Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:36:56 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: ANY Reliability Problems with 9.3 series???
"Kenneth S." wrote: > nospam wrote: > > > > "Just Bob" <uctraingnopsamanet.com> wrote in message > > news:rn7ertoq5s5j4a8isco2us6qq1bl5r14cfnopsamcom... > > > > > Saabs are reliable, but no European car approaches the Japanese model > > > of "never did anything to it but changed the oil, tires, and brakes". > > > > Though my 900S has only 60K miles (so far so good), I also have a 1990 > > Nissan Sentra which has 172K miles and is still going strong. You are right, > > it only needed tires, brakes, oil changes, and on top of all that, it makes > > 40 miles per gallon > > I have two cars, a 1996 900SE that I bought in January of this year and > a 1990 Mazda Miata that I bought more than 3 years ago. The Saab has > cost me far, far more in repairs in the nine months that I have owned it > than the Miata has cost me in more than three years of ownership. > > I'm going to stick with the Saab, in hopes that I've reached the end of > the repairs to it. However, I wouldn't buy one again, and I wouldn't > advise anyone else to do so. I have several cars, a 1990 Saab 900S and a 2000 Camry V-6 - both manual transmissions. I had a 1986 Saab 900 that rusted away and I replaced it with the Camry, based on the reputation for reliability. The Camry certainly has plenty of power, bells, and whistles - but it has no soul. I found the 1990 900S a few months later and bought it because I wanted a driver's car. I know it is not as reliable or inexpensive to maintain as the Camry, but it much more fun to drive. I have the Camry for the family trips, with its SWS (spouse warning system - "Slow down on these curves, you're not in the Saab" ) and CD player. When I am driving by myself, I take the Saab :-) I sort of agree with the purchase advice on a Saab. I wouldn't buy a NG Saab either and I wouldn't advise anyone else to do so either. I would advise you to get a Classic Saab for a few thousand dollars and have fun.
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