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Replacing Rover 75 cdti automatic

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  • #2
    acronym Chilli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acronym Chilli


    The_Bullman wrote: »
    I'm replacing my current car(03 Rover 75) by the end of the month. Failed NCT and tax up.

    I drive most days to Dublin in a van(1000km weekly) so I want the weekends/evenings and weekends away to be as comfy as possible.

    Been looking in the bangernomics thread and donedeal/adverts and the cars that interested me were Saabs, both 93 and 95 look good, and bmw 5 series.

    Something like:
    https://www.adverts.ie/car/saab/93/2005-saab-9-3-aero-fresh-nct/14270364

    https://www.adverts.ie/car/bmw/5-series/2005-bmw-5-series/13945999

    https://www.adverts.ie/car/saab/95/saab-9-5-2-0l-auto-2007/14427993

    Automatic is a must, as is bangernomics budget.

    Thoughts?
    What did it fail the NCT on?

    The SAABs could be a good route to go if you want to get something nice, in decent nick, for smallish money. You'd probably want to get to know one of the guys who specialise in SAAB maintenance (e.g. Dara McCormack in Ashbourne or Colin Donoghue off Richmond Road (CD Motors), I've talked to both and got work done by Colin (in my locality); they're both fundamentally good mechanics, plus they know any SAAB quirks). I had a fuel pump replaced on a 93 by another chap, it failed again quickly and he "rectified", failed again quite quickly and I brought it to Colin Donoghue and he fixed it (no new parts, just redid installation and replaced a few cm of hose) and ran for 15k miles or more until I sold the car.

    No idea what SAAB auto boxes are like though...


  • #3
    The_Bullman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭The_Bullman


    acronym Chilli wrote: »
    What did it fail the NCT on?

    Drivers window won't open, handbrake needs adjusting, front ball joint - which means changing out the wishbone.

    Other issues are general rover build ones. There's a rattle in the rear door trim and another in the passenger vanity mirror which occur at certain revs. Quite annoying.

    All in all it's probably better to invest that money in another car.


    I found a saab forum that doesn't list any specific issues with the auto box..


  • #4
    acronym Chilli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acronym Chilli


    The_Bullman wrote: »
    Drivers window won't open, handbrake needs adjusting, front ball joint - which means changing out the wishbone.

    Other issues are general rover build ones. There's a rattle in the rear door trim and another in the passenger vanity mirror which occur at certain revs. Quite annoying.

    All in all it's probably better to invest that money in another car.


    I found a saab forum that doesn't list any specific issues with the auto box..
    Don't know what the quote for those fixes is, but: handbrake adjustment should be a small thing, window might be dear or cheap, depending i suppose on what exactly is wrong, and the wishbone replacement should lend itself to an easy enough quotation (compared to trouble shooting the window). You could easily enough have any of these faults turn up on any other 12 yo car you buy...

    But if you'd like another car, then why not change. I like the Saabs, and in general found that the 2 OG 93s I had were relatively easy to keep on the road. I would recommend going to a Saab (or maybe at least GM/Opel) garage for maintenance. McCormack's and CD motors both good (former definitely has good press on boards.ie, CD I've dealt with myself and he knows his stuff).

    Thought this interesting for under €1k:
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-95-estate-new-nct-new-tyres-amp-alternator-/17361269
    NCT relatively short (04/18), but was only tested end of Nov. Depending on what the back-story is, it might be a decent wagon. Serious lugging ability in those estates (although since you've a van, maybe not so relevant).

    If I was buying one again, I'd really like to get the Aero variant, and to get the 2.0T engine or better still HOT. The lower power engines can mostly be remapped up to close to the higher power variants, but the turbos are better on the higher rated units. See what you think of the interior when you see some. A criticism of the post-GM cars was the quality of internal plastics etc., and that showed quite quickly on the 93 (the Original 93, although dated, did have a nice feel to the switchgear etc.,). The 95 remained closer to the SAAB origins for longer, not sure if that had changed by the time the "Dame Edna" headlight trim landed.

    Finally, if you're looking at buying from a garage, or buying a little up the years, two crowds that often have multiple SAAB cars for sale are
    Private purchase may be the best value, but even though I haven't done business with either of these I've looked at cars with both in the past. Kellett's I'd expect to be good. The showroom is almost worth a visit on its own.


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