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Car Forum / Saab Cars / August 2005I seem to be a Saab owner again.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 Roof might need some work sometime soon (the mechanism is fine the cover is a little "wear and tear" in places). The rest of the car has had a lot of work done.  SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > Roof might need some work sometime soon (the mechanism is fine the cover > is a little "wear and tear" in places). The rest of the car has had a > lot of work done. Nice one! That's a very tidy looking car, at a great price. Even if you need to spend a few hundred fixing it up it's still really good value. SignatureGrunff >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Nice one! That's a very tidy looking car, at a great price. Even if you >need to spend a few hundred fixing it up it's still really good value. I reckon so. Just needs a roof sooner or later, and the inner skin of the bonnet has some minor rust he says near the roller where it slots in. Better than the iner skin than the outer one I reckon. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > Roof might need some work sometime soon (the mechanism is fine the cover > is a little "wear and tear" in places). The rest of the car has had a > lot of work done. Roll out the meatballs ... He's back :) Nice one, mate! Very smart. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >1989 900 Turbo S >http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ Already have a new name planned. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > in article MPG.1d744853ac4cfcde989a07@news.individual.net, Sleeker GT > Phwoar [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ Yay! welcome back Carl, that's a fine looking rag-top! Al >> in article MPG.1d744853ac4cfcde989a07@news.individual.net, Sleeker GT >> Phwoar [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Al Indeed it is. I really hope I haven't been suckered by old photos. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com >Indeed it is. >I really hope I haven't been suckered by old photos. Ditto. Congratulations. In article <917dceb283e568b5d73b841ebeebbcf3 @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, johnh@nospam.shoal.net.au says... > >Indeed it is. > >I really hope I haven't been suckered by old photos. > > Ditto. Congratulations. Cheers. Sometimes you just get that feeling that if you don't take that chance, it is something you will regret, even if there is a risk of getting burned. I had that feeling. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > In article <917dceb283e568b5d73b841ebeebbcf3 > @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, johnh@nospam.shoal.net.au says... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > it is something you will regret, even if there is a risk of getting > burned. I had that feeling. Always a risky business - used cars generally. Anyway - the most important thing is that the bodyworks's nice. Mechanical bits can always be fixed. Graham > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz > Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com Looks like wheels are from a 9000 Aero. >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Looks like wheels are from a 9000 Aero. ...photo and description are good! You've even got a bit of summer left in which to enjoy it! Hope you can keep it somewhere secure - convertibles seem to attract the attention of toerags with Stanley knives... Nice one! > ...photo and description are good! You've even got a bit of summer left in > which to enjoy it! Hope you can keep it somewhere secure - convertibles > seem to attract the attention of toerags with Stanley knives... Not exactley. but I won't keep anything of value in it, and will only actually replace it when it starts to look like a patchwork quilt. Partly I'm glad that it does look a little "wear and tear" on the roof. Might stop scrotes having a go. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Looks like wheels are from a 9000 Aero. Yep, late 9k Aero wheels, with a spare set of 15" 900 twisted aeros too. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > Roof might need some work sometime soon (the mechanism is fine the cover > is a little "wear and tear" in places). The rest of the car has had a > lot of work done. Congratulations. Look forward to hearing more about the beast. Graham > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Graham Oh I think for the first couple of months I won't be able to shut up. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568567176 > > Roof might need some work sometime soon (the mechanism is fine the cover > is a little "wear and tear" in places). The rest of the car has had a > lot of work done. Congratulations Carl I hope your buy is a success. Having followed the trials and tribulationns of your ownership of a previous C900 I imagined you had suffered enough. To use the words of Oscar Wilde regarding second marriage your purchase 'is a triumph of hope over experience' Previous posts have mentioned the longevity of C900's, with a full service history yours needed a reconditioned engine at 180k miles. Surely with modern oils this isn't as good as posters suggest? > Previous posts have mentioned the longevity of C900's, with a full service > history yours needed a reconditioned engine at 180k miles. Surely with > modern oils this isn't as good as posters suggest? There are lots of reasons why a car might get a recon engine. For instance, in the UK oil changes are rarely done religiously, even less so once a car hits its 5-7th birthday. It is not uncommon to see a 10-12 year old car with 3 year old oil in it. This is bad enough for NA engines, but it's terrible for turbo engines. SignatureGrunff > > Previous posts have mentioned the longevity of C900's, with a full service > > history yours needed a reconditioned engine at 180k miles. Surely with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > year old car with 3 year old oil in it. This is bad enough for NA > engines, but it's terrible for turbo engines. The car in question had a full service history as prescribed by Saab. I imagine that mentions oil changes. > The car in question had a full service history as prescribed by Saab. I > imagine that mentions oil changes. Ok, true - missed that. In which case I suspect it was done out of love. :-) SignatureGrunff >> The car in question had a full service history as prescribed by Saab. I >> imagine that mentions oil changes. > > Ok, true - missed that. > > In which case I suspect it was done out of love. :-) ...when we bought our 9000 CSE (2.3LPT) the only way I could get the deal past my Domestic Assistant was buy buying an after-market warranty which stipulated that engine oil and filter must be changed every *** 6K miles *** !!! And it had to be done by a VAT-registered garage. Moral: Read the small print. This is no joke with the price of oil being what it is, and IMHO totally unnecessary - but I've done over 80K miles (152K on the clock), and I console myself ( a little) with the fact that the car drops nor burns any oil. Long may it continue. Off topic, but have you noticed just how small and neat the C900 looks when parked alongside many modern cars that are classed as "small" ??? Incidentally, some years ago I noticed my dealer was using Mobil 1, which was kind of a surprise as I thought that they would use Saab-branded oil. Called Saab Customer Service who confirmed that dealers have some flexibility in the oil they use so long as it's the right spec... Yours etc....Dunramblin.... >Surely with >modern oils this isn't as good as posters suggest? As Grunff says, it is possible that, for thoroughness he took the engine down for checking it and replaced anything worn. Another possibility ism that although serviced everytime, that doesn't imply that between services it was driven by a nun. It is quite possible that a small coolant leak wasn't spotted, until one day it overheated (between services), was ignored and resulted in a BHG. Other option being an oil leak that resulted in it seizing (although then I would be more worried about the turbo). Either way, a knackered engine just means no other checking between services was done. If the car was 1 owner from new, the owner probably thought the only checks you ever needed to do was the services, I mean that is all it needed that far. And the boxes are notorious anyway. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com |
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