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>>I heard an independent saab mechanic told my friend that the 9-3 is a better built car than the 9-5<<
If that's the new 9-3 you're talking about - check the Consumer Report, etc reliability ratings - they get no lower. If that's 157.5k miles on your 9-5, doesn't sound that bad. I think there were bad DIs but if you now have a one made in 2003 or after, it should be OK. Clutch at that mileage wouldn't be all that surprising to me. Early 9-5s had head gasket problems, but yours is well down the road - I'd just look at it in cost/benefit terms.
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Posts in this Thread:
- How ong to keep my 2001 9-5?!, Patrik, Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:08:52
- Re: How ong to keep my 2001 9-5?!, ussakl, Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:00:31
- Re: How ong to keep my 2001 9-5?!, RonAtl, Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:16:24
- Re: How ong to keep my 2001 9-5?!, darrell , Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:23:46
- Re: How long to keep my 2001 9-5?!, LesH, Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:30:41
- I think you have to play it by ear, DE , Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:00:59
- Re: How ong to keep my 2001 9-5?!, albanysaab, Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:15:15
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