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Good buy, great car...... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email]  (#81) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Mike Lynch) on Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:14:31
In Reply to: Good Buy? and some Saab newbie questions, Mike, Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:10:35 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You're the perfect candidate for a Certified Pre Owned Saab with the extra inspection and selection process, the 6 year 100,000 mile zero deductible warranty (up from 4/50) and the dealers guidance.
But that price may be too good to pass up. Typically a Saab dealer will spend $1,000-2,000 reconditioning a car with 37k doing things like brakes, tires, and cosmetic touch up, things not covered under warranty. The vehicle is still well within the factory 4/50 warranty and you should have a Saab dealer inspect it before purhase, not only for mechanical and warranty things, but for previous collision damage that might not appear on a Car Fax. Ask your Saab service advisor to make you a copy of the service history too.
It's a "miler", a somewhat high mileage car with a substantial deduct for miles of over $1,500, so I might offer them $17,500 or $18,000 once and see if they'll let you walk away. Depends on if they have spent anything on the car or if they are just passing it on to you from the auction. 37k is time for brakes and tires, but the just might have been done by the previous owner.
It'll use 87 or 91 and run fine on either. You should try both and see if you can feel a difference. The 2.3LPT of the Linear is the least improved by 91 octane, you may or may not notice a difference.
Turbos are now water cooled with oil reservoirs filled with synthetic or semi-synthetic oil and are mostly bulletproof. They are also warrantied past the 4/50 by federal and state mandated emmissions warranties.
Saabs are very reasonable to maintain, and very reliable.
OnStar has been discontinued in newer Saabs as most don't want to spend the $199 per year for something they can do with their cell phone.
A 9-5 may not crash test as well as some, and no 9-5 has head curtain airbags, only head and torso airbags in the side of the driver and passenger seats up front, nothing in the rear, but a 9-5 is considered one of the world's safest cars having perhaps the lowest real world injury and fatality rate of any car. Hopefully somebody on the BB reading this can cite the reference.
A 2003 9-5 Linear is a perfect Saab, all the latest improvements, 5 speed auto with paddle shift and ESP among them. Does the one your considering have the memory seat? If it does you're in luck as then it has the Harmon Kardon sound system and auto dim inside mirror too, stuff known as the premium package.
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