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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:29:27 GMT
From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: thinking of getting a Saab


in article 1050952288.611207nopsamke.eclipse.net.uk, Jules at julesnopsameventhinkaboutspammingme.slidejules.com wrote on 21/04/2003 20:15: > a quick word of introduction I suppose, I'm a 24 yr old brit and am thinking > of getting into the world of Saabs... my dad had two in his life, a 900 5dr > Turbo (PLW 454W, owned from 1982 to 1985) and a 9000 SE Turbo (E79 FLX, > owned from 1987 to 1993). Wow do I have some memories of that car, woooeee > it was quick! Nice cars Jules. The classic 900 was my boyhood dream and I got my first when I was 27. > Anyway, my current car is a Peugeot 206 GLX 3Dr, which is cool enough for > city driving but really a bit small, and pretty tiring for long motorway > hauls. I play in a band and really struggle to get all my gear into it! > Anyway, I bought it new (£10.5K) and given the amount of miles I travel (c > 25k per year, mostly motorway but a bit of london driving too) it is costing > too much to run in terms of depreciation etc. Considering I have had it a > year and it has lost 5k off it's value... ouch! Lose the new car. I owned a brand new Fiat Punto Sporting before my first Saab and while I pined for the "newness" for the first couple of Saab weeks, I wouldn't go back to owning a new car as my only car. > So, realistically, how expensive would it be for me to run a 9000/CS turbo > of some kind? I haven't made a claim on insurance in the 7 yrs since getting > my license - all insurance quotes all seem to be in the c.£900 p.a. region > which seems about right I guess. Is that fully comp? I pay around 500 UKP (0 years no claims) for TPFT on a 1989 900 turbo. I think you'd be surprised how little it will go up, if at all. > I have seen a few cars on ebay/exchange and mart for between £1.5k and £3k - > mileages between 125 and 180k - do any of you run similar cars and if so, > what is your typical running cost in terms of servicing etc.? (just a > ballpark figure would be really helpful) I've spent the day reading posts to > this newsgroup and am not sure I would have the technical know-how to do a > lot of the DIY fixing that you guys do. I live in Chertsey so am not a > million miles away from Leatherhead which is where I guess my nearest saab > specialist would be... The 9000 is a great car. The CSE model, with all the gadgets if you can get a newer one would be good. My reason for suggesting a newer one (say, P reg) means you'd get a low mileage car with all the gadgets still working. Most mechanics would be able to deal with this, but if you could get a Saab specialist all the better. The 9000 feels like a go-kart compared to the 900; wider wheelbase and all that :) I would think if you follow normal mechanical advice (in other words, so long as the car is not f*cked), you'd be looking at maybe a couple of hundred pounds per year. Most classic owners are far more finickerty about their machines than common drivers and spend a lot of time and money pre-emting problems ... And just tinkering :) > Any help/stories/approximate numbers would be most appreciated! Or, just bite the bullet and go for a dirt cheap 900 turbo, pay whatever for the problems and have some fun with it. Get a better model once you have a feel for it. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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