Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:18:44 +1200 From: Richard Sutherland-Smith <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> Subject: Re: Terminal diagnosis but car still running, and due MOT - any advice?
In message <XcqZc.270$Oo1.113nospamfe1-win.ntli.net> "Jez" <jl.webnospamorld.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 1996 9000 CD Eco Turbo with 70,000 miles on the clock. I bought it > 8 months ago for £2,500 and I do about 8,000 miles per year. > > It's been diagnosed with a faulty/deteriorating automatic gearbox pump, and > I'm told that the cheapest way to deal with it - recon gearbox - will amount > to well over £1,000 if I go to a Saab approved garage, and something around > that much if I go to a normal garage. I was also told (by a Saab approve > garage, second opinion from non Saab approved automatic transmission > workshop) that it might go on for several years with no more problem than > being noisy, and it might pack up tomorrow. It also has a cracked windscreen > (definite MOT failure) and is due four new tyres and who knows what else. When buying a 9000T about 7 years ago, the Auckland Saab dealers inspected it and said the turbo was blowing smoke and on its way out. I factored that in when I bought it; my son now has the car and the same turbo is as strong as an ox!! Fingers crossed. If that is all that's wrong with it you could have a nice car there. -- Richard Sutherland-Smith 19 Webb Road, Wanganui 5001, New Zealand
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