Saturnland, Wisconsin

Am I alone here, but I feel like the Chippewa Valley must have something
going with its Saturn dealer. No where else I've traveled nor lived has this
many Saturn's on the road. You can pass 50 or more UNIQUE ones - old Ions,
SC2's, SL1's, etc. just driving to Wal-Mart, work, to McDonalds down the
street. I almost wonder where the support is locally around here - no Saturn
events!

Though, the market was quoted as being predominantly female, this I can
agree with as 80-90% are female who drive Saturn's around here. The only
model I don't see around here is the pop top sportster. Can't imagine why
with 3 months for summer!

Lane, how about you?

-Life

 

Can't say I see a lot of Saturns in central WI, much less any that I'd
consider distinctive or unique. But I head down to Chicago for Saturn
Performance Club events every so often to get together with quite a few
owners in the surrounding states. Many of them have cars that can be
considered different in their own way, and are a great bunch of people who
like to do unique things (autocross, road racing, driver's schools, drag
racing, car shows) with their cars as well.
http://www.saturnperformanceclub.com

Heck, you're only a few hours away. You should consider checking out an
event or two. Our club's annual rally is coming up in a few weeks, in fact,
and we'll be on the road course at http://www.autobahncountryclub.com in
Joliet IL.

Later,
Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]

 

Ha, I would. Chicago is on my list of places that I "travel" to frequently.
Or did before my car dumped its transmission, and front end.

So there went my budget to fix my car up. The previous owner beat the crap
out of it. I need a new headliner, sunroof, new side mirrors, a sun visor,
front emblem, probably a front bumper as it has a huge hole in it and a
crack that gets bigger every winter, the spoiler needs to be replaced, I
need to polish and wax my car, fix my scratched windshield...then the brakes
are shot in front too.

If I had more money and time I'd replace all of the above with better than
stock if possible, (no airplane wings for my car though, if anyone thinks
that!) and then upgrade my cars exhaust system, as it already needs that too
I'd bet.

I'm actually desperate enough to look into a newer SC2 or god forbid,
finance an ION II 2005 in Dragonfly Green.

However, if you know of any Saturn event that needs a photographer, I'm in!

Cheers,
Brian

 

You don't have to have a tricked out modified car to come to an SPC
event. We've had guys come to the Rally who didn't even bring a car.

Photographers are always welcome at our events - the more pictures we
get, the less chance of missing something, and everyone has a different
style, which makes for some very cool pictures.


Kevin
from the Saturn Performance Club

 

Alright. Let me know what's going on then!

 

Our upcoming Rally event schedule is on the club website at
http://www.saturnperformanceclub.com. Only a week to go! If any of it
interests you, drop an e-mail to Kevin at his addr in the previous message,
or send a message from the website. One prime event for photos is our day
at Autobahn Country Club. Misc photographers on the road course have given
me some outstanding photos such as these:

http://www.evilplastic.com/action/92pro2.jpg
http://www.evilplastic.com/action/06rally-ac-lap1.jpg
http://www.evilplastic.com/action/92pro3.jpg
http://www.evilplastic.com/action/06rally-drag-launch.jpg

Hope you can consider it!

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]