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Re: what happend to the rest
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Posted by saabhartha (more from saabhartha) on Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:43:51 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: what happend to the rest, Nahum Cook, Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:09:59
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Well let's see:
78 GL 225K RIP was actually still runnable(and I misremembered the miles...I think it had 245K when some goofy saabfanatic towed it away...the floor was completley rusted out, but some parts may still be running somewhere

79 GL 180K RIP this one I bought for $250 with 130K on it and drove it for awhile then used it for a parts car to keep the 78 running. It was parted out further by my BIL, then hauled off to the crusher

81 900 T 150K RIP..oh this one I got for $450 'cause it was rusted out pretty bad...did the bondo and new paint thing, but it was starting to rust through when I traded it in on the 9000...I saw it sitting in a junk yard waiting for the crusher.

86 900 T 180K RIP...this one I bought for $300 'cause it had a cracked head and various other maladies, but I did get it running strong..it had an after market air cooler that really made it run like stink sold it for $1000 to a high school kid who the next week got ticketed for 110 in a 55...hmmmm. Don't know what happened to it, but I doubt it's still running.
89 9000 T 160K...let's see, it was still running when I traded it in, but needed some work, dealer got it fixed up and resold. I actually saw it about 2 years later at a used car place...still drove, had about 180K but you know? any car approaching 200K has that worn out sound and feel and alot of little things start going wrong. doubt it's still going

99 9.5 still kickin..this was interesting as it was the first (and probably last) new car I ever bought in my life. Absoutely loved it though, put 30K on the first year, and then realized how far upside down I was, so traded it in on...strange deal...a

89 900T still kickin..I see it once in awhile when I take my current in for service....but I only had it for a short while before the next 9000..I really missed the size and smoothness of the 9000

96 9000 CS 225K RIP...this one had like 50 or 60K I think, and I put it through some pretty hard use...daily commute round trips of 70 miles plus hauled alot of building materials with it. I should mention that ALL of these SAABS have had a trailer hitch hauling a 4X8 trailer which at various times has been FULL of plywood, or green oak firewood, or gravel, stones, or wet topsoil, sheetrock scraps. I know it could handle 1500 pounds pretty well, but I know I had loads that were over that...way over capacity, used to have to watch the temp gauge on the 81 turbo pretty close and gear down when it got too high. This one died in it's sleep...went to start it one morning and apparently a chunk came loose from the flywheel screamed like crazy. The dealer gently suggested I put out to pasture...he also needed the front clip...sold me the:

95 9000 CSE 5 speed 105K the best one of the lot, according to my averages should have at least 70K left in her. When she goes, I think a 9.5 wagon would be a decent replacement.


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