Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:28:58 -0700 From: Laff4lifenospamcom Subject: Re: Saab story here.
On Aug 30, 2:10 pm, Steve B. <n...nospam.com> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Laff4l...nospamcom wrote: > >Any suggestions out there??? Sorry so long w/my Saab story but I'm > >really in a pickle and someone I told my story to suggested I post my > >story here to see if a fellow Saab person might be able to give me > >some suggestions....other than BURN THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) > > I don't really understand why you are upset with the car. It isn't > the cars fault it got wrecked and it isn't the cars fault you didn't > get the top fixed in a timely fashion while the insurance company was > on the hook for the repair. > > Could be that the system was leaking and is now out of fluid. You > could check the fluid and top it off if low. The top would work a few > times until the fluid leaked out again. Not the morally correct thing > to do but that is a decision for you to make. > > The only other thing you can do is take it to a Saab dealer or very > good Saab specialist and have it repaired. Be forewarned that the > expense to repair is utterly ridiculous. The motor assemble is like > $2800. The cylinders are around $400 each. You may be better off > just to trade it with a broken top. > > The numbers you are quoting for trade-in are more like retail numbers. > No new car dealer is going to keep a car like that on the lot. They > are going to give you less than wholesale value for it and then take > it to the auction. It will show up on a buy her pay here lot > somewhere in the near future. Having been repaired from a wreck is > not looked at as a good thing nor is it a selling point. Any car that > has been wrecked has a lower value and your case is a perfect example > of why. It was fixed but the top doesn't work right anymore and who > knows how many other things were half assed just to make it look shiny > and pretty. Not your fault... just the way it is. > > Good luck to you on this one. I also have a '99 convertible that is > having top problems so I feel your pain. Luckily I bought the car > right so the repair isn't going to kill me, but it still hurts. > > Steve B. Thanks for all of your advice. I really don't expect to get the KBB price but it would be wonderful if I did. Other than the convertible top, the car is in fantastic condition (it should be for all the money I've put into it). I would be perfectly happy with a sale of $7500. Does anyone know if a rear end collision would in fact affect the convertible top? AND...what's this fluid that was mentioned by someone here? TELL ME MORE!!! The reason for me being deliquent in getting the top looked at by Saab is because the rear end accident occurred at the end of Spring and it was a while after the accident that I tried to use the top. Then, within a couple of months after the accident, someone else hit me from the rear. The second fender bender only scratched the new bumper that was put on after the first accident. Not to make excuses but I had some major health problems which had me in and out of the hospital for a few months during all of this. By the time my health improved and I brought my car to a mechanic to ask him what he thought I should do, he suggested trying to sell it or trade it in (that's when the top was still somewhat functional)...then I came here to ask for advice. The insurance company has tried to have an adjuster come and give me a final inspection twice since the first accident and both times I told them that the top had not been working correctly since the accident and I would contact them after I contacted a mechanic. Do you think it's been too long now? The first rear end accident was in April and the second in June. Today I'm going to see the mechanic I spoke earlier about to see if he might be able to get a second hand piston for the top and put it in for me. He might even make the call to the insurance company telling them that the problem with the top is due to the rear end collisions.
