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Part of my problem may be...
Posted by BrianD (more from BrianD) on Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:58:07
In Reply to: 9-5 maintenance costs? Unbiased responses please, BrianD, Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:31:49
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that we are moving around so much right now (I'm finishing grad school and living in 3 places) that we've never been able to find one good mechanic and stick with him/her. So, we're kind of always at the mercy of whoever we can find to do the work. That may be why I seem to be getting hosed on maintenance. I don't know though....
Oh yeah - the serpentine belt included an idler pulley or two. maybe explains the $240.
I absolutely love Saabs. But, probably 99% of the population (including me) are not willing to DIY things like serpentine belts and brakes to save some $$. The consequences of screwing up are pretty darn serious. There's definately a nice sense of rugged independence one gets from fixing one's own car, but we can't expect everyone to do that, especially if Saab/GM wants to sell a lot of cars. (But things ARE looking up these days).
After all this talk, I think we're still loyal Saabers though. We've decided to do the shocks and struts on the '97 900s and get another year or so out of it. We plan on replacing it with an '01 9-5 wagon next spring after we've settled into our mortgage payments (1st house).
ok - sorry to trouble you all with this useless babbling
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Posts in this Thread:
- 9-5 maintenance costs? Unbiased responses please, BrianD, Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:31:49
- Part of my problem may be..., BrianD, Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:58:07 <-- Viewing This Message
- Midas killed you on that muffler, TimBrown, Sun, 22 Jun 2003 20:12:46
- Fully BIASED reply, TG, Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:43:17
- Re: 9-5 maintenance costs? Unbiased responses please, Rick D., Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:34:30
- Re: 9-5 maintenance costs? Unbiased responses please, keeton, Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:25:22
- Re: 9-5 maintenance costs? Unbiased responses please, AeroLady, Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:58:29
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