Hey Veeky Forums, someone tell me about Saturn Ion Redlines. I know they cheap tacky cars, etc. Now that that's out of the way what's user's opinion of these things?
I was looking at 1999-ish Mustangs and Firebirds to replace my rusty Miata, but I found a guy in town selling a black 2007 Ion Redline supercharged for about $4500. 75K miles, bone stock, proper maintenance, etc.
Everything I've read online makes them sound like stupid retarded fun with an awful interior.
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Bump. I'm looking at it on Sunday.
get the RedLine, its going to be a fun DD. I got an 07 mustang GT for 6500 as a DD and kind of regret it. The RedLine is better than a neonSRT4 or colboltSS
They're great cars. The only real downside is they will rattle and groan.
The dent-resistant plastic body panels are glorious and the rear suicide doors are amazingly practical. It's still a coupe, but it has 4 doors.
The supercharged 2.0L Ecotec engine has great aftermarket support. Check out ZZPerformance.
The 5 speed manual transmission was pretty bulletproof. The only problem was an issue with the shifter coming undone. An aftermarket permanent fix for that exists here.
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>I got an 07 mustang GT for 6500 as a DD and kind of regret it.
How so? In my head I'd prefer a GT to a Redline.
Not him but off the top of my head, the Mustang doesn't handle as well due to the live rear axle, and because of the V8 engine, it doesn't get as good fuel economy, while both cars are similarly fast.
>"it's an automatic"
If your city or state has issues with salt and the inevitable rust, then I would definitely pull the trigger on the ION redline. The plastic panels are a godsend, thats the one thing GM got right.
You can drive it year round in the salt and slush and the fenders wont start going through.
It is 2006 era GM, so itll creak and have rattles, like the other dude said. and some nitpicky issues like control arm bushings...but replacement and performance parts are affordable and really make it a fun light car. Once you replace the shitty stuff, its good to go.
Eibach Lowering springs are like 200 bucks and an afternoon, sway bars cheap, parts cheap.
be prepared for some dumb GM stuff though, dont expect to be able to crawl underneath it without some plastic shield or cover trying to stab you in the face.
Wait, a 200HP Saturn is as fast as a 300-whatever-HP late model Mustang? The 2007 isn't the one with the retardedly huge turbo.
Not the one I'm looking at. 5-speed with a new clutch.
>Wait, a 200HP Saturn is as fast as a 300-whatever-HP late model Mustang? The 2007 isn't the one with the retardedly huge turbo.
The Mustang also weighs a lot more. It may be somewhat slower, but it doesn't take much to make more power from those 2.0L engines. Drop a pulley size on the supercharger.
Ion Redlines were manual transmission only. Kindly fuck off.