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I think I need a new car
Posted by Andy O (more from Andy O) on Tue, 1 Jan 2008 01:12:40
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I think I've narrowed down the thick, billowing white smoke coming out of the exhaust of my 1989 900T to a leaky headgasket. I'd fix it but the frame is extremely rusty and some old timer at a tire shop told me not to drive it over 35mph. My new tires have her flying like a new car and I can hit 90+ with no shake at all ;)
So here's my silly question: Can you get any indication how long a car has been sitting by looking at the amount of surface rust on the disc brakes? Or, to put it another way, how long does it take for surface rust to form? I was checking out some used, newer Saabs today and they all had some light rust on the discs. I thought it might give me a little heads up asto how long the car's been sitting on the lot.
I hope to stay Saab since it's all I've driven (Had her for 8 years) but we'll see.
Anyway, thanks!
Andy
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