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learn me 1997 SAAB 900s

RioRacer
RioRacer Dork
7/6/11 11:18 p.m.

I have been thinking about picking up a 97 SAAB 900s, autotragic. 147,000 miles on it for 1k. What should I be looking for on this?

integraguy
integraguy SuperDork
7/7/11 5:33 a.m.

I thought the "conventional wisdom" on Saabs with automatic was/is DON'T? As in the transmission is not all that robust...or is that just a turbo and automatic?

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