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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 15:55:10 +0100
From: "Paul Dagen" <paul.dagennopsam.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: Experiences with 89 Saab 9000S


I own an '89 9000s. I've just spent too much as the head gasket blew. The car is totally worth it though. patrick timlin wrote in message <6me8kb$n36$3nopsamdac.neu.edu>... >Elanchelvan Elango (eelangonopsamracle.com) wrote: > >: I bought a 1989 Saab 9000S in November 1996. I've driven about 30,000 >: miles since then and currently it has about 125,000 miles. Of late I >: spent about $3,000 in repairs, some of them purely precautionary. >: Overall, I would have spent about $5,000 on repairs. I've heard Saabs >: live up to 200, 000 miles provided you take care of them. Does taking >: care is usually end up like this? Or was it just a usual repair for that >: many miles? I really like the car, its comfortable, safe and very >: reliable. It was simply great during the one of worst Connecticut >: winters. I hate to sell or trade it, partly because, it would not go for >: a good amount. Please share any experiences. > >Well first off keep in mind that you bought a car that was about 8 years >old at the time and had nearly 100,000 miles on it. While 100K is not tons >when talking about a Saab, it is still a lot of miles and a fair bit of >years, so there is bound to be things that need to be taken care of. many >of these things are simply things that are going to fail on ANY car after >this amount of time and can include brakes, exhaust, shocks, water pumps, >ball joints, CV joints (if the boots got ripped and not replaced), etc. >etc. > >I recently bought an 1988 900S about a year and a few months ago. I too >have had to put a fair bit of money into it at first to get everything >right, but now I have a car that I am fairly confident in and know at >least the things I fixed are good for a long while. > >Now if you are thinking of getting rid of this car to buy a new car, well >maybe that would be fine since you assume a new car will be problem free >at least for the first couple years. But if you are thinking of selling >your car to buy another used car, well then I think you might be trading >in a car that you know know about and have already taken car of a lot of >things for a car you know NOTHING about and might have to repair those >same things over again. > >With a used car, if you go to the time and expense to correct and repair >those things that are failing now, then you end up with a fairly >dependable car barring any out of the ordinary thing like blown head >gaskets or the like. But all the "maintenance" stuff like brakes, once >done, are done! > >Did that make any sense? My opinion is if you like the car and have >already put the money into fixing it, keep it! Otherwise someone like me >will come along and be glad to buy the car off you that you already have >fixed all the problems on. > >Patrick Timlin http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4742/ >ptimlinnopsamities.com

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