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so you bought a used car and had problems...
Posted by compaqted (more from compaqted) on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:55:50
In Reply to: Saab experiment gone horribly wrong. (LONG), EK, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:29:57
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If you buy a used car, any car, Acura or Honda or Saab, you are taking a risk. Its reliability depends upon the previous owner's care for the car. If it was leased and the owner couldn't care about it, it probably got minimal maintenance, and any problems were overlooked.
You purchased the car for a lot less than a new one. I would expect the difference in price for your car vs. a new one was a *lot* more than the cost of the repairs you've had done (which were probably around $1000). That's not too bad. It is around 2 payments on a new car. You are still *way* ahead of the game and you have an excellent car with only a minor problem or two left (the head gasket leak is just a retorque that *should* have been done by the previous owner).
Sure, my '99 9-5 had a throttle body problem. And it just needed a new clutch. But I paid $14K cash for it two years ago. I've spent about $1400 on these two repairs, but expect it to go for at least another 8 years, more if I want it to. That's 10 years for ~$15,000, or about 1/4 of what a new car would cost. And it rides, handles, and is safer than the vast majority of cars out there.
posted by 12.4.21...
Posts in this Thread:
- Saab experiment gone horribly wrong. (LONG), EK, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:29:57
- Re: Saab experiment gone horribly wrong. (LONG), Andy
, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:04:16 - Saab 9-5 Aero vs Acura TL, Manumad, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:27:07
- so you bought a used car and had problems..., compaqted, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:55:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Saab experiment gone horribly wrong. (LONG), Saabdude
, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:13:26 - Acura TL very nice car, probably one of the best..., TKC, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:59:52
- Acura TL, MisplacedYankee
, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:50:21 - Sorry about your experience...TSX/TL are great cars!, Brian, Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:00:54
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