Dave1980

Afternoon all

I have a dilemma, found the car i want, in the colour and spec i want with everything i want on it but its the 5 spd not a 6 spd gearbox.
Currently i have a 6 speed car but am i just being a tart by wanting a 6 speed car?. Is it really much more beneficial?.

To be honest i dont do loads of motorway mileage nowdays so rarely get out of 4th/5th gear now.

Incidentally its a saab 9-3 but not that should matter.

Just interested in peoples opinions.

Cheers
Dave

The Zohan

http://www.saabscene.com/forum/index.php

ask here http://www.saabscene.com/forum/index.php
Manual or auto, i have a 5sp auto 9-3 Aero Petrol

Saab diesels do not like short journeys!

Dave1980

Ta, will have a look. how come they dont like short journeys?. basically a vauxhall engine isnt it surely it wont mind them

The Zohan

Depends which engine, some are FIAT, some GM but both have EGR problems with sooting up doing short journeys. Have a look on the site the 9-3 2003-2009 is littered with diesel sooting problems.

Dave1980

just spoke to the owner and it has had a new egr valve and intercooler so should be ok for some time.

The Zohan

That's good, have a look around the site, also ensure you get both keys, i 1 missing then around £110.00 to replace for key and programming if you only have only 1 key and it packs up then you are looking at £400-500.00. Other things to watch for are broken front springs which is a common fault. I have Hirsch springs all round which do not suffer from this problem.

Check the cambelt has been done if at 60k or 5 years, the water pump should be done at the same time.

SiPie

WTF...!

Have I just logged on to Saabynet by mistake ...?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I had a 9-3 Aero for four years, that had the six speed, bit of a notchy, clunky thing really, not sure if the 5 speed is better but it cant be much worse.