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I'm still vaguely sentimental about my old Saturn, which died in 2002. Saturns had a reputation for being the safest cars of their day, and mine certainly prove
by nkoren 11y ago
I'm still vaguely sentimental about my old Saturn, which died in 2002. Saturns had a reputation for being the safest cars of their day, and mine certainly proved that to me. My wife and I were driving on a fast stretch of highway east of Santa Fe -- where going less than 90mph would get you rear-ended -- when the tire blew out. The car began to drift and then started pinwheeling against a guardrail, disassembling itself almost gracefully. A few seconds later we was resting in the median. The front and rear of the car were mostly gone, but the passenger cabin was fully intact. We were completely unharmed and mostly unruffled. My first words were something to the effect of "nice car".
I'll always be grateful to the Saturn engineers who saved our lives that day. Thanks, guys!
- wefarrell 11y agoI owned my tiny 2001 sc1 for only a month before I had my accident. There were wet leaves on the road and a Honda Pilot coming the other way lost control and swerved into my side of the road, hitting me head on. I don't know if I'll ever experience anything as terrifying as that massive hunk of SUV thrusting itself directly at me with nothing but the front of this little Saturn protecting me. Before the impact I was sure that I was going to be severely injured and possibly even killed. Aside from the scrapes on my wrist from the airbag deploying I had no injuries whatsoever. The first responders insisted I would have back pains later but they never came. Meanwhile the driver of the Honda Pilot (which had twice the mass of my saturn) was unconscious. When driving it's easy to forget that you're surrounding by massive metal objects moving at incredible speeds that can instantly kill you. In my case they did not, thanks to the people who made my Saturn.