Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 17:38:36 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: How High is High Mileage?
Joe User wrote: > My Saab's repairs ('90 900 110,000 miles) are fast approaching a car > payment. Things started failing at about 90k and haven't stopped. Just > replaced the front HALF of the exhaust for about $200 and am needing the > rear for $290. > TWO clutch master cylanders Why, what was wrong with the first one? > heater control valve That one comes to us all, but fortunately it's a £25 ($40) part which takes two hours to change. > water pump See heater valve. > All the internal switches (the square ones for a/c, rear defog, flashers, etc.) are bad. Really? All of them? Do you take your car scuba diving? > Air bag sensors are bad (not the first time), so I've removed the SRS > bulb. Fuel pump. Fuel line. Fuel regulater. Dash lights have been out on > left side since the care was about 3 years old (bad connection design). > I don't expect to replace most of this stuff until WELL after 100,000 > miles (with a Saab at least). SURE this car will last 300,000 miles, > but not before everything is rebuilt or replaced. THAT's nothing to > brag about. You either need to learn to service your own cars, or find a better garage. > I could go one, but I'm getting depressed! Get rid of your Saab. Buy a Saturn. -- Grunff
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