******Motors Chat - Round 6******

New front tyres today. It's a great feeling having a decent brand tyre on the car. Nothing worst than having random brand tyres that are fine in dry weather but just aren't good enough when pushed in the wet. Also it's great having smaller sized alloys when it comes to buying tyres. It's not even funny how cheap I got Bridgestone turanzas for granted a relation supplied and fitted them so he have me a great deal but even retail on them they are extremely reasonable. I might as well enjoy it now as I'm sure I'll be paying 17-18 inch tyres prices for long enough.

Right lads I'm in a bit of a situation

I'm getting a few bits and bobs for the old 900, problem is, being the age it is parts aren't so readily available the local motorfactors could only source two of 14 things I'm after and I'm waiting on another to get back to me, so I went online

Partsforsaabs has 90% of the things I need for the princely sum of 232 euro so that would be

And shipping

These guys are tied to saab themselves apparently so i know I'm getting the right things, however, good ol reliable neo bros have a similar thing going on

the list for them amounts to about 125 euro with shipping

1 x Water Drainage Cover (On Block), Genuine Saab 900 Classic 86-93 £23.94
1 x Rotor Arm, Alternative Saab 900 Classic 16v & 9000 £11.94
1 x Distributor/Rotor Cap, Alternative Saab 900 Classic & 9000 - 93 £5.34
1 x Gasket valve Cover, Alternative Saab 900, 9000 86-93, B202 £8.34
1 x Coolant Pump, Alternative Saab 900 Classic 82-93 £25.80
1 x Thermostat Kit, Genuine 900 Classic, 9000, NG900, 9-3 & 9-5

They don't have the oil switch or o2 sensor however they have a drainage cover which are known to go bad on these, I could just order this separately i know, but I'm not paying nearly 60 euro for one part

And last but not least keeping it "local" I had a look at micksgarage who I haven't had the best experience with in the past, but the cheapest at 88 euro, but again missing a few things



So people what do?

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Pick B!!

How would one work things out in this situation. Person wants to get wheels off Done Deal, wheels are for sale in Donegal, person lives in Mayo. Drive is 4 hours away, so that is out. Courier works out at €25 on a quick check. How would one pay for said wheels, without meeting the seller, and be sure that they don't take the money and keep the wheels

But B has less stuff!!

Send them half and then half when you get the wheels??

OSI wrote: »

I wonder do they give Alfa drivers a discount knowing they won't be on the road for most of the year?

:pac:

Well played sir, well played

That was quite the loooool OSI but it's a kick in the face when the Merc is cheaper to insure than a 1.6 156.... Maybe they're anticipating an overuse of breakdown assistance

In other news, I've been busy studying for repeats. Booo woke up this morning, eyes in bits like I was still stocious on waking, think I need to tone the laptop usage down seeing as last night there was some welding done, that wouldn't have helped either! So all of today I've been wearing sunglasses and blinking like I've had a glass of potín :pac:

A nice relaxing day today, putting a belt and pump on an Alfa 3.0 V6. Help me

At least I have lots of company in the form of pigeons

And just like old times, theres a 406 parked at the field across my house, for farming work in the field :cool: