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during this entire time. Yeah, overloaded things a bit (bought the factory self-leveling shocks; replaced flattened rear springs at 70k) but the 2,500 lb boat trailered just great, so why buy a minivan, truck, etc, when the 9000 did the job just fine?
Don't know if that contributed or not -- even moved from Texas to Wisconsin pulling the boat loaded full of household goods (weighed well over 3000# then) and the car didn't bat an eye. Clutch was still factory at 121k when I sold it ...
posted by 209.242.236...
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John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
'95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold
'98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away
'97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it]
still driving:
'97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive
'07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx
'08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 201,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi
'14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
Posts in this Thread:
- To keep or not to keep the 9000 - that is the question., AK Colin, Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:14:06
- Thanks everyone for the advice, AK Colin, Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:44:12
- Drive it into the ground!, David Ingram, Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:53:27
- If the whine isn't getting worse, you might be ok., DickT , Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:40:44
- in a similar boat, i'm just going to keep driving it..., aaron, Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:52:06
- Re: To keep or not to keep the 9000 - that is the question., dboone, Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:44:50
- Re: To keep or not to keep the 9000 - that is the quest, Ed N, Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:42:51
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