sc1 2001 fair price??

[MacExperts]

what do you guys think a fair price for a saturn sc1 2001 90k miles would be

car has ac cd changer power windows and doesn't appear to have had any work done on it other than a belt tensioner and new brakes on the front

also recent tires

(that would leave alot of future issues that start up around this age i am guessing, like radiator failure, waterpump, maybe ac etc. but my experience is with earlier saturns..this is a 2001 and i hear they were less troublesome)

they are asking 3500..what do you guys think? tia,

[MacExperts]

forgot to mention this is a car that has had 2 owners
and was saturn certified and resold around 9000miles

so its almost a 1 owner car

also it has a non working sunroof

[Tanro]

I would give them like 2500 maybe

why?

Sohc motor -1
Sunroof is Broken -1
Seems like a lot of maintenances for a s-car. I have never had A single issue with anything out of an s-car until it starts getting closer to 160000 miles. so -1

Saturns are cheap cars.... I wouldn't pay more than 4000 for a saturn with low miles maintenance records and a single nonsmoking owner. By records I mean stuff like oilchange records, the last receipt for the tires. and other stuff like that.

[MacExperts]

Yes SOHC sucks
So far as I can tell the car ONLY NEEDS the sunroof repair. None of the other things I listed are needed presently but with 90K on the Odo I am guessing they'll come along sooner rather than later. But if you have seen 160k then thats alot better than the earliest ones. Most of my experience is with sl/sc series pre 96. By 2001 quality control may have been vastly improved.

Given all that do you still think 2500 is right? thats where i was leaning anyways? Thanks again

Originally Posted by Tanro

I would give them like 2500 maybe

why?

Sohc motor -1
Sunroof is Broken -1
Seems like a lot of maintenances for a s-car. I have never had A single issue with anything out of an s-car until it starts getting closer to 160000 miles. so -1

Saturns are cheap cars.... I wouldn't pay more than 4000 for a saturn with low miles maintenance records and a single nonsmoking owner. By records I mean stuff like oilchange records, the last receipt for the tires. and other stuff like that.

[MacExperts]

I got the saturn maintenance records pulled

and all i saw was oil changes, tensioner belt (once) and the 30k service once or twice..thats it... new tires and recent 30k service in february 2007

[lovemysan]

What about the intake gasket. Has it been replaced? I would prefer to know it had been replaced already since they are trouble prone.

[MacExperts]

according to the saturn factory records thats a NO on the intake gasket

i didn't realize they're such a problem til i did a query after seeing your question

have any guess as 2 what age you see this occur? i haven't come across it yet

[BarnOwl]

On a 2001, I'd say it's about due for an intake gasket. It seems to be more time related than miles.

[geartooth94]

$1595

[MacExperts]

at what point did this gasket thing become a problem?


i have direct experience with a few 92's (sl1/sl2) and some friends have 96's (sl2's) and no one experienced this gasket issue...

is this a later year prduction problem?