile= $21,200 !

 

About 50k on a '99 SL2 standard. No major repairs, oil changes at 3k
mile intervals. Reliable as the day is long and a hill of fun to
drive, and it'll be even better when we replace the tires (they're not
worn out, but I figure at 50k it deserves new and better rubber).
Needs an MP3 radio, though - our VUE has kinda spoiled me; I can put 6
MP3 CDs into the VUE and drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles
without changing CDs (with time to spare, too).

mh