Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 09:55:54 -0400 From: Joseph D. Farrell <erisajdnopsams.com> Subject: Wife buying '02 9-3 SE convertible . . .what should I keep an eye on??
Ok - my wife is having her midlife crisis and is buying a 9-3 convertible this week -seems like a nice car - she really likes it so it is not important what I think - y'know, leather, sportpackage and auto trans [not my first choice in a luxo-sports-ragtop, but it ain't my car] so - what should we look at CAREFULLY before we take delivery, what are the chronic issues with the vehicle? How reliable has the water-cooled turbo been? Do you need to treat this turbo like the old ones where you needed to let the engine idle for a ferw seconds before you turn it off to let the turbo spin down??? Thanks - Joe Farrell