Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:08:42 -0400 From: DanB <meld_bnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: Mixed Saab Results...
Oooo...great stories.... Well I'm on my second C900 (did I get that right lingo right- a Classic) an 1984 had ~80K on it when I blew out a syncro and a fork in the tranny... I'm probably at fault because I reved it up a lot to get it moving (that 8V engine was underpowed). A couple months after that it was totaled by someone coming into my lane on a icy day. Very sad day back then. I drove all kinds of stuff and almost ended up with a Peugeot! then I drove a SAAB and had a big smile on my face.... bought an 1989 900C with thankfully the 16V engine. That car now is torturing me because I still would much rather drive it, but I married into a Mazda Protege which now has 86K less miles than the SAAB's 179K. I've been stranded 3 or 4 times by the SAAB 1 - a brake light switch froze up and drilled the battery into the ground 1.5 - Didn't really believe the dealer that it needs high test gas or the plugs foul (I just yanked the plugs cleaned them off and I was back under way) 2 - Fuel pump, while on vacation, Dealer gave me the wrong part... it wasn't pretty 3 - ECU (Fuel injection computer) thankfully right after vacation, not pretty either. Looking back I've spent quite a bit on the SAAB and I think my smartest move would be to give up on the 900 and grit my teeth and drive the Mazda until it dies and then buy a 9-3 replacement! Oh - The Mazda has never stranded us in it's entire 91K. -Dan **** Fritz wrote: > We have a 92 900. It's been swell except for the following. > Blown head gasket under 100k. Blown gear box at 100k. > That, to me, is Ford bullshit. I never expected gearbox failure before > 150k. Apparently quite common, to the point that there is a 2rd party > guy in Ct that rebuild with custom parts, in particular the pinion. > Although the 9-5 wagon is very appealing to us, I'm having a hard time > voting for a $35k car from Saab, now GM. The odd thing is the 2rd > party rebuild is $500 less then Saab's rebuild from NJ.
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