Saab - yes or no

mark55man

I have the opportunity (friend is emigrating) of getting a Saab 2.2 TDI Arc Estate significantly below any comparable price that I can find on line. Its an old vehicle (hey this is MSE) 02 plate just over 100K miles

So 2 questions -

* Is it going to eat ,me alive with running & maintenance costs
* Which names are associated with better specs eg I have seen Arc Vector and Linear and they all seem pretty well specced. (My guess from low spec to high is Linear, Vector, Arc - but that's coz I'm a maths geek)

So "chance in a lifetime" or "bargepole territory"

Thanks in advance

EDIT : Its a Saab 9-5 Estate

kfw_2

Personal experience says never again. I had the 2.0l arc estate. All the toys. Xenon lights, heated electric seats. Had a FSH car and so many problems coil packs, gravity sensors, engine bbreathers, crank shaft sensor, engine management light kept coming on and fault code couldn't be replicated. Just avoid unless it's dirt cheap

forgotmyname

How cheap? Does it have a decent service history?

harveybobbles

£500 would be decent price?

mark55man

full service history from saab specialist (not seen stamps - I believe it but will verify)

getting a feeling that concensus may be against this !!!

mark55man

plus in case not obvious was a saab 9-5

will just go and tweak the title of this thread to be clear

mark55man

The price I am being asked is £1500 - about 30% discount from anything similar on ebay/autotrader

harveybobbles

ok, £600 for being an estate.

On paper it sounds nice; big diesel estate car with leather. But in reality, it will be a pig.

mark55man

not what I wanted to hear, but why I asked the question

TBH I was worried/surprised that ones for sale were so cheap

harveybobbles

Cheaper alternative to a van.

Good mile muncher and very comfy though, but that engine and everything bolted to it will fail.

Marktheshark

Some had the BMW 2.2 straight 4 diesel engine via GM motors.