Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:00:18 -0500 From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreemannopsamlepc.com> Subject: Re: Advice re 2000-2001 9-5 Sedan or Wagon (Estate)
Don't know if this will still do you any good, but we have a '99 9-5 wagon with the 2.3 turbo and 5 speed - it is a great car. No major problems, I'm amazed at how well SAAB had this car sorted out in the beginning. If a mechanic checkout, maintenance history and the price are good, go for it! Ken <serge> wrote in message news:9o83qvggo6ipve3qbfbunejrqp618kl6uinopsamcom... > I''m seeking any advice - good, bad, gratuitously ugly - about a > potential purchase of a 9-5 in the '00-'01 range. After owning nine > SAABs since 1973 [two 96s, a Sonett, a much-beloved 95 (lost in > Hurricane Hugo at the age of 18), two 99s and two classic 900s], I am > looking at retiring my 1990 900 with regret. The ninth car is a 1998 > 900seT, my feelings for which I can't bring myself to articulate. > Fact is, I don't really like it that much...(my wife does). > > I don't know enough yet about the 9-5 in its earlier incarnation > around 2000. I'm pretty sure it's wiser to avoid the V6 but how is > the 4 cyl holding up? ...what about the standard turbo as opposed to > the HO version? I have bought great SAABs in the later years of a > model range, i.e. the 99 was pretty notorious in the early '70s, as > was the 900 in the late '70s and early '80s and the early GM cars also > semed to have many "issues." A cable clutch...what was SAAB thinking? > > A 9-5 in the early years of its kind somewhat scares me...anyone with > an opinion to spare? TIA > > serge
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