2003 Saab 9-3 Linear Sedan 4-door 2.0l on 2040-cars
Gobles, Michigan, United States
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My daughter was rear ended on the way home from school today and her baby was wrecked. The car still runs fine and will drive once I put the donut spare on the right rear. Damage is to the right rear quater, trunk, rear bumper and probably more. It is too extensive for my skills and the cost to have it repaired would exceed the value once repaired. The engine ran fine, despite the check engine light. I've taken it on long trips and got up to 35mpg recently on the highway. The transmission was replaced about 50k miles ago with a low-milage transmission. The body and glass are in good shape, except for the accident damage (no damage to glass), There are some minor dings and scratches from 170,000 miles and 10 years of wear and use by two teens. As you can see, it was a nice-looking car. She loved it. The black leather interior is in good shape except for the broken in-dash cup holder and the broken inner door pull. I have a replacement for that but hadn't installed it yet. All accessories and all switches worked fine. Suspension is tight. I just replaced the rear bushings and one front control arm this summer. The car does not come with the alloy wheels that are on it. It will be sold with alloys from a 1999 Saab 9-5. |
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