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I know its not a huge milestone for our cars but yesterday the 9-5 estate clocked up its 100,000th mile whilst wafting along on the m25 (surprisingly!).
Its the first car ive ever taken over the 100k mark and I thought it was quite exciting, the wife thought I was mad and now believes its going to blow up and we need to get a new car
Here's to the next 100k
Hope you all have a nice christmas
Simon
Its the first car ive ever taken over the 100k mark and I thought it was quite exciting, the wife thought I was mad and now believes its going to blow up and we need to get a new car
Here's to the next 100k
Hope you all have a nice christmas
Simon
siwil1 said:
I know its not a huge milestone for our cars but yesterday the 9-5 estate clocked up its 100,000th mile whilst wafting along on the m25 (surprisingly!).
Its the first car ive ever taken over the 100k mark and I thought it was quite exciting, the wife thought I was mad and now believes its going to blow up and we need to get a new car
Here's to the next 100k
Hope you all have a nice christmas
Simon
Just run in then!Its the first car ive ever taken over the 100k mark and I thought it was quite exciting, the wife thought I was mad and now believes its going to blow up and we need to get a new car
Here's to the next 100k
Hope you all have a nice christmas
Simon
siwill1
As the Prof says 100k is just run in! my 9-5 is just over 197k, I passed 100k about 4 years ago. The list of things that went wrong since 100k is remarkably small (other than normal servicing), but here's a taster with some costs:-
New Battery 105k
Replace Trailing Arm Bushes 114k (£270)
Crank Position Sensor (CPS) 144k (£60)
Cylinder Head Gasket 189k (£300)
Turbo Bearings 189k - first Turbo change on the car (£300 did myself with a neighbour)
Crank Position Sensor (again) 191k (£60)
A couple of things have stopped working, Alarm Sounder and Heated Front Seats
So just keep getting it reglarly serviced (plenty of Synthetic Oil) and you'll have another 100k easily
davidy
As the Prof says 100k is just run in! my 9-5 is just over 197k, I passed 100k about 4 years ago. The list of things that went wrong since 100k is remarkably small (other than normal servicing), but here's a taster with some costs:-
New Battery 105k
Replace Trailing Arm Bushes 114k (£270)
Crank Position Sensor (CPS) 144k (£60)
Cylinder Head Gasket 189k (£300)
Turbo Bearings 189k - first Turbo change on the car (£300 did myself with a neighbour)
Crank Position Sensor (again) 191k (£60)
A couple of things have stopped working, Alarm Sounder and Heated Front Seats
So just keep getting it reglarly serviced (plenty of Synthetic Oil) and you'll have another 100k easily
davidy
Cheers guys,
I Know its only just run in ! (second Saab)
Ive had the car since Aug 07 and have completed the last 30k in her,The only time I was let down was in Barcelona of all places with a failed crank position sensor.
I see you have had a couple davidy are they a weak point?
I had the sump off when I bot the car and only use synthetic oil now so many more happy trouble free miles to come ( touch wood !)
I Know its only just run in ! (second Saab)
Ive had the car since Aug 07 and have completed the last 30k in her,The only time I was let down was in Barcelona of all places with a failed crank position sensor.
I see you have had a couple davidy are they a weak point?
I had the sump off when I bot the car and only use synthetic oil now so many more happy trouble free miles to come ( touch wood !)
My first CPS last 144k miles, the second about a third of that! Yes they are a weak link, my second one does actually run and will start the car, but it misfires occassionally, so it's in the boot. I also have a spare DI cassette as well, the first failed at 78k miles, and the replacement was replaced under the Saab recall at about 128k miles so I kept the previous one as it worked!
My car has never had the sump off, and oil has only been changed at 12k miles, excluding the forced oil change from the turbo replacement, but then the oil is only n for approx 5 months due to my relatively high annual mileage.
davidy
My car has never had the sump off, and oil has only been changed at 12k miles, excluding the forced oil change from the turbo replacement, but then the oil is only n for approx 5 months due to my relatively high annual mileage.
davidy
You guys are probably all talking about petrol engine's?
I recently traded in a 3.0 Tid V6 9-5 with 120k on it. My plan was to run it a lot longer, but when the fuel pump went at 108k, followed by suspension bushes and suspension drop legs (front suspension)shortly afterwards, it very soon started to feel like a high mileage car, and a financial libility. That said, withy the trade in value, someone will have got a lot of car for very little money!
The replacement wasn't another Saab, went down the route of an S Type 2.7 Tid Jag. Again my plan is to take it well beyond the 100k mark, but that won't happen for a few years yet. Engine a lot smoother than the Saab.
That said, I still have an 05 Aero rag top with 55k on the clock, and it drives like a dream, no intention of changing it for sometime to come. Mileage shouldn't be an issue as during the week it is only driven by the wife around town only resulting in about 10k / year.
1999 Viggen cab passed 150K last week, of which 120K is mine over the last 6 years!
maintenence cost minimal, problem with soft top traced to shear pin (not the replacement rams quoted at over £440 by local stealer).
Took out the AA warranty in Oct, then in Dec claimed for the unit which holds the spark plug, £240 repaid by AA, cost of warranty £99 for a year. Result!
maintenence cost minimal, problem with soft top traced to shear pin (not the replacement rams quoted at over £440 by local stealer).
Took out the AA warranty in Oct, then in Dec claimed for the unit which holds the spark plug, £240 repaid by AA, cost of warranty £99 for a year. Result!
My 97 9000 aero is now reading 253000 miles and still pushing approx 300hp on original untouched engine, still on same turbo also. Its still being track thrashed on a regular basis also...RAF Marham yet again in april...just to clear out the cobwebs!! Just done Oulton but don't get it higher than 3rd gear!
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