5 speed or 6 speed?
 

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

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Manual or auto, i have a 5sp auto 9-3 Aero Petrol

Saab diesels do not like short journeys!

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

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.

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

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.

WTF...!

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

:confused:

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.