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I have that also... need frequent (or infrequent) short trips and not much long haul. Issues tend to be exhausts rusting, brakes rusting, etc. I do short oil changes and plug changes. As Noel said 1999 is not really a "sludge year" for the 9-3, but it does have a turbo, so it is good to get a warm up/cool down in properly... for that reason I don't use the 9-5 this way... I use the NA c900s for the short trip/low mileage stuff and change the oil every 3k *km* (which is about every 6 months of use)...
riding a bike when possible is probably better than doing really short trips in the car (and better for one's health). or get up a bit early, and go for a long drive in the country side in the Saab before ending with the 3 mile cool down trip to work :-)...
Posts in this Thread:
- Any advice for new short commute & car maintenance?, Brucer, Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:00:10
- Re: Any advice for new short commute & car maintenance?, Brucer, Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:36:31
- Take a longer route, ToddInMA, Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:37:51
- Hoof it, No Snaab, Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:30:00
- Walk/Bike/etc, Les_H, Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:00:55
- Re: Any advice for new short commute & car maintenance?, Name Left Blank, Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:02:06
- Re: Any advice for new short commute & car maintenance?, Sondeen , Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:29:08
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