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Re: 9000 automatic transmissions? Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: 9000 automatic transmissions?, Monster Joe, Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:48:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
A friend of mine will only drive the manual, so he held out for one. In fact, he held out for two (the first one got creamed just after he got it sorted out). It took a while, but he got what he wanted, and two years later, he hasn't stopped grinning.
For a variety of reasons, I am limited to automatics for the 9000 fleet. Yes, that means a bigger portion of a rapidly dwindling pool. When I went looking, my standards were very high. I cast my net quite wide, and waited. I saw a lot of cars and rejected them. After a couple of months, an ideal car showed up all of six miles from my house. Not only full maintenance records, but an owner that fixed absolutely everything and did all maintenance right on time. Maintenance records are good, but if they show oil changes every 20K miles, run. I got the car a few years back, and my wife and I haven't stopped grinning....
Moral of the story - there aren't a lot of good 9000s left, but they are worth waiting for. Select, don't settle. Be patient, use every resource you can to find cars (the Internet is great). And be selective - it'll pay for itself in the short and long run.
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