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sell it?or fix it?or buy GTI?
Posted by JR [Email] (more from JR) on Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:56:58
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OK, here goes, I have had an '86 SPG for 8 months. It has 267,000kms on it. The body has been completely re-done, bead-blasted and new paint. It has a '91 trans in it (it still is hard to shift to 2nd when cold though!). It has started to burn a bit of oil, when starting off from a stand still, I can't see it out the rear any other time, but I smell like oil if I drive with the sunroof open! Also the valves have started to get a bit noisy, mostly when cold, although there's a faint ticking at all times.
To make a long story short, I'm torn as to whether to fix the engine problems ($$$$) or sell it and buy a VW GTI 8v that a friend is selling. I know the Saab is “more car”, and I really like it, but I don't know if I want the hassle. I'm not very mechanically inclined, so fixing the problem myself is not an option. Has anyone else had this choice? I'd appreciate and advise or thoughts on the subject.
Posts in this Thread:
- sell it?or fix it?or buy GTI?, JR, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:56:58 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: sell it?or fix it?or buy GTI?, JR, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:44:54
- GTI, feh!, formulavee65, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:02:17
- Fix what?, Ari
, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:30:53 - don't know enough about the GTi...you can spend $$ there2>, chrystobal, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:05:51
- Re: sell it?or fix it?or buy GTI?, Jason, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:31:33
- fix, Chris M, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:21:38
- fix it, good karma for the continuum..., KeithG, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:43:20
- Re: sell it?or fix it?or buy GTI?, JLW, Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:40:48
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