[MilTownSHO]

Only have put 2500 miles on it and after a 8 hour road trip this weekend I decided it's not for me.

-It's to slow

-Hatch rattling

-Engine RPM is REALLY high and annoying if your speeding down the highway,

-The biggest killer for the car for me was the seats, they don't hold you at all and they KILL my back, I just cannot get them comfortable.

I bought an 05 Ion Redline instead, only $10 more a month.

Not flaming the TC, I think its a cool car, hell I bought one, just not for me.

Take care guys!

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by Geneo@Jun 20 2005, 11:15 AM
Off to the land of Saturn. Will be interested in your opinion on it after a few miles and the first long trip. Good luck to you on your new car. No flaming intended either.

Taking it 10 hours this weekend so I shall let you know.

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by ZEROmotorsports@Jun 20 2005, 06:39 PM
but im prob trading my tc in for something faster....it just doesnt perform up to my standards

BINGO!

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by raamaudio@Jun 20 2005, 11:38 PM
Costs less to put on a turbo that take a trade in hit

Anyway, hope you like your new car and get a good price for the tC.

Rick

Well... while this may be true (but the turbo kits I've seen say otherwise so far), I would rather have something with a warranty. No way I can take it in with a turbo and tell them it's stock.

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by HaTeOnThYs05@Jun 21 2005, 08:14 AM
that is why you wait for the TRD turbo.

I never heard of one coming out before?!

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Jun 21 2005, 10:27 AM
The second is surprising performance for the dollar spent.

Last but not least, you could only be saying the car doesn't perform because you are still on the stock rubber.  You have no idea what the car will really do, trust me.

Expect to have a significantly higher total cost of ownership with whatever you purchase.  Hope you like the Saturn, my experience with them has been mixed, but far too many failures of common parts (like a TSB for fuel pumps) keeps me away from them.

The Ion Redline is alot more performance for the dollar spent. With the GM employee discount they are cheap right now, about a grand over what my tC was.

I'm not complaining about handling, tires have no effect on my decision to stray away from the tC. I just cannot for the life of me get comfortable at all in this car.

Saying I will have a significant total cost of ownership is not a fair statement, depends who you know. Every car breaks, the tC is a brand new model so we shall see how that holds up anyhow. I also REALLY like panels that don't rust and don't ding.

Nothing is for sure yet, but I am heavily considering it, there is one marked sold for me at the dealership, but we will see, I may just keep the tC for now.

Like someone else stated for the money I could have a new car that will outperform the tC in handling, speed, and comfort any day of the week.

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by basilisk4@Jun 23 2005, 12:24 PM
If you want to get a Saturn, be my guest...but don't use the reasoning that "every car breaks" to support your purchase.  The tC has already won the award in its class for initial quality from JD Power, and Toyota consistently ranks near the top in reliability and quality ratings as a model line.

Not using the reasoning of that at all, I was just contesting the grossly unfair statement made.

Just because it won an award doesn't mean anything...

I've decided to keep the tC for now, I really wish I would have waited a month and got what I really wanted, but to late now.

 

[MilTownSHO]

This forum is awesome, everyone here while sad I'm abandoning the tC is still nice enough to give thier opinion and not flame me.

I found an 04 SRT-4 brand new leftover at a Dodge Dealership that I may go with today since they want to dump it so cheap. My real concern with that car is longgevity though, I just don't see it lasting past 80k without major problems. I know the TC will run longer without problems, but I figure it if I take care of the care I can at lease hope for the best!

The thing is a BLAST to drive though, minus the gearbox is a tad annoying in placement. They did offer me alot of money for my tradein and when all is said and done I only end up losing a few hundred bucks from the tC.

I don't know, we shall see, I took my 91 SHO on a 600 mile road trip this weekend and my back didn't hurt a bit, so that TC really has to go.

 

[MilTownSHO]

I had a KILLER and I mean KILLER deal set up on the SRT-4 but I backed out after the new car sales manager treated me like I was unimportant. So I've decided to just keep the tC, but its gonna need a supercharger, turbo, or something soon!

 

[MilTownSHO]

Originally posted by Plissken@Jun 27 2005, 07:41 PM
You know you can buy a new seat if you hate it that much. I can;t understand how you are not getting comfortable but that doesn't mean i'm doubting that you are having trouble. There seem to be about 3 turbos in the works whcih will of course void the warranty and it finally appears the supercharger from TRD is coming out late summer. With enought time and money your tC can be very fast.

I know, but I bought the RS because I wanted the color matched interior, I've been eyeing some racing seats on Ebay but I doubt those will be any more comfy.

I'm not impressed by what I know of the S/C so far and I'm not willing to void warranty, thats a minor reason I started looking around. Comfort is the biggest thing, I dont know what it is, I'm really starting to think I have a defective seat or something.