Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 12:36:56 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: How High is High Mileage?
in article ba7ttn$q8qk6$1nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de, Grunff at grunffnopsam.com wrote on 18/05/2003 13:20: > Simon Weller wrote: >> I'm looking at a few old shape 900's over the next few days, all around >> 14-10 years old. >> >> I know they're capable of incredible mileages but when should alarm bells >> be ringing? When do major components start need replacing. More to the >> point when do they start getting expensive? >> >> Would a high UK spec (air con, all electrics etc) 1993 900 16v with full >> SAAB service history at 163,000 miles be of concern? > > No, service history is far more important than mileage. You can > have two identical cars, one that's had regular service by a > good garage with 300k, one that's had the odd oil change with > 80k - I'd pick the 300k any day. I thought it was the higher, the better for Saabs :) Paul