Diesel vs Petrol (again....)

bergipau · 07-09-2013 10:06am #1

Hi
I have an offer of a 2008 nice saab 93 1.8 for 4k, its a good car and I know its history so I am not concerned about the car. My question is would I be better off buying a diesel? I would only have a max of 6k to spend and in my experience older diesels are unreliable. I have seen so many problems with turbos, injectors and fuel pumps, fixing any of these could cost an absolute fortune.
I drive about 400 miles per week so diesel would definitely be cheaper, but if I include the price of the car I think it should balance out.
Opinions?

Thanks

colm_mcm · 07-09-2013 10:08am

4k sterling?
Is it 1.8 or 1.8t?

dgt · 07-09-2013 10:10am

Less to worry about mechanically. Drive it handyish and you should get a respectable mpg....

Max Power1 · 07-09-2013 10:11am

Older diesels are more and not less reliable

The question is, does the saab coo?

bergipau · 07-09-2013 10:17am

Nope, its 4k euro and an irish car, the owner needs to sell asap
The car is perfect, its 1.8i and sadly doesnt have leather, but at that price I cant complain.
I would happily buy an older diesel, but I cant see anything I like. I wouldnt like to go above 2.0L because road tax goes crazy.

colm_mcm · 07-09-2013 10:19am

The 1.8i is hard enough on petrol, but for 4k who cares.
Do all your checks though as that's far too cheap.

bergipau · 07-09-2013 10:21am

colm_mcm wrote: »

The 1.8i is hard enough on petrol, but for 4k who cares.
Do all your checks though as that's far too cheap.

I know what you are saying, but I do know it and its a good straight car.

barura · 07-09-2013 10:36am

If the car is what you're looking for, get it LPG'd and you'll make the money back in 2 years at that sort of mileage.

bergipau · 07-09-2013 10:40am

barura wrote: »

If the car is what you're looking for, get it LPG'd and you'll make the money back in 2 years at that sort of mileage.

I have been tempted with that before but I never got around to it

barura · 07-09-2013 10:45am

Well then do! That Saab, with a full history behind it I'm assuming, is silly value at 4k if the mileage on it is reasonable!

bazz26 · 07-09-2013 12:25pm

Put it this way, how much would a similar Saab 9-3 diesel cost you to buy? My guess would be more than double the €4k for the petrol model which will buy you a lot of petrol.