# I Just Purchased A New Car!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-purchased-a-new-car/105980>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 27, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-purchased-a-new-car/105980 "2002-04-27T17:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-purchased-a-new-car/105980/1 "2002-04-27T17:44:52Z")

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It’s a Saturn SC2. The color is cranberry (dark red) with a dark grey interior. It’s nice and sporty-looking, while still being within my budget. What it’s replacing is an '87 Chevy Nova, dark grey with 170K miles, a badly cracked windshield, and less power than President Bush at an OPEC summit. Look up “Piece of Crap” in the dictionary, and you’ll see a picture of my Nova. They gave me 150 bucks for it. I pick up the Saturn on monday. I can’t wait 🆒

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-purchased-a-new-car/105980/2 "2002-04-27T17:47:37Z")

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Congratulations on your new car. Welcome to parking lot paranoia.

I won’t repeat my tales of new car damage, but suffice it to say that new cars attract dummies. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![Tazma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tazma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazma)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-purchased-a-new-car/105980/3 "2002-04-27T18:07:35Z")

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Hey…welcome to the “satisfied Saturn owners” club!

My '96 SL2 has run flawlessly for 111K miles…the car still looks great and I am very happy with it still…'specially now that it’s paid off! 🙂

My dealer gave me a new license plate bracket for the car…it says “Saturn-100,000 miles and still going strong”

Congrats and happy motoring!