Advise on buying a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE
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Advise on buying a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE
Could someone please give me some advice. I found a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE for sale online for $8000 with 71k miles on it. It is leather interior(which i think comes standard in the SE edition), has power everything, moon roof, is a 5-speed manual transmission. Does this seem like the Saab I should get? It blue books for about 8500 good condition but I think I should offer less then $8000. If it runs well and has no mechanical problems what do you think? Please advise.
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RE: Advise on buying a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE
Just make sure you have some sort of written agreement with the seller
because they will usually try and get away with telling you "there nothing wrong"
and a few days later something broken
because they will usually try and get away with telling you "there nothing wrong"
and a few days later something broken
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RE: Advise on buying a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE
Here's what Ive replaced since buying my 2001 Saab 9-3 convertible a year ago.
Batteries in the key fobs (sounds simple but I had to order them off of the internet
because nobody sells them in the USA. Radio Shack - no, Circuit City - no, Staples - no.
Battery World - not even at Battery World.)
Headlight control Module
Headlights (these need replacing every 3 - 4 months I found)
Exhaust mounting brackets
AC Compressor ($1500)
Convertible top (stopped going up but still comes down nicely)
Trunk button (stopped working)
SID (Stopped being legible-is it 12:34 or 1 :7U)
Now the engine has started to make a horrible grindign souns, accompanied by stalling,
a rough idle and a check engine light. (I can onyl assume the car has decided to self
destruct and is turning itself into a pile of shavings.)
Batteries in the key fobs (sounds simple but I had to order them off of the internet
because nobody sells them in the USA. Radio Shack - no, Circuit City - no, Staples - no.
Battery World - not even at Battery World.)
Headlight control Module
Headlights (these need replacing every 3 - 4 months I found)
Exhaust mounting brackets
AC Compressor ($1500)
Convertible top (stopped going up but still comes down nicely)
Trunk button (stopped working)
SID (Stopped being legible-is it 12:34 or 1 :7U)
Now the engine has started to make a horrible grindign souns, accompanied by stalling,
a rough idle and a check engine light. (I can onyl assume the car has decided to self
destruct and is turning itself into a pile of shavings.)
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From: Kiev, UA
RE: Advise on buying a 2001 Saab 9-3 SE
Oh boy... I can walk you through it, but if you blow your engine up don't hold me responsible
) Do you have a boost gauge? (not hte one in the cluster, but one that actually reads psi and is accurate)
) Do you have a boost gauge? (not hte one in the cluster, but one that actually reads psi and is accurate)