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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:24:42 +0200 From: "Oliver Arnold" <ollyarnoldnopsamwin.ch> Subject: Re: 900 Automatic gearbox failure
Thanks for the link - very interesting. I did wonder about bring the car over to Switzerland, and got a quotation from Ward Van Lines in Santiago for importing it - came to almost $4,000 at which point I forgot the idea. Another problem is that if I bring it here I can't sell it legally for 12 months. I don't actually need a car in Basel, where the public transport is amazing, and anyway, the company includes a lease-car in the deal. Maybe the idea of privately importing a transmission unit to Chile from the US makes sense. "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> wrote in message news:3db5d73e$0$1399$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... > A replacement transmission in the US is $1795 from > http://www.saabsite.com/900new/900&94to98transmission.htm. Although > shipping to Santiago would be rather expensive, you would still have > considerable savings over the quoted price even assuming that the labor and > shipping would each be $1000. Too bad you can't get the car to Switzerland > (or somewhere else in the EU) where repairs would undoubtedly be less > expensive. Too bad I can't get a cool job like yours that would let me > relocate to all those interesting places ;-). > > Walt Kienzle > > > "Oliver Arnold" <ollyarnoldnopsamwin.ch> wrote in message > news:3db3245b$1_4nopsam.bluewin.ch... > > I was getting "check gearbox" at cold start on my '97 900 SE Turbo Auto. > I > > could bi-pass this by shifting very rapidly to "D", and for the rest of > the > > day everything was fine. Automotriz Nordica (the only Saab dealer in > > Santiago de Chile, from whom I bought the car) say that the problem will > get > > worse and that the only solution is to replace the gearbox (cost approx. > US$ > > 8,000). My job has moved to Switzerland, my car remains unsold in > Santiago. > > Any comments? Seems a drastic and expensive solution to what I thought > was > > a minor problem. > > Olly Arnold > > > > > >
