Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:59:27 -0000 From: Mac Townsend <mactnonospamadcomgraphics.com> Subject: Re: Buying a used Saab...
Time does damage. Especially cooling system corrosion. if it was parked dry (no coolant at all) then perhaps the damage is minimal. One fun thing about cooling system corrosion is a bloewn head gasket, which on a SAAB is going to cost about $2000 to fix (odds are you will need to find another head that's not warped, since there's no meat on them to machine them flat again (common to all OHC designs) plus all of the related stuff. I thought I was getting a good deal on the 93 I bought 3 months ago for 1400. Now I know the speedo had been disconnected (when? dunno), I had to spend $2300 for head gasket repair (incl a head), nearly a grand for resolving a wierd ignition problem, etc. If I had known beforehand, I'd not have it today. Even so, I do enjoy driving it.
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