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Tracking operating costs for high mileage cars can be depressing. I just looked at what I've spent on our 9-5 Aero Wagon over the past 9 years: $14,000 in parts and $5,900 in labor. It's got 210,000 miles on it. It has averaged $156 a month. The performance level per dollar however is where I see real value. I'm sure if we drove a Camry or an Accord over the same period it would have been considerably cheaper but neither of those cars exists as a wagon, and neither is as much fun to drive.
I'd like to sell (our donate) our 9-5 in a couple years but there's NOTHING like it that gives the same performance in that form factor. I'd consider a BMW e60 or MB e-Class wagon but the cost to operate either of those is too much. I guess we'll just cave and go for an SUV like EVERYONE else.
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'03 Aero 5Spd, Krona, 290 bhp (son's)
Sold:
'04 Aero Sport Kombi, Sport Tek, BSR
'03 Linear 5 spd. Krona Mods, 350 bhp
Posts in this Thread:
- Donated My 9-5 to Charity, DnstrDan
, Sun, 5 Apr 2020 14:49:49
3- Re: Donated My 9-5 to Charity, Doug W
, Tue, 7 Apr 2020 21:20:54 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: Donated My 9-5 to Charity, AdamSAAB2kAero
, Tue, 7 Apr 2020 14:17:08 - A saga that will befall many of us....., MI-Roger
, Mon, 6 Apr 2020 15:56:35 - Re: Donated My 9-5 to Charity, Dave The Ice Age Knave
, Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:31:26
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