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4.5 out of 5 stars

Great Car

Greg Hayes, 08/21/2008
2001 Saturn L-Series L200 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

My L200 is really a fully dressed L300 except it has the 4 banger engine. We have had the dealer do all recommended servicing and other than a blown fuse and the normal the wear and tear items, we have not had any problems with this, our 5th Saturn!

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4.75 out of 5 stars

Saturn L200 was a great car for me

dg, 08/23/2008
2001 Saturn L-Series L200 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I bought this car used with an extended warranty. The 1st yr the computer system died, but the warranty paid in full. For the remaining 5 yrs. that I drove it, it was dependable and got decent gas mileage. I recently totaled it and was amazed my car sustained less body damage than the big Mercedes who hit me on the passenger side. Would definitely recommend the Saturn.

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3.63 out of 5 stars

I love it.

mrzerathemant, 04/11/2013
2001 Saturn L-Series L100 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Well, my dad bought this car used for $1200 with about 146000 miles (I think.) I've owned it for about a year and it's about to have 156000 on it. The only thing I can say is the oil leak it has can be a bit annoying and it smells like engine coolant whenever I turn it off. But other than that I absolutely love it. The accelleration is incredible and the gas mileage is very nice. Too bad my speakers and stereo suck. Why you no have tape player?! I wouldnt trade her in for anything, well, maybe the stationwagon version. Its one of my goals to make the odometer read 500000 on this car. How can I sum her up? Well as Stevie Ray Vaughn once said, Shes my sweet little thing, shes my pride and joy.

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4.75 out of 5 stars

THE midsize car to drive if you're tall!

Moose Man, 03/31/2003
2001 Saturn L-Series L200 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

What a great car! As somebody who's quite tall (6ft. 5in.), I can't believe the amount of headroom in the L200 - it's the feature that "sealed the deal". I had looked at a number of other midsize sedans, and this one had the most headroom/legroom of any I test drove. I took the car on a long road trip last summer, and couldn't believe the gas mileage I was getting - 45mpg on a hilly, winding stretch of the trip with the car packed to the gills and the AC running the whole time.

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2.75 out of 5 stars

Worst car ever

Never Again!!!, 10/15/2010
2001 Saturn L-Series L200 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Bought my Saturn used w/ 48,000 miles. After 2 yrs I had to replace my timing chain ($2000 to fix). Eating through tires and oil faster then ever. 2 yrs after fixing my engine it is now completely dead, finally had to sell it to the salvage yard for nothing. Timing chain broke again and destroyed the engine. 4 yrs in I started leaking coolant into the floor of the car, the whole under the hood started to rust and had to replace the whole coolant system to rusted to repair, also the battery brackets rusted to the battery. I had the car for 6 yrs and put over $6000 in repairs and now it is completely dead at the salvage yard with 146,500 miles on it. Would never touch another Saturn again!

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