1993Saturn
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- Joined
- November 21, 2008
- Messages
- 160
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- City, State
- Redmond, OR
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 94 4x4
93, 99 Bauer 4x4
I got a "New" '93 Ex Eddie Bauer. Maroon with clear coat peeling (why do they all do that except white).Had a sunroof that is nice to have to circulate air and a good interior. The A4LD was solid and better acceleration than any other I have driven. However, it did have some problems of course. So I dove in and replaced tie rods, 2 new tires and the 2 rims with good tires attached off of my '94 "driveway sculpture", so it now has 2 '94 rims and 2 - '93 rims. Had it aligned, replaced radius arm bushings. Swapped out the following items from our '94: radius arm bracket, the good gauge lens, the missing ash tray, glove box door, blower motor, missing parts of door panel so it would be trimmed and for the first time in who knows could be reattached, rear window strut, cracked L & R tail lights, MAF, washer motor and air filter. I then added new drivers door hinge pins, repaired stripped window motor and glued in the fallen rear window seal and flushed and re-A/T fluid in 4X4 hubs, thermostat and coolant. ALL I had left to do was swap out the exhaust from my '94.
THEN, one month after we get the vehicle with all the stuff happily repaired, someone on his cell phone slams our rear quarter panel. Now it is totaled. All that work to get the Ex happy and us happy, down the tubes. The only good thing is we get back far more than we had in it, so we can get another one and start all over again. Maybe try to find a White Limited Edition. I kind of enjoyed doing all that work and now I will reclaim some of the stuff I stole from my '94, before it gets hauled away.
So the cycle of life, eh?
Have any of you had this kind of bad luck?
THEN, one month after we get the vehicle with all the stuff happily repaired, someone on his cell phone slams our rear quarter panel. Now it is totaled. All that work to get the Ex happy and us happy, down the tubes. The only good thing is we get back far more than we had in it, so we can get another one and start all over again. Maybe try to find a White Limited Edition. I kind of enjoyed doing all that work and now I will reclaim some of the stuff I stole from my '94, before it gets hauled away.
So the cycle of life, eh?
Have any of you had this kind of bad luck?