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Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 18:47:59 GMT
From: Andre Brousseau <Answer50nopsamail.com>
Subject: Re: The joy of owning a Saab.  Do they build their planes as well as this?


You got really unlucky I think... had mine for 2 years and needed to change right wheel bearing, exhaust, front brakes, rear shocks and oxygen sensor, but when buying it, I knew I would have to change the wheel bearing, the exhaust and maybe the brakes, so I think you really really got unlucky in buying this car... except these little problems, the car is great! Regards, Andre Brousseau 88 900 Sara Davis wrote: > This is the story of a Saab 1989 900 turbo that I bought 10 weeks ago. It > came with a service history and had completed 113,000 miles. I am > mechanically literate and so was careful in inspecting the car before > parting with cash. > > Week one: one new wheel bearing, two new front discs and two sets of pads – > cost £233. (Normal service items to be expected I suppose) > > Week one: steering pump goes: second hand unit bought. Cost - £45 > > Week two: car breaks down from coolant leak. Two core plugs (expensive to > replace because exhaust manifold needs removing). Cost: £110 > > Week three: outer CV snaps (no warning signs of this at all and extremely > worrying when it happened). Took garage two weeks to get correct part. > Cost: £220 > > Week 6: Exhaust manifold leaks – parts cost £56 > > Week 8: Outer CV joint starts to make worrying clonking noises. New CV. Cost > £115 > > Week 9: Electric window jams open: Second hand window regulator £22 > > Week 9: Front shock gives up. Cost £25 > > Week 10: Inner CV joint on other side is just about to give out. Tonight I > have to travel home at 20 mph. Estimated cost of 2nd hand unit: £200 > > Total mileage since bought 1200 miles. > > Apart from this, the car is generally poorly put together i.e. the dash > creaks all the time, gear change is worse than that on an old Skoda I had, > speedo flutters, body flexes alarming when it is jacked up (which I have had > to do many times now). Finally, there are a host of other problems that > need to be fixed such as: turbo on its way out and other wheel bearing needs > replacing. > > Can someone enlighten me as to whether I just got (extremely) unlucky or > whether this is the common joy of Saab motoring everywhere? > > Alan

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