Date: 2 Aug 2002 15:02:01 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Looking to buy a classic 900
Someone who looks an awful lot like MSu1049321 <msu1049321nopsamcom> wrote: > They run a long time, but when they break, it's always expensive. Just > about the last straw was a bill for fixing the windshield wipers last year... > in American cars, the wipers usually are individually powered by small electric > motors, and if one dies, you pop in a new one, no biggie. Not Saab, no, it has > one motore and a complicated series of cams, arms, and cables. So, two motors is simpler than a linkage? Hm. Don't think so. (snip of more dealer problems) > My 88 also had a number of fit and > finish problems, which the dealership would neither acknowledge nor fix. (snip) > The whores replaced my muffler under warranty with a > half-price aftermarket one, but billed trollhatten for an OEM part. That's fraudulent, and probably criminal. Did you do anything about it other than complain about it here? > The last > seven years she had leaked oil like the Exxon valdez, from the compressor and > the transmission case. The dealer said it was a gasket where most cars have an > oil pan, but they said in Saabs, the tranny IIS the oil pan, and step one for > replacing the gasket is "remove engine". Yike! Every car with the engine on top of the tranny will have the same situation. You seem to be taking out your problems with your dealer's obvious dishonesty and incompetance, on Saab's design descisions. > true or not, I've had it, and in the last ten years American cars have come a > long way closer to the style, performance, and durability of the Saab, and so, > I'm going with a car that won't drive me to the poorhouse. OK, bye then. It'd be so much easier to find a dealer who isn't out to stiff you, but obviously you've made up your mind. So much more effective, perhaps, to ask for suggestions rather than just show up to gripe, but it's clear you've got your mind made up. Dave Hinz
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