Think of getting estate car as will be getting a pooch. Seen you can get fir spec Saab estate for 4k anyone got ny opinion on them?

 

I like them and lot of car for the money imo
most are vauxhall engined the one id go for would be the 150 bhp 1.9 diesel same engine used in astra and vectra ect.
Great on fuel and quite fast

 

i had the impression that saab diesels were shite, a mate of mine has a 2.0i non turbo (petrol) he wouldnt go near a (petrol) turbo version, bloody nightmare changing the turbo and expensive @ around 100,000 miles

 

NO!

work in the motor trade and you will make the same decision as me i think

Saabs riddled with problems and i hate diagnosing them

 

Can look ok from the outside......HORRIFIC on the inside imho

for 4k i would go Audi A4.....

 

Tiff I was thinking of a4 but age I wanted would be looking at 6-7k and really only want to spend 4k ish on estate car.

Always thought saabs are reliable lol

 

What about a Passat????...................

 

get a look at 1999-2001 facelift B5 A4`s

mechanicaly amazing

stunning looks

galvanized body

very hardwearing interiors

plenty of low mile FVAGSH cars for peanuts compared to the competition

i had a 212bhp 440lb/ft 180,000 mile 2.5 V6 TDi Quattro and put a 2.2 20v turbo in the 180k car

still going strong today with well over 200k and only had brakes and a rear wheel bearing!




gpA pipercross filter gave it 212bhp/440lbft


this fell into the engine bay after TD went south



cars on the bay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cars-Motor...p3286.c0.m1539

 

Love a B5.5 Passat. Would love a 1.9PD 4Motion but afraid of runnign costs.

 

I had a saab 93 aero and it done 120000 miles and I never had any trouble with it at all.

 

What about an e46 touring?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-53-E4...#ht_500wt_1378

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-330i-S...ht_1208wt_1378

 

Could have E46 but with current E46 vert not sure i would want another as fancy a change.

 

if you like the saab go for it there will allways be people advising you to get somthing of more power and more expense. but imo for the money the saab is a great

 

pay to repair one on a regular basis and you will disagree fella

 

what about a bmw 525/530d e39 touring? the e46 touring is quite small, or a b6 a4 should get a early diesel for Ł4k

 

B6`s are shit inside IMO but people love em, trim "paint" on plastics and switches are very poor quality like A3`s/golfs, very poor from audi

 

why's that i have the 150 in my astra same engine as used in the saab and i have never had a fault in the past 4 yrs of ownership & 40+ mpg
its regularly serviced cant fault it. my mate has a saab estate had 2 yrs no major faults.
all cars can be expensive to fix and all have problems.

 

Beware the dreaded Saab "cooking it's own engine oil" scenario

The front exhaust pipe on the Saab 2.0 Turbo Petrol runs so close to the sump that is boils the oil and very soon the pick up pipe blocks - oil starvation comes next and then turbo, crank and rods are soon in need of replacing

This is relevant to a Saab 9-3 and others models may well be affected

Heres one I stripped earlier !

 

Will look at 5 series... Just be looking at nice 57 plate auto S line. not exactly 4k though lol.

 

i work on more saab breakdowns with fucked alternators and turbo(that lead to engine.....) failures than ANY other car in my essex region, i currently have a 9-3 B204I 2.0 non turbo at one of my centres that i cannot buy a distributor for, the 2001/51 car is scrap!

even electric window switches are Ł186 + vat for a 9-5, Wiring and the info display is purely shocking IMO

but other than reliability there lovely cars to look at

 

Dave, beet me too it

And Saab going tits up wont help

 

Irrelevant information because I wouldn't suggest spending real money on one... but I drove my ex's mother's MY05 9-5 Aero Estate and was bloody surprised at the mid range punch that it had. Seemed well built enough, bit bland and the handling was a touch on the wank side and although they seem like quite a lot of car for the money.. I think I'd rather go for a Volvo V70 T5 or D5 if I wanted an older estate car.


Cheers,
Grant

 

I have seen a SKODA octavia estate is was a VRS model ....... The guy in it was putting a big grin on his son's face as it look off like a solded cat!

 

has anyone mentioned that Saab have just gone under so parts might start getting hard to come buy.

 

saabs were good until vauxhall got thier hands on them now shit

 

tbh every car has its good and bad points, buy with your eyes and ears, as above most cars share engines and yet they seem to vary in reliability. i sooner have a engine thats done a easy 150k than one thats had a hard life at 70k.

on a new car look our for the obvious and ofc DMF and turbo ect, as for diesel they maybe cheaper to run but there more to buy in the first place and more to repair so workout if you will ever see a return over petrol. just my 2p ofc

 

My friend used to praise the damm things(9000) but spent a fortune just getting it back to a standard spec , drove it like he stole it thinking it was clever etc it made me cringe when sitting in it lol . Executive express my ass it broke every other week sorry i just hate the bloody things sorry.