Malykaii Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Bought a fire sale 1998 Saab 900 Auto with a dead alt. Price was amazing, I bought it without even seeing it. Figured it be a cute car for the lady... But it's got 200k miles... So now what? Google isn't proving useful. Ditch or keep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 if you like different keep it ,,turbo 900 a fun car to drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 I own a saab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Cary Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Incredibly safe vehicles. The engine is easy to beef up if that's what you wanna do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malykaii Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Incredibly safe vehicles. The engine is easy to beef up if that's what you wanna do with it. Oh hell nah. I bought it for esentially scrap price. I want to stick a u pull alt in, touch up the part that got keyed, and let my girl drive it for a few months till she gets bored of having a car. I'm just paranoid that at 200k it might eat a turbo next month, a tranny the following month, and spin a bearing after that. I don't want my free to cost a fortune for just a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bha280 Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Very reliable cars if they're taken care of. I had a Viggen I traded for a 2000 9-5 Aero, both pushing 200k with basically no problems. The Ignition cassette is probably the thing to look out for. saabcentral.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 if it's turbo I can show you how to make it euro speck and gain 15 % hp real easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screemin eagle Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 This is the only place I've ever heard anyone say something positive about a slaab. I would use it as a garbage can killer or for taxi ping pong then scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Cary Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Most people have a bad idea of Saab because the parts were somewhat expensive and people who buy then used and beat up can have a bad experience. My friend owned a 9-3 turbo and it was a decent car. Quick, handled pretty good, and was not too bad to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 of those who gave you opinions on car ever worked on them to make a living at it or heard what some plumer thought about them old school Saabs cars were highway cruiser not drag machine ,most after 2000 models had little toshare with their older models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screemin eagle Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 I never said anything about drag racing. I'm going from what all my European friends and the owner of a euro shop I worked at had to say about them. Again it wasn't anything good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 no one in the auto repair business had any thing nice to say about a Conquest ether who could expect any thing nice for a fwd car with an engine facing towards the rear of the carand no oil pan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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