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Re: Saabs and reliability and good maintenance? cont'
Posted by Spiros Trianta (more from Spiros Trianta) on Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:50:07
In Reply to: Re: Saabs and reliability and good maintenance? cont', Peter 
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<<At 96k, my budget is $2-3k per year. By my definition, that qualifies as a reliable car with average maintenance cost.>>
I have repairs of $1-1.5k/year in a 900S NG and find the amount outrageous (1t 100k), especially for a known-history car that has been babied.
By comparison, as I have mentioned earlier, I have taken two cars to 200k miles, with repairs of $300 per car total, not annual (one was an '85 Civic which was driven in mostly winter, only thing that ever broke was an alternator ($300)) and my wife's daily driver is a '95 Corolla, now at 210k miles, whose only repairs have been a DIY starter and alternator ($300 total also). Right now it needs a valve/piston ring job, and given the car's history, I have no problems with it.
As a friend commented when he gave me a ride to the shop, I could have leased or bought a disposable car of some kind with similar payment to what I'm putting in for repairs year after year.
And, around here (Indianapolis) no independent I know accepts BYOP, and their labor rates are only a few $ less than the dealer, if that.
But, as we say in Greece, "the good day shows off in the morning". The NG900 stranded me with 600 miles on the odometer :-) (power steering fluid hose clamp popped out)
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Posts in this Thread:
- Saabs and reliability and good maintenance? cont', JamesD, Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:18:24
- Some shops will let you bring in your own parts, Noel, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:19:20
- You're going to the wrong garage, RedAeroGirl, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:14:27
- Re: Saabs and reliability and good maintenance? cont', Peter , Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:25:04
- james, some of these things are even neophite diy..., baggsly
, Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:50:28
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