Date: 31 Oct 2001 22:03:02 -0800 From: othermailnopsamnet (Garrett Cook) Subject: Purchasing a Saab
l am a college undergrad that will probably be needing a car this summer. l thought about getting the usual, like a Honda or something, but then thought about getting something "different." l think that the 1994-1998 Saabs are probably some of the nicest looking cars out there; even the 1994 models look brand new if you wash 'em. l was thinking about getting the manual 1998 coupe model (with the turbo, yea!) l've heard a lot of people saying "l love my Saab!" and "l've gone 300,000 miles on the same clutch," but others telling of horror stories of weird things like coolant spilling into the passenger compartment and stuff. lt seems like there's no happy medium, people are either getting good cars or bad ones. 1. lf l were to purchase a 1998 model, what would be some key points to look for as far as reliability is concerned? l'm afraid that a lot of the used ones may be from people trading them in because their particular one broke down all the time. 2. ls the oil filter location such that it is easy to get to, or is it someplace screwed-up like in the center of the engine or something? 3. Repair l'm sure is expensive. l feel that l'm pretty good at finding info on the internet; that if it had a problem l could probably find out its cause and how to fix it. l have almost no experience dealing with repairing cars, other than changing oil and pouring in washer fluid and stuff. lf something did go wrong with the engine somewhere, and l had step-by-step instructions as to how to fix it, what are the odds that l could fix it with a normal metric set of tools?
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