Saab 9-3 Hatch - Station car / Winter Shed - Leics -£595

[plankton]

If a non-Audi advert isn't allowed - please delete.

Ideal station car or winter shed (even though it's nowhere near winter)!

You might have a nice S8, RS6 or A8 which you don't want to risk taking to the train station car park. This is ideal as it's reliable and won't draw attention to itself. At the same time it's comfy, fairly nippy and safe being a Saab. I bought it to take miles off the Merc I had at the time, and also to drive in the winter as a RWD in snow didn't seem like a good idea to me. I've now got a newer Saab and this needs to go to make way for something more interesting.

My 9-3 is up for sale having owned it almost exactly 2 years ago. Current mileage 153207.

It is very reliable having spent a great deal of money on it in my ownership. MOT'd to May 2018 (no advisories) and serviced May 2017.
It is an Automatic with Full leather (beige? Not sure on the official colour) embossed with "turbo".

No warning lights.
Climate Control - working (after great cost of new pipes and air con compressor)
Cruise Control - working
Electric Windows - all working
Electric Heated mirrors - working, though drivers one needs persuasion now and again
Central Locking - working
Electric Aerial - working (after I replaced it)
Radio and CD - working though the steering wheel controls can be temperamental

Pirellis all round - no cheap ditchfinders like you will find on many cars, many times the price of this. 6mm at least on all tyres.

Maptun Stage 1 Performance Upgrade, Saab 9-3 B205E 00-02 (9-3STG1-C) - This has not been fitted so the car is completely standard as it stands. This upgrades the power from 150bhp/240NM to 225bhp/340NM. (Cost £363).
I bought this with a view to upgrading the suspension though haven't got round to it. I am an idiot for this as it was not cheap and I've not used it.

There is a service history, all the recent work by me is backed up by documentation.
I've tallied up what I've spent on the car (not including tyres) over two years and it comes to £2923.66.
If you include the spare set of winter wheels and tyres I bought, then this pushes the figure close to £3.5k. See below for details:

Date * *Miles * *Garage * *Descripton * *Cost
21/08/2002 * *5884 * *North City Saab * *1st service * *
08/05/2003 * *18159 * *North City Saab * *18000 miles service * *
23/07/2004 * *31491 * *Saab Continental Cars * *service * *
04/08/2005 * *40378 * *Taylors, Great Dunmow, Essex * *service * *
01/08/2006 * *49978 * *Chelmsford Saab * *service * *
23/07/2007 * *57590 * *Taylors, Great Dunmow, Essex * *service * *
12/04/2008 * *66801 * *Taylors, Great Dunmow, Essex * *service * *
14/02/2009 * *78394 * *Taylors, Great Dunmow, Essex * *service * *
02/07/2015 * *- * *Saab Display Repairs * *Repair SID display * *£50.00
03/07/2015 * *140098 * *Malcolm Miles Saab Specialist * *Major Service / new disks and pads front and rear * *£608.58
09/07/2015 * *140392 * *Malcolm Miles Saab Specialist * *Fit new A/C compressor * *£448.80
20/07/2015 * *140462 * *Malcolm Miles Saab Specialist * *Fit Air Conditioning pipes * *£201.60
15/12/2015 * *142585 * *Main St Garage, Huncote * *Suspension Ball Joint and Tracking * *£196.88
18/05/2016 * *144258 * *Main St Garage, Huncote * *Service & MOT * *£278.27
12/10/2016 * *148182 * *Hinckley Garage Services * *Diagnostics and new battery * *£149.99
15/11/2016 * * * *Ashby Garage * *Diagnostics (Throttle body sensor fault) * *£54.00
17/11/2016 * * * *Neo Brothers * *New Genuine Saab Throttle Body * *£288.00
21/11/2016 * * * *Hinckley Garage Services * *Remove and fit Throttle Body * *£54.00
25/11/2016 * * * *Neo Brothers * *Maptun Stage 1 Upgrade module (not fitted) * *£363.60
27/02/2017 * * * *Hinckley Garage Services * *Siezed rear brake due to beine left standing * *£36.00
22/04/2017 * * * *Saab Display Repairs * *Repair SID display * *£0.00
12/05/2017 * *151802 * *Hinckley Garage Services * *MOT and Service * *£193.94

The vast, vast majority of time I've owned the car, it has lived in the garage as my main car was too big.
This car has just come back from a round trip of 900 miles to the West Coast of Scotland. No problems at the car were reported by my son who borrowed the car for the trip - just returned it with biblical amounts of dead midges etc on the front!

Bad Points.
Being 15 years old, the car isn't perfect. Rust has appeared on the rear arches though not significant as yet.
There's also a mark on the drivers door. Looks like someone had a bikes handlebars scrape down the door or something. This hasn't broken the paint and isn't rusting, though catches the eye and is really annoying. Not a job I've gotten round to though, as this has been with the car since I bought it. I'd guess it's 3 or 4 inches. You can see this in the first photo.
It has Saab mats, though the front passenger one is very manky. I might give it a go with a load of shampoo before sale.
There is a rattly noise when you go over bumps which comes from underneath (can't hear it with the windows up). Believe this is something on the exhaust which may need replacing (though nothing mentioned on the MOT).
The fan has a habit of coming on when it's not needed - it does come on when the car is hot so doesn't cause a problem. Has done this the whole time I've had the car.
I'll try to get more pictures, especially the interior, though it needs a good clean and I'm recovering from tonsillitis so it's not going to be any day.
I know these cars are only what someone's prepared to pay. I've spent a great deal of money on this car.
Wheels are the ones pictured which have Pirellis all round.
Winter wheels and tyres [Continental WinterContact-TS-850 195/60 R15 88T] with 8mm of tread available with the car (see below for price).
























Here's a video of the car starting to show there are no warning lights. Taken in my garage when the car hadn't started for 3 or 4 days, hence being dark. Apologies for the poor quality. You can tell it was filmed recently as opposed to March as per my SID due to the news report on the radio!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQv9BA1jONs

Here's another poor video - quick walkaround of the car this afternoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtq9DSqV8nw


£795 including the winter wheels / tyres [Continental WinterContact-TS-850 195/60 R15 88T] all with 8mm tread.

£595 not including winter wheels (though does still include the Maptuner).

[plankton]

Withdrawing from sale.

I know I've only just put it on here but it's been for sale elsewhere for several weeks. Just not worth selling at this price.