Wish I coud help you, as I DO drive a Saturn every day as a commuter, a '99 SW2 (wagon, dohc 1.9 5-spd), but it's absolutely nothing like the '03 you are looking at...all I can tell you is that this SW2 has 180,000 miles on it, I drive 100 miles a day (when I don't take the Concours for whatever reason) and would buy another Saturn from the same era in a heartbeat...this wagon weighs 2500 lbs. WITH ME IN IT....a very light smaller auto that still gets an average (highway/city) of 34 mpg. The 127 horses in the dohc doesn't sound like very much, but when coupled with the light weight and some pretty aggressive lower gearing until you get to 5th gear over-drive, it makes for a really spirited ride, believe it or not....