Goodbye Saturn!!! :D

As of June 1st, I have officially preordered a 2005 Mustang GT, leather seats
and all! Comes in early September. No more Saturn for me!
My modified 1991 Saturn SL2 has been a bit of a roller coaster ride, lots of
breakage, lots of problems, but I still had some great times with that car.
Thanks for all the help this newsgroup brought me.


http://members.aol.com/goaway669/

Sorry to see you go. I saw the '05 'Stang at the auto show, it sure is nice
looking.
Did you go for the 6 or 8 cyl?

marx404

Nothing like displacement - sounds like fun - congrats!

"GoAwAy669" > wrote in message
...
> As of June 1st, I have officially preordered a 2005 Mustang GT, leather
seats
> and all! Comes in early September. No more Saturn for me!
> My modified 1991 Saturn SL2 has been a bit of a roller coaster ride, lots
of
> breakage, lots of problems, but I still had some great times with that
car.
> Thanks for all the help this newsgroup brought me.
>
>
> http://members.aol.com/goaway669/
>

"marx404" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry to see you go. I saw the '05 'Stang at the auto show, it sure
is nice
> looking.
> Did you go for the 6 or 8 cyl?
>
> marx404
>
>

Can you get a GT without the 8 cylinder?

Ken

Got the GT - V8.
To get the GT badge, you need the V8.

GoAwAy669 > wrote:
> Got the GT - V8.
> To get the GT badge, you need the V8.

At least they sell the GT with a manual transmission.

-DanD

--
# Dan Duncan (kd4igw) http://pcisys.net/~dand
# A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.

>At least they sell the GT with a manual transmission.
>
>-DanD

(confused look) Why wouldn't they!? Perhaps you are referring to the Saturn
L300 V6, which only comes with an auto? I always thought that was a mistake.

GoAwAy669 > wrote:
> >At least they sell the GT with a manual transmission.

> (confused look) Why wouldn't they!? Perhaps you are referring to the Saturn
> L300 V6, which only comes with an auto? I always thought that was a mistake.

You'd be surprised how many car manufacturers are only offering their
high end cars with an automatic in the US.

-DanD

--
# Dan Duncan (kd4igw) http://pcisys.net/~dand
# The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of
# human errors. -Voltaire

Dan Duncan wrote:
> You'd be surprised how many car manufacturers are only offering their
> high end cars with an automatic in the US.

No offense to those who drive high-end cars, but considering how many
"high-end" drivers have more important things to do besides driving, I'm
not surprised. A manual transmission would almost force them to put
down their damn phones/PDAs/etc and actually drive.

/rant

Even without the toys (distractions) drivers in my area are challenging.
Slowing to an almost-stop on a 4-lane road looking for an address (I'm
guessing), changing lanes in front of you-no signal-then slowing down. And
my fave is the Soccer Mom's in SUV's driving like 17 year old boys and their
first car.


"richard hornsby" > wrote in message
...
> Dan Duncan wrote:
> > You'd be surprised how many car manufacturers are only offering their
> > high end cars with an automatic in the US.
>
> No offense to those who drive high-end cars, but considering how many
> "high-end" drivers have more important things to do besides driving, I'm
> not surprised. A manual transmission would almost force them to put
> down their damn phones/PDAs/etc and actually drive.
>
> /rant