How Many Miles Has Your Saab Done?
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gazmk2 said:
The mileage on my 2011 9-3 ttid aero will be very high before long! It had 66k on it when I bought it in January last year, it's now just about to turn 100k miles!
I'm averaging 20-25k miles a year so by the time I think about changing I can see it having the best part of 200k on the clock!
It's been fairly reliable, I had a coolant leak, had to replace the EGR, had to change drop links and exhaust downpipe and now my rad fans don't work (I overheated on the way to our holiday!!)
Fantastic far though, it's the estate auto to hugely practical, has 209bhp/330lb/ft so plenty fast enough and handles great. I just can't sit in any traffic jams right now! Lol.
Very high? 100k is just about run in.I'm averaging 20-25k miles a year so by the time I think about changing I can see it having the best part of 200k on the clock!
It's been fairly reliable, I had a coolant leak, had to replace the EGR, had to change drop links and exhaust downpipe and now my rad fans don't work (I overheated on the way to our holiday!!)
Fantastic far though, it's the estate auto to hugely practical, has 209bhp/330lb/ft so plenty fast enough and handles great. I just can't sit in any traffic jams right now! Lol.
I've a relative youngster in a facelift 57 plate 9-3 150 bhp TID Sportwagon that's just clicked over 150k miles having bought it 17 months ago with 113k on it. It had full main dealer /specialist history when bought with belt change/clutch/flywheel & I'm now in a regime of oil changes at about 8k miles. Other than a complete replacement of the discs/pads & a new back box (which unexpectedly dispatched itself yesterday), it's been good so far. The plan is to run it to over 200k hopefully which should mean it's earned its keep - until recently I was doing 600-800 miles a week (mainly motorway work), but it's down to 400 a week now.
The previous car was a 53 plate 9-5 2.2 TID estate which I ran from 105k to 150k miles with just the normal wear & tear items replaced although that was more a cruiser than the current 9-3 driving-wise.
The previous car was a 53 plate 9-5 2.2 TID estate which I ran from 105k to 150k miles with just the normal wear & tear items replaced although that was more a cruiser than the current 9-3 driving-wise.
My 2.0T has just passed through 280,000 and still going strong. Sailed through its MOT with just a couple of minor advisories and all set for another year...except I've popped it in the classifieds as I've crossed over to the Dark Side and bought a really good low mileage Volvo V60 D4 with the nice growly 5pot engine.
I'm going to be really sorry to see it go(assuming it sells...!) as it's been such a fab car and only ever stopped at the side of the road once, with a dicky fuel pump - that a bang on the bottom of the tank got running again until I could change it. It has been the best car I've ever had, the most comfortable too - that's quite a feat over the 14years of bums on seats
It's still on original everything major, that says a lot for the proper engineering of those Swedes and some decent maintenance(and a whole lot of Mobil1...)
I'm going to be really sorry to see it go(assuming it sells...!) as it's been such a fab car and only ever stopped at the side of the road once, with a dicky fuel pump - that a bang on the bottom of the tank got running again until I could change it. It has been the best car I've ever had, the most comfortable too - that's quite a feat over the 14years of bums on seats
It's still on original everything major, that says a lot for the proper engineering of those Swedes and some decent maintenance(and a whole lot of Mobil1...)
307k, still drives very smooth, previous owner done lots of work to it.
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