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An Angel was watching over me
Posted by Barry [Email] (more from Barry) on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:39:58
In Reply to: A arm monthly reminder, RCS, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:52:01
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I drove my car 400 miles from my house in Hayward,CA to Boron, CA to do a job at a chemical plant (US Borax) out in the middle of nowhere. They probably never have seen a Saab out there. Well backing out in the morning at the motel to go to the job site, BAM, I thought I hit something. My passenger side upper control arm broke off! The car was an 88 SPG with maybe 88k miles at the time. The first thought in my mind was, I'm in the middle of nowhere, where am I going to get this part and who can fix it?? I couldn't imagine towing my car hundreds of miles out of the desert to get it fixed. I called my customer and told him the situation. He said he had a mechanic friend that maybe could help me. As it turned out, the mechanic happened to have a spare one from a junk yard! (mind you, this wasn't a Saab indy and there are no Saab shops/dealers within 200 miles). Man, I thanked God that day. The mechanic only charged me $200 to fix it with the part also. The car now has 240k miles with that A-arm. You just never know.
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Posts in this Thread:
- A arm monthly reminder, RCS, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:52:01
- everyone should install scantech arms, rob
, Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:09:05 - An Angel was watching over me, Barry, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:39:58 <-- Viewing This Message
- Photo of cracked lower A-arm, Jon
, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:38:07 - A reminder to have a Saab specialist check your car, SWEDECAR
, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:48:14 - Is this only for the lower's? (n/m), Joe98, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:50:46
- Re: A arm monthly reminder, DSPG89, Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:15:11
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