My first car was a used 1994 Saturn SL1. After owning it about two years, the alternator died while I was driving to anime night, the day after a tornado. Thanks to the power lines downed by the tornado, many traffic lights were not working, which meant traffic chaos. It took nearly two hours for a tow truck to arrive and tow me the 2 miles to the dealer. Two-three years later the replacement alternator died about 35 miles past the warranty mileage.

A few years later I sold it to a friend who used it for another six years or so. It was totaled in a accident caused by clouds of dark smoke from the truck ahead of her temporarily obscuring her car from sight. Somebody rear-ended her. A few years later her replacement car died, and she replace it with.... a used (later model year) Saturn SL1.