1.6L?

UPDATE. Test drove a 5-speed 1999 Toyota corolla. Had 96,000 miles on it. Mechanically it was good, engine sounded fine, transmission shifted fine, Clutch was just replaced and felt good. Everything else was horrible the seats were all horribly stained, the speedo didn't work, a dash panel was lost, clock was punched out, fan didn't work... And I asked him what he wanted just for the hell of it and he said 4400 LMAO! I was going to test drive a 4.door civic stick but I got sold... I'm looking at the Saturn SC2 looks decent, interior looks a hell of a lot better than a corolla. How reliable are they?

The Saturn's are pretty reliable. I've had my sl2 for some time now. Just regular service and some small issues. I bought mine with 120k and now it has 170k on it

Don't get an auto Saturn though....

The Auto Transmission implodes ~ 100K.

Sounds good, no I will never buy a automatic 4 banger. I need to test drive one.

Yea steer clear of the corolla and any around that year. Loaded with little nickle dime issues. Brakes under sized/wear fast. Shitty/expensive exhaust. Suspension is terrible. Get a saturn. They aren't sought after don't hold there value and really should over the corollas and civics. Its a far better car with out the hype.

The sc2 have the same engine as the sl2? if so, mine had almost 250k when I sold it to a friend who drive it for a couple years before he was rear ended... Keep the oil changed and dont let it over heat and they are hard to kill

Smart man, I did with my civic, never again... lol

So true, when I had my saturn, on the highway I averaged 40+mpg, I shit you not. Id buy a beater saturn before anything else for a 4banger

I have a 2001 4 banger camry as a DD right and it feels so friggen slow. Makes no power pretty much anywhere and being an auto sometimes it won't downshift when i want it...I got dusted by a friggen work van a few months ago... Even when i test drove that 5 speed corolla I could feel a big difference in acceleration Haha kinda sad. I always do 3k oil changes on all my cars. That's one thing I'm a big believer in, is not to go over.

Most modern cars easily go at least 5k miles between oil changes with no issues. The 3k mile rule is outdated. I run synthetic in my Civic and go 12k between changes, and lab analysis shows it's still in pretty good shape even then.

I've been told not to switch a car thats been run on regular oil its whole life to synthetic at high mileage.? Any idea if there is truth to that?