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Re: Doctorial Student looking for Saab Convertible
Posted by chrisx (more from chrisx) on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:59:34
In Reply to: Doctorial Student looking for Saab Convertible, Danielle, Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:00:59
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you don't really want one. not now. get yourself a nice reliable honda and save your expense money. if you can't do your own repairs or pay top dollar for a very low miles unit you will be a poor doctoral student...on foot too. not to destroy your dream or anything but the older saabs can run up multi k$ repairs just for the hell of it. seals, ball joints, wheel bearings, cvt cylinders, head gaskets etc etc. i have had a lot of c900 saabs and two c900 convertibles, the convertibles can take a lot more maintenance and can cost a lot more. the top mounting trim alone for a cvt is around 500$, top and installation is the better part of 1k. you just need to make sure you know what you are getting into, if an older saab is squared up and maintained they do well. but i save myself many many thousands of dollars buy calling it an expensive hobby and i stock my own spares, including engines and transmissions. if i was not the total gearhead mech, i would never be able to afford them, or at least justify the cost. at that cost of ownership i could drive a real nice car. :) i still could even with them parked :) but i love my 3 saabs.
78 99t
86 spg
91 cvt
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