The ultimate in bangernomics?

[moonloops]

2006 SAAB 95 Aero estate (260BHP)

Go on guess how much I paid (not being smug either) for it?



I bought this having run a 95 Aero saloon that I bought for £1200 (as a temp car) for two years. Saloon had a stage 1 remap that cost £80

 

[StuartK]

Use to run a 93. Great cars very very comfy too on long journeys!

 

[Deleted member 113659]

£1650?

 

[moonloops]

£1650?

Nope...

 

[stwat]

£795

 

[moonloops]

£795

Lower..

 

[renault12ts]

£500

 

[moonloops]

£500

Lower still...

 

[renault12ts]

They paid you £250 to take it?

 

[moonloops]

They paid you £250 to take it?

Not quite, but that number is near enough:

Car cost £100, story is that the previous owner bought it for circa £3500 and two days later the engine blew. Rather than facing an expensive repair he just wanted to get rid.

So £250 for an engine including delivery later, I have the car up and running for total investment of £350. I sold my old 95 for £1000 so quid's in as they say.

May keep the estate for a while or if I get itchy feet trade it in for something newer/faster.

 

[Giantvanman]

I bought one of the very last 9-5 estates in 2010. Like yours but in white with silver roof rails. My friend bought it from me two years ago and was offered £8k for it from a dealer a few months ago, not as a trade in, just to buy and sell on. Madness.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

So not quite as cheap as the Rover 75 P3 I bought for £12.50 then. The straight six engine was so smooth I had to check the pressure gauge to ensure it was still running when stopped at traffic lights (nothing as crude as a rev counter in the dash).



Although I admit that was a long time ago

 

[219]

You'll still have to do well to catch the member or this or the official club forum ( can't remember who it was ) who won a W124 estate for something like £7.50 on eBay ( yes , seven pounds fifty pence ) which had a big dent in the back wing and the usual rust round the arches etc , but was MOT'd and a runner - I think he was doing up a house and wanted it to do dump runs and the like .

Anyway , when he turned up , not only did the car have a full tank of fuel ( worth several times the price paid ) but he also found money down the seats which further reduced the outlay .

The car went on to do sterling service for a while too .

 

[moonloops]

You'll still have to do well to catch the member or this or the official club forum ( can't remember who it was ) who won a W124 estate for something like £7.50 on eBay ( yes , seven pounds fifty pence ) which had a big dent in the back wing and the usual rust round the arches etc , but was MOT'd and a runner - I think he was doing up a house and wanted it to do dump runs and the like .

Anyway , when he turned up , not only did the car have a full tank of fuel ( worth several times the price paid ) but he also found money down the seats which further reduced the outlay .

The car went on to do sterling service for a while too .

Sounds great, My saab only had 1/4 tank of petrol and a bit of an oil leak after a pipe came off

Not scrabbled under the seats yet, but have found a couple of CD's in the centre console..

 

[Scott_F]

What did it cost to fit the replacement engine - or was that a DIY job ?

 

[Will]

I expect it was DIY otherwise he would have costed it?

 

[moonloops]

Nope, a mechanic I know did it FOC on the basis he can sell my old 95 saloon and keep 50% of sale price.

 

[abecketts]

Well done, my Alfa 166 for £0 will need a bit more than £250 to get back on the road, enjoy

 

[ExMercTech]

So not quite as cheap as the Rover 75 P3 I bought for £12.50 then. The straight six engine was so smooth I had to check the pressure gauge to ensure it was still running when stopped at traffic lights (nothing as crude as a rev counter in the dash).

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Although I admit that was a long time ago

Nice Rover.

I did have a 1946 Rover 16 Sports Saloon once.

 

[m2287]

I just got a diesel Citroen xantia for £35 with a snapped clutch pedal clip!!!! Got the clip, just need to fit it!!!