1995 Saturn SL SL1 review from North America

Unfortunately, the previous owner did not take good care of the mechanical parts of the car.

The previous owner burned out the clutch and put ruts into the front brake rotors. I had to replace the clutch the first month I had it-and the bad part was the hydraulics also had to be replaced as the new clutch was too heavy for the older hydraulics. That was not fun. I also had to replace the back drum brake on the driver's side. Apparently, the previous owner also slammed on his/her brakes too much and blew out the cylinder on the drum brake-leaking brake fluid all over the brake and causing me not to be able to stop. I had to also replace the spark plugs as the previous owner didn't add oil when needed and killed the poor spark plugs-luckily, this did not harm the engine.

Personally, even with all of the issues the previous owner caused, I love this car. This is my 4th car and I am very happy with it. I only need to buy gas about 1 time a week, and it costs about $25.00 a week-very affordable with gas prices above $3.00 a gallon.

The oil is a bit of a pain, but is much better than having to buy gas all the time.

The manual transmission makes a huge difference-the acceleration is very noticeable compared to other cars that are automatic.

It still shifts like a dream-I don't have over reeving or any "grinding".

All in all, I like this car. I would recommend if you could find one that was well taken care of to snap it up-a steal at about $2,200 KBB price.