following from an earlier thread: http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/saab/9-5/saab-9-5-se-t-2001/947774
Driving 14-15k a year (mostly country type roads) – not much urban at all – easy miles for one of these. While the SE has softer suspension than an Aero, it’ll even out the rougher roads
Need space for shopping – check
Safe – one of the safest cars in its class, built to pass the moose test, door handles designed to be strong enough they can be used to drag it out of a ditch should you slide into one in the middle of the swedish wilderness 😉 )
Economical – used to average about 35mpg on the daily commute, which equaled around 450-475miles out of a tank, long motorway runs i could get 550-600miles
Not one with a **** HDi engine or DMF – nope, petrol, low pressure turbo, change the oil regulary and you’ll be fine – especially doing lots of miles, they hate short urban drives
Can be diesel or petrol not fussed
Ability to have roof bars and/or a tow bar – estates pre 2005 have roof bars as standard. ours had a tow bar fitted too
5 doors a must – check
Not “clio” small – check
A lot of car for your money – just get the sump dropped by a saab specilist and the oil pick up checked for any deposit build up, and run it on fully synth oil changing every 6000-8000miles and the engine will run and run (chain cam too, never needed changing in the 185,000k miles we had our last one)