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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:01:39 +0200
From: "Oliver Arnold" <ollyarnoldnopsamwin.ch>
Subject: Re: 900 Automatic gearbox failure
I've been quoted 1,700,000 Chilean Pesos + 16% tax in labour costs. That's
almost US$3,000. The other $5,000 is to import a new gearbox.
"andrewunix" <agreenbunopsamnet> wrote in message
news:slrnarb7i6.8b0.agreenbunopsam.nyx.net...
> Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:45:51 +0200, ollyarnoldnopsamwin.ch suggested:
> : I was getting "check gearbox" at cold start on my '97 900 SE Turbo Auto.
I
> : could bi-pass this by shifting very rapidly to "D", and for the rest of
the
> : day everything was fine. Automotriz Nordica (the only Saab dealer in
> : Santiago de Chile, from whom I bought the car) say that the problem will
get
> : worse and that the only solution is to replace the gearbox (cost approx.
US$
> : 8,000). My job has moved to Switzerland, my car remains unsold in
Santiago.
> : Any comments? Seems a drastic and expensive solution to what I thought
was
> : a minor problem.
>
> You could get an entire used '97 900 SE Turbo for US $8,000 up here. How
> much of that is labor cost?
>
> --
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