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All Hail theNew Arrival
Feb. 20th, 2007 10:54 pmLate last week, Morgan was perusing the Bulletin Board at work, one of which was a Saab 9000. She thought of me, shivering in my snowpants on my 24 mile commute on the 0 degree days we had last week in my heaterless Cavalier wagon with the stink that makes her sick. She alerted me to it, and I test drove it.
Long story short, I am now the owner of a 1600 dollar 1995 Saab 9000. It is not a 1000 dollar Saab. It is not a 2000 dollar Saab. It is a 1600 dollar Saab, and as such it comes with a worklist:
1) Radio does not work. I actually fixed that this evening by reseating its face plate and giving it its anti-theft code. It still has the annoying issue of the backlight for the display being out - that's a project for another time, but right now I have tunes!
2) Dashboard Lighting flickers. This is supremely annoying at night, most likely culprit is contact corrosion on the light control switch. I will aim to get to it on Sunday. This took some reseating of the Rheostat and Headlight Switch. Still flickers occasionally, but better than before. The rheostat either needs component cleaner or else to be bypassed, since I always like Dash-lights at full intensity.
3) Climate control has trouble coming on when the engine is cold. I suspect a bad relay here. But the Climate Control DOES come on and the heat is strong.
4) Needs driver's side sun visor. Previous owner removed it because it wouldn't stay up, and her mother lost it for her. This will come from a pick-n-pull. Driver's side sub visor arrived. Cleaned it up and installed it. I think it may have come from a different model year, but the differences are minor. Point is, I can now guard my eyes against a low sun.
5) Saab Logos missing from steering wheel and shifter. I guess someone really wanted a memento.
6) Saabs apparently like Stop Leak in their coolant. I will get some.
7) AC does not work. I will have the system pressure checked, but my suspicion is that the problem is to wide an air-gap on the compressor clutch.
On the bright side, the clutch, starter, and heater core are all fresh, and the ride is solid and assured. Mobil 1 has been the oil used, and I will stick to it. I need a shop manual, and I think I will need to order it online.
When all is said and done, I think the car is real nice, and worth the work it wants. The improvements over the Chevy, most notably in Morgan's ability to be in it, are significant. It has cruise control, which is a nice accomodation for Morgan's knee on long journeys. So, pretty much, its everything I was looking for in Schtinky's successor. It is yet unnamed.
Long story short, I am now the owner of a 1600 dollar 1995 Saab 9000. It is not a 1000 dollar Saab. It is not a 2000 dollar Saab. It is a 1600 dollar Saab, and as such it comes with a worklist:
1) Radio does not work. I actually fixed that this evening by reseating its face plate and giving it its anti-theft code. It still has the annoying issue of the backlight for the display being out - that's a project for another time, but right now I have tunes!
3) Climate control has trouble coming on when the engine is cold. I suspect a bad relay here. But the Climate Control DOES come on and the heat is strong.
5) Saab Logos missing from steering wheel and shifter. I guess someone really wanted a memento.
6) Saabs apparently like Stop Leak in their coolant. I will get some.
7) AC does not work. I will have the system pressure checked, but my suspicion is that the problem is to wide an air-gap on the compressor clutch.
On the bright side, the clutch, starter, and heater core are all fresh, and the ride is solid and assured. Mobil 1 has been the oil used, and I will stick to it. I need a shop manual, and I think I will need to order it online.
When all is said and done, I think the car is real nice, and worth the work it wants. The improvements over the Chevy, most notably in Morgan's ability to be in it, are significant. It has cruise control, which is a nice accomodation for Morgan's knee on long journeys. So, pretty much, its everything I was looking for in Schtinky's successor. It is yet unnamed.
