I quite fancy myself a SAAB 99. What breaks? Where do the rust? All the usual bits and pieces. Any decent websites?
What to look out for on 99s?
Jun 25, 2004
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Lovely cars. A lot like c900s in what to look for. Rust is usually found under the boot floor, and in the rear wheel arches (esp. the shock mounting points).
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99's are pretty tough cars - youngest is 20 years old so obviously check for rust - door bottoms, arches, front floorpan etc. The last cars are usually pretty rust free though and have some worthwhile improvements.. Just be careful with 78-80 models - for some reason these have more rust than earlier and later cars....unforunately all the turbo's fall into this age!
Mechanically the saab 2.0 goes on for ever but brake calipers usually need replacing..
I was running a 1975 model, still rock solid and drove like a new car!
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