from SAABNET: Color: gray Trans: Manual Mileage: 172,654 Price: $3200 OBO
Selling one of the “Holy Grail” SAABs for an old friend/customer who reluctantly must part with “his baby” for health reasons. This “pre-Aero” 9k turbo, original Bay Area (Northern CA, sold at B&B SAAB in Santa Clara) always garaged car, is about as close to immaculate as you’re likely to find at this point, and the Jet Engineer second owner has kept meticulous mechanical care of it. Of course it has the 2.3 engine without TCS! 16 inch factory “aero” wheels in beautiful condition. Super clean gray leather, nice carpets and headliner, crack free dash, original sound system. 5 speed manual, with recent clutch, DI, water pump, tires, and battery, and really needs nothing at this point to be an incredible SAAB daily driver time machine. Reliable and safe enough for a college student’s first vehicle, or fast and tight enough for a SAAB turbo nut. Really a one of a kind 9000. This car should go to somebody who will appreciate it!
Selling one of the “Holy Grail” SAABs for an old friend/customer who reluctantly must part with “his baby” for health reasons. This “pre-Aero” 9k turbo, original Bay Area (Northern CA, sold at B&B SAAB in Santa Clara) always garaged car, is about as close to immaculate as you’re likely to find at this point, and the Jet Engineer second owner has kept meticulous mechanical care of it. Of course it has the 2.3 engine without TCS! 16 inch factory “aero” wheels in beautiful condition. Super clean gray leather, nice carpets and headliner, crack free dash, original sound system. 5 speed manual, with recent clutch, DI, water pump, tires, and battery, and really needs nothing at this point to be an incredible SAAB daily driver time machine. Reliable and safe enough for a college student’s first vehicle, or fast and tight enough for a SAAB turbo nut. Really a one of a kind 9000. This car should go to somebody who will appreciate it!
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1991 9000 for sale in the bay area… reply:
This car should make the drive no problem. Although anything can happen with a 20 year old car (hard to believe!) it’s been kept up very well.
I used to have a shop in SF, and it’s a very small SAAB world out there. I think I first talked to Bud over the phone about transmission stuff in the early 90s, and then I met him when our club hosted the SAAB Convention in ’96 at Tahoe. Not sure I’ve had anything to do with him since then, but he was legendary among his customers and SAAB people at that point. Like Paul Perry here in the Bay Area.
Anyway, there’s one or two other people who are reasonably serious about this car, but so far we’re still in the “talking” stages. I know how hard it is to buy a car long distance, so I didn’t expect it to be easy and quick. Maybe everyone is hoping they’ll get it for less money if they wait. Not sure how to figure out a “fair” way to sell it other than the person who makes the best offer by the end of the month or so. It would be nice if whoever gets it is happy with the price, but I really don’t know what the final price will be at this point!
dan
