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Jul 08, 2004 2 Replies

I have seen a 1998 900s. It has 88,00 miles, 5 speed tranmission. The body "looks" clean. On the sign (the drivers rear side window, rear) it says "exhaust new, brakes new. Only needs a A/C hose for the A/C to put out "cold" air. The sign also says "only $5,500, must sell, moving". "Only" to me is a "BIG" word. Anyone have any advise on this car? Any questions I should ask? Is it worth even looking at this car?



TIA,



Bill


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Andy

It's usually best to look for a car without known issues... but the way to do it is to figure out the book value, have a Saab _mechanic_ who can fix the A/C look at it and give you a price, and then make an offer based on that. For this issue, I'd use a dealer price. It will be higher than an independent, but I think it's fair. Some NG900's have had problems with (AFAIR) the evaporator (?). They are not cheap to replace.

At the same time, have them go over the whole car - pay them for an hour's labor - and see if it has any other problems.

Make your offer based on their eval and the cost of any repairs.

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