My Saturn dilemma..buy or not?

2 messages, Last post on Feb 19, 2009 at 1:01 PM

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#1 of 2 My Saturn dilemma..buy or not? by Hatter23 Feb 18, 2009 (2:45 pm)
I was a hair away from buying a 2009 Saturn VUE the other day. This thing was nice! The dealer offered supplier pricing, $500 auto cash plus the 0% financing. As everybody knows Saturn does not haggle so I thought this was a good deal. Plus, the dealer told me the VUE is currently going up a $1000 in MSRP! How or why would they do that?? I chickened out becuae of all this talk of Saturn closing the door. Will there be a big fire sale some time soon? Will it even be worth it to buy one? Thoughts...
#2 of 2 by matrixgirl09 Feb 19, 2009 (1:01 pm)
Well if you could buy it outright or get it paid off by 2011 then its up to you. GM will honor the warranty as long as they are in business. However if the suppliers fold then you may have a problem getting parts. The only reason i say thatis because these VUEs don't have a good track record on reliability. IF they close the Saturn brand the little resale value you have will fall like a rock. So it depends on if you plan on buying it and driving it into the ground or not. If you only plan on keeping it a few years, then no. You don't want to buy a car and drive two hours to get a simple repair done under warranty. Also make sure you are near a GM dealership. A lot of Saturn dealerships will go out of business over the next two years. (Well some GM ones probably will too)