Life ain't easy in the concrete jungle -- just ask our long-term Saturn Aura. As I threw my bag in the back after a softball game last night, I noticed some paint-less pockmarks on the driver-side rear bumper. Appparently some nefarious jungle-dweller (a renegade shopping cart, perhaps?) had sunk its teeth into our Aura's hindquarters at some point. And that's not all; I gave the poor Saturn a once-over in the daylight this morning and spotted another unhealed wound on the front fascia...
Josh Sadlier, Associate Editor, Edmunds.com @ 16,155 miles
aspade says:
03:51 PM, 05/ 9/08
I remember a couple decades back they'd put these big black rubber coated things on the ends of cars to keep those scrapes off of the painted body work. Kind of like those strips they put on the edge of the door, only big enough for the whole end of the car.
I think they called them bumpers.
tmanz says:
09:12 PM, 05/ 9/08
"I think they called them bumpers."
Yep, it is funny how a part of the car that was originally designed to protect it from 'bumps' with other cars turned into just another painted, fragile portion of the car.
jason25 says:
12:56 PM, 05/10/08
@ tmanz
You're right. Its all about style today. Form over function...
bradyholt says:
05:01 PM, 05/10/08
Why hasn't there been a post yet asking about scrapes on the Accord's bumper?
firstwagon says:
06:12 PM, 05/10/08
Honda's bumpers don't scape, only Saturns.
toyota4life says:
03:14 AM, 05/11/08
Aren't Saturns made out of recycle crap anyways? no surprises here at all.
bimmerjay says:
08:07 AM, 05/12/08
"Aren't Saturns made out of recycle crap anyways?"
Actually they're made out of recycled babies and puppies. I heard it from my neighbor's Aunt who owns a Saturn.
mjd1123 says:
12:42 PM, 05/13/08
The people at Edmunds: Update on the Aura's steering issues, please!
hexxum97 says:
07:49 PM, 05/13/08
Actually, the Aura is made out of all steel, thought that was widely known.
Anyway have fun driving your toaster...er I mean Toyota.
firstwagon says:
09:47 PM, 05/13/08
Really?? I thought they really were made of babies and puppies.