Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:10:25 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: '89 900S:does it stay or go?
Think of this car as a "beater", a car that you don't worry about getting scratched or banged in a parking lot. It is a car you can drive fearlessly on the salty winter roads. It is basic transportation! If it were my car, I would rip down the headliner and expoy the sunroof in place ,if possible. If it were my only car I would fix the AC and drive it into the ground or until it rusted away. Assuming you maintained the engine and transmission, you should be able to get 300,000 to 400,000 miles on the car. Just think of all the things you could do with the $35,000 you would save by not buying a new car. Your auto insurance is also less expensive. I ran my '86 900 until the front end was rusted away from the road salts. Someone bought it and is still driving it today. I have a previously owned '90 900S hatchback, as well as an '82 245. "John D. Gardner" wrote: > Soliciting opinions from SAAB owners. > > Situation, '89 900S 4dr needs: > > -a/c conversion ($700-$800 for kit plus labor, also won't hold charge, > mechanic can't determine where the leak is [any experience with bad a/c's]) > > - new sunroof (don't ask how, but the original is damaged beyond repair, > located a different colored sunroof at a salvage yard for $100, but need to > paint to match, provided it's the right one [any experience replacing a > sunroof?]) > > -headliner sagging badly ($250 to repair??) > > I'm not a mechanic, this is my 25 mile, one way to work-mobile. > > Thoughts: looking at $1200-$1500 to get back in good running order barring a > major surprise with the a/c. Have researched numerous web sites for prices > on newer SAABs. Considered the cost of keeping the old one running vs. > buying something newer. Just gathering thoughts/ideas at this point. What > would you consider the end of a car's useful life? Repair exceeds value? > Keep going til the motor seizes? Any other point? Realize a lot is > individual opinion. Thanks in advance. > > John
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