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Old 03-16-10, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
At the end to bring it to an end after billions in losses, it was a business decision.
Yes, agreed.....a money decision it was. But you could also compare it to a finishing off a diseased horse, with a couple of bullets, that GM itself allowed to starve and get sick through deliberate neglect. And, conversely, almost alone among Saturn's current vehicles, the Aura, at the time of Saturn's decease, was showing real promise......it was, IMO, an excellent mid-sized sedan, even without the plastic panels. One CL poster (I can't remember who it was) recently bought an Aura and was very pleased with it. It......and its sister Chevy Malibu....would probably have been first on my consideration list if I was to buy a current GM car. But, of course, Subarus, they're not.

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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Yes, agreed.....a money decision it was. But you could also compare it to a finishing off a diseased horse, with a couple of bullets, that GM itself allowed to starve and get sick through deliberate neglect.
Exactly, a horribly mismanaged company for over a decade (GM). The only time that decisions were made somewhat crisply was after bankruptcy, never before.
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Originally Posted by chrisyano
^LOL, I don't think those are the pics that were requested.
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Exactly......
 
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Exactly......
Well, I don't have that girl's pictures anymore, but if these are gonna help me avoid the ban....
















































































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If only Saturn's looked that good.
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I just remembered something.... Carolina Bermudez (a co-host of Elvis Duran morning show in NYC and FL) said she drives a Saturn.







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Och, now I owe you two beers...

greatest saturn thread eva
 
Old 03-17-10, 12:01 AM
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Carolina got a new car finally. But she didn't say which one.

I have a feeling it's not a Lexus anyway though

It was a 1999 "trusty Saturn" that she had.

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my first car was a trusty used Saturn SC2.

it had leather and sunroof and everything.
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Old 03-17-10, 12:59 PM
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my first car was a trusty used Saturn SC2.

it had leather and sunroof and everything.
Nice! What color..

Oh and that is Denise Melani playing tennis
 
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