Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:23:19 GMT From: "Jez" <jl.webnospamorld.com> Subject: Terminal diagnosis but car still running, and due MOT - any advice?
Hi, I have a 1996 9000 CD Eco Turbo with 70,000 miles on the clock. I bought it 8 months ago for £2,500 and I do about 8,000 miles per year. It's been diagnosed with a faulty/deteriorating automatic gearbox pump, and I'm told that the cheapest way to deal with it - recon gearbox - will amount to well over £1,000 if I go to a Saab approved garage, and something around that much if I go to a normal garage. I was also told (by a Saab approve garage, second opinion from non Saab approved automatic transmission workshop) that it might go on for several years with no more problem than being noisy, and it might pack up tomorrow. It also has a cracked windscreen (definite MOT failure) and is due four new tyres and who knows what else. I have to MOT it in two weeks. Does anyone have a view on whether I should do any of the following: Just scrap it - it's not worth the gamble that it could pack up two days later Pay for the MOT test, and if only the windscreen and tyres come up, pay for those and hope the gearbox pump lasts long enough to justify it Pay for all that any fairly reasonable amount of extra work, e.g. consumables like brake pads Take it through the MOT and then also pay for the gearbox pump repair if it's necessary in the next year Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Jez
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