Just Bought A New Car!

[RushDriver]

Well after a lot of searching around yesterday I picked up an '03 Saab 9-5 Vector, 2.0l Turbo with 46k miles on it, one owner, FSH etc etc for a shade under £5k yesterday!

It drives really well and the black leather is ideal for our new arrival (baby)so all in all I'm chuffed to bits.

John

[i want an aero]

great car, well done

[TUS 373]

That sounds like a bargain!

I sold my '98 9-5 2.0 SE Auto last year, 93,000 miles and 8 years old for £3K. So £5K for that is a cracking deal.

[moffspeed]

I know the damn things depreciate like crazy but that's a good couple of grand cheaper than the lowest I've seen. Hope you HPI'd it....

[RushDriver]

moffspeed said:

I know the damn things depreciate like crazy but that's a good couple of grand cheaper than the lowest I've seen. Hope you HPI'd it....

yep all HPI'd and checked out fine (pic in my profile)
i looked at loads of cars before I saw this one, after talking to the garage on Friday night it was straight up to Cheshire on Saturday morning to do the deal.

It's in great nick and worth every penny (and a few more by all accounts!)

John

[Wadeski]

chip it

[K321]

nice colour and good car for that money

chip it though and get a sports brace put in and go to abbot too

[RushDriver]

Thanks guys, as for chipping it, we'll see...................

[i want an aero]

K321 said:

nice colour and good car for that money

chip it though and get a sports brace put in and go to abbot too

no sport brace on a 9-5, go to nottingham saab here http://www.saabperformancecentre.co.uk/ well respected in the saab comunity. go to saabcentral for more info. 1 of those cars in the gallery is mine

[RushDriver]

Well the car's going great, we've sold the convertible for full asking price so the new car only ended up costing us an additional £3k after selling the covertible.

The SID's saying that the battery in the keys need changing, Saab want £28.50 to do it!, my local Saab specialist is doing it for a fiver, when will main dealers learn eh?

John

[DavidY]

RushDriver

I bought a pair of batteries for £1.99 delivered from eBay. Do it yourself!

davidy

[RushDriver]

DavidY said:

RushDriver

I bought a pair of batteries for £1.99 delivered from eBay. Do it yourself!

davidy

I normally do all of my maintenance myself but I can't work out how to open the key, any ideas?

Thanks

[aeropilot]

K321 said:

chip it though and get a sports brace put in and go to abbott too

If you mean by 'sport brace' a front strut brace, then no, not possible on a RHD 9-5, you can only get them for LHD cars.

And as for going to Abbott......