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(more from Snowmobile) on Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:39:02
In Reply to: Re: It has been a good ride, Alan, Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:17:37 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
This is kind of a reply to both Alan and Dave.
As an owner of 2 c900s, for me, most things are repairable. The big exception is rust. We already have salt on the roads for this winter. I was hoping to get another week or 2 of salt free driving! I oil spray my cars annually. This makes a big difference. The winter beater is getting to the point where rust is becoming a problem. I am not like some folks over on the c900 bb who will weld in large structural chunks of car. At that point, imho, to keep a c900 in the stable, you look southwest and buy either a new running one or a non-running rust free body to rebuild using the rusted one for parts. I have had to fix floors of the winter beater and it was a depressing project to say the least! Rust is always much worse than it looks on the surface! But we got 25 years out of that car, it is still 100% structurally solid, and it will most likely last another winter. Maybe more.
What we prioritize in terms of looking for a c900 to buy now (the newest ones are >20 years old!): #1 rust. #2 tranny. #3 engine, but more so if there are problems that require hard to find parts. I would put brake cylinder (esp ABS) and brake line problems high on the list also (#3 or #4), as if that stuff leaks into the car it causes rust, and repair is not that easy to do well (and ABS parts are relatively expensive/hard to find).
For a 9-5, I'd switch the engine and tranny in terms of priority. Tranny in a c900 requires a complete engine pull - this is why it spells the death for many of those cars and it is the weakest link. Engines in the 9-5 are probably less plentiful than trannies used (trannies seem to fail less often), so probably more effort to source and replace cost effectively. The prioritization list to buy and sell/ditch a car should be about the same.
In contrast to the c900's, my 2004 9-5 feels like a brand new car - hardly has any troubles. I can't fathom how some find them old and tired, but I do keep up with maintenance and I have fewer miles on the clock than some here. But then again, I find it hard to give up on the winter beater c900 for a new car (it's just too much fun to drive!) so I may be an outlier here!
If you buy a used 9-5, you *need* to have some extra cash above and beyond the sale price to cover the cost to make it right (tires, brakes, exhaust, suspension, broken or missing stuff). If you are driving a car you are thinking of selling, unless you are buying new, you need to have some extra cash to make that car right. Why not put that into your own car? Basically the decision is "how much cash" is needed for each...
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