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unless you get bored with 9000, can keep forever...
Posted by aaron [Email] (more from aaron) on Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:19:24
In Reply to: Re: Age happens to us and our cars...., Ed N, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:49:15
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up until a couple years ago i was using my 69 olds as a daily driver (now it's waiting for summer and some spare time when i can play), and haven't seen any reason to replace it with something newer (but sold our 325ic after a couple years)
honestly i don't see any reason why these cars can't be driven forever, and at the price of replacing cars these days, why not keep rebuilding and restoring them.
if my 35 year old olds can withstand 35 massachusetts years (many without garage) with most of its original metal intact, surely these saabs will go 30 or 40 years without a major rust problem, and the trans and engines can be rebuilt and rebuilt if need-be. leather can be redone. carpeting and mats replaced. swithces replaced. rubber replaced.
only vanity or boredom or the loss of fossil fuel will create the need to move on from a 9000.
these days cars 30-50 years old and older are getting ground up restorations and are like new, and they sell for 20-40K and more...
unlikely that'll happen with 9000s (C900's maybe), but no reason why we couldn't do it.
posted by 65.11.24...
Posts in this Thread:
- leaving 9000 board, going to 9.5 board, Bill7, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:44:06
- Good Luck with your new SAAB..., CalAero, Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:22:08
- Get back here!, No Snaab, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:12:33
- Re: leaving 9000 board, going to 9.5 board, Joe
, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:13:09
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