[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: SHO sits in garage.... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:26:22 In Reply to: SHO sits in garage...., dtech, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:14:58 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I bought my '89 with 80k on it, and drove it to either 112k or 117k - I don't remember. When I sold it, it had no clutch problems whatsoever - it never slipped or complained. I later ran into the kid I sold it to and he had cooked the clutch in less than 5k. He tried to imply that I'd sold him a car with a dead clutch (he wasn't mad or anything about it) but considering I saw him at the local drag strip I'm pretty sure he cooked it. He did brag on about a 14.9s run tho. :) So, let's call it about 120k...

I never had any real problems with mine... At some point the starter +12v wire separated from its terminal at the battery, but that was an easy fix. The interior was garbage, but the mechanical stuff was never a worry. I was ready to plunk down $4k for a SHOShop Gen II upgrade but ended up selling the car for some reason - it may have been to buy my '90 SPG. I tried again to buy one a couple years back, but they were all either trashed or had impossibly high mileage on them. That's what lead me to the Contour SVT and eventually my 164Q. There is currently a '91-ish SHO, white with 16" slicers on it for sale that's been sitting in a parking lot for a month. I'm seriously tempted to go take a closer look, but to this day I still feel the pain of the $800 timing belt/water pump/valve job. I've *never* had such an expensive repair on any Saab I've owned!

-Justin
Turbo 4s and 3.0l 6s are all I've owned! :)

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• VW 1.8T (180hp) thoughts, JP, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:38:59
  • RUN dont walk away from this vehicle., Justin, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:21:30
    • Re: RUN dont walk away from this vehicle., Noel, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:31:23
    • Re: RUN dont walk away from this vehicle., tsw, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:52:38
      • Audi's, VW's, and the reasons why not to buy a VW. LONG, Justin, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:45:50
    • Coil pack=Poor Man's Direct Ignition., J, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:19:26
      • By the way, VW service is very poor., J, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:27:52
  • I drove the Beetle Turbo S, KL, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:28:48
  • a few years ago I owned a Passat 1.8T, Hood, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:26:12
  • Pretty darned crude, by comparison, Stephen Goldberger, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:43:51
    • perhaps, but works better, MJM , Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:26:35
      • Weird!!, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:51:13
        • SHO sits in garage...., dtech, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:14:58
          • Re: SHO sits in garage...., Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:26:22 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Re: SHO interior.., dtech, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:21:39
      • Re: perhaps, but works better, GM, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:36:30
        • Re: perhaps, but works better, MJM , Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:33:00
          • Re: perhaps, but works better, GM, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:15:03
      • shame the Wolfsburg's aren't, KL, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:30:48
  • try the TDI, nt moore, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:11:42
  • Almost bought one..., Lutfisk, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:06:08
    • Re: Almost bought one..., tsw, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:11:50
      • You're kidding about Saab Salesmen???, nt moore, Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:13:58
      • Service Department..., Lutfisk, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:37:40
  • Re: VW 1.8T (180hp) thoughts, bRAD, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:52:10
  • Re: VW 1.8T (180hp) thoughts, MisplacedYankee , Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:52:03
    • Re: VW 1.8T (180hp) thoughts, Dan W, Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:22:26

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