Date: 21 Apr 2005 05:35:36 -0700 From: cook_garynospamail.com (Gary Cook) Subject: Re: Can a modern Saab gearbox seize?
"James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote in message news:<w6F9e.25309$jd6.8047nospamdc07>... > "Gary Cook" <cook_garynospamail.com> wrote in message > news:1113984519.446768.302300nospam2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > Hi > > > > So did your start off quiet and then gradually get worse to the point > > where you got the grinding noises? > > > > To be honest I'm reluctant to spend anything on it now ... it's done > > 210k and anything could go next! I'll run it until it stop basically... > > > > > Unless the engine is noisy or the thing is rusting out I don't really > understand that mentality. 210K is just not astronomical by today's > standards, my car has 265K and is still going strong, wouldn't hesitate to > replace the gearbox in the unlikely event it was needed. Yeah, I know what you are saying ... but I just get the "feeling" that it's on it's way out ... not sure I want to keep sinking money into it ... especially as I've just changed jobs and have a 140 mile round trip ... petrol being expensive (and likely to get worse) I could really do with a car that does over 50mpg ... Won't be half as much fun to drive though!! Gary