Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:22:10 -0400 From: "Smith, Craig [BVW:9R33:EXCH]" <smithcrnopsamicasm01.nt.com> Subject: Re: 1996 Saab 9000CS -- stop me!
Nicholas Carey wrote: > > We're looking at buying a 1996 9000CS. It's sad to say, but a 5 year old > Saab rides and performs better than a new Accord. So I fear I'm > suffering Saab fever. > > Anyway...the car has 77,000 miles on it with the 2.3l low boost turbo > and the 4-speed auto -- I know, I know, but my wife demands an > automatic. Leather seats. Power everything. The asking price is 14,995 > USD but we think we can get them down to about 12,000. > > The car is absolutly cherry and appears to have been lightly used. About > the only defects I've found are really minor. A couple of very minor > stone chips in the nose and the cup holder insert that's supposed to be > in the console compartment is missing. > > A title search says that the car was a rental (Budget?) originally. I > noticed that the instrument cluster doesn't have a boost gauge for the > turbo, even thought the owner's manual says that it ought to be there -- > was that a quirk of the US model 9000CS, oris that something peculiar to > 9000s produced for rentals? > > It goes to the Saab doctors tommorow for a through survey. > > Any thoughts on whether or not this is a decent deal is appreciated, > especialy negative comments -- stop me from getting addicted! This 9000 > *is* the best car I've driven in a long long time. > > Cheers, > > Nicholas > -- I know how I drove a Budget SAAB 9-3 turbo rental... You might not want to jump into that one, might be fine though. Difficult to call that one. Good Luck.
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