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Car Forum / Saab Cars / April 2006Saabs year 99-00
Dear Saab friends, I am considering buying a Saab 9-3 dti 2.2 125 hp, year 2000, cca 80 000km. And since that I live I Croatia where we don't have good Saab dealer network I am interested in opinions about the car. What can I expect? The price is from 8000? to 10000? and it is a pretty good price, and I know it is a GM engine inside, but that don't bothers me 2 much, for last 9 years I am driving an GM Opel kadet E GSi and I was very happy whit it.if the Saab GM engine is half good as the one that I am driving now it will be great J how good is that Saab GM engine? What are the downsides of a Saab 9.3, dti engines, I noticed that the board computer display is not working on many Saabs I have looked, is this reparable or a must buy new part.how good is that engine? Plz, help.Saab is my dream car from my childhood, and now I can afford me one but a cant afford me an car with problems and visiting mechanic to often.especially not in Croatia where we only one Saab authorized dealer J Need all information on Saabs 9.3 99-00 u can give me. THX in advance .:snowcrAsh:. price is in euros :-) > Dear Saab friends, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > .:snowcrAsh:. When GM bought Saab, they wanted to reduce the cost of the car so GM could make more profit. The approach used was/is to use as many common components as possible across all GM lines to get the parts cheaper - economy of scale. The results are as expected. I test drove a brand new Hummer, with the salesman proudly telling me how it has GM parts. The same electrical issues that plague Saabs (SIDs failing) were present in the brand new Hummer. The answer from the salesman - why worry, these problems will be fixed for free under warranty. The same has been repeated by many GM Saab owners - many problems fixed under warranty. So, the question for you, is this Saab you are considering still under warranty? I had a GM Saab and experienced the same situation. I sold it after the warranty expired. > price is in euros :-) > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >>.:snowcrAsh:. Other than the SID, my '02 9-3 has been utterly bomb-proof thus far. So to call them "unreliable" is nonsense, especially when I have 2 other cars to compare it to: A Mercedes and a collectionist car. The Saab and my motorcycle are the only troublefree items in the garage. I did get the extended warranty for the Saab, just in case, but nothing's come up. ...pablo > When GM bought Saab, they wanted to reduce the cost of the car so GM could > make more profit. The approach used was/is to use as many common [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>> >>>.:snowcrAsh:. Tell me it is "utterly bomb-proof" after you have over 200,000 miles and 10 or more years on the car :-) Most cars these days will last 60,000 miles and 3 years - even a Ford. However, it appears you are very happy with the Saab and that is good. One can only hope GM and Saab have improved the quality of their cars. I suspect the car knew you bought the extended warranty and will not have any problems as long as the warranty is in effect. I had a Ford like this - as soon the warranty ended, it fell apart. > Other than the SID, my '02 9-3 has been utterly bomb-proof thus far. So to > call them "unreliable" is nonsense, especially when I have 2 other cars to [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>>> >>>>.:snowcrAsh:. |
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