Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:06:35 -0500 From: "BL" <brianlevernospamatico.ca> Subject: Re: 9-3 vs. 900?
"laurak" <lkrznospamcom> wrote in message news:1105555767.574504.126730nospam2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > I'm trying to replace my 1995 9000 that got run into and have just > about given up on finding a decent 9000 I can afford or that I feel is > worth the money they're asking for it. > Tomorrow I'm looking at a 900 and a 9-3. Both SE. 900 is a 1997 with > close to 100,000 miles. 9-3 is a 1999 with 75,000 miles. Both are > manual. > A lot, of course, will depend on how each one checks out "in person" > but aside from that, is there anything else to consider when looking at > one over the other? The 9-3 is $2,000US more than the 900. > The one consideration that I would have is that transmission/clutch issues were resolved with the introduction of the hydraulic clutch on the '98 NG900 ( earlier NG900's had a cable clutch which were problematic). In addition, the cabin heating/cooling system was improved with later model NG 900..I think this also happened with the '98 model year but not sure on that. Brian