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Spent a little time going through this today… 
Things I learned: 
- The roof issue is not the fuse. Bugger.  
- There was so much dog hair! But it’s clean now. 
- The spare wheel well was full of water. Not anymore. 
- A broken window leaves a shed load of glass! All cleaned up. 
- It has isofix! But they’re well buried! 
- It threw an airbag fault at me… but I’d knocked the connector off when cleaning. 
- it also threw a lock fault at me… but I jiggled the door electrics and it came back to life. 
- The front bumper is badly cracked. Looks as if she ran over a tall curb. 
- Someone has effected a shit repair to the boot opening mechanism meaning it now fouls the hood tonneau. 
- Autoglym hood cleaner is expensive and did not get the green off the blue hood…
- I think the rear exhaust rubbers are missing. 
- It’s a lovely thing to drive. And once I can get the roof working it will be awesome! 

So… the story is thus. Having had a desire for a Saab ‘vert since my last one, once the Nova was condemned to a mass weldathon I knew I wasn’t the man to do it. So an agreement was made to sell, meaning I had the money saved plus the sale cost burning a hole in my pocket. My intention was to buy a nice 900 or 9-3 convertible… or maybe another MX5 or maybe something else.
What I actually ended up buying was a cheap 9-3 which needs a little attention… 
I actually looked at two on the same day, one which was purportedly in very good condition and well cared for. It was rough, and had DMF rattle… no thanks. Then we went to look at the cheap one on Anglesey because it was within an hour and we like a day out to the island. Turns out this one too was a little cosmetically challenged… but the old lady who had owned it for a number of years was charming and knocked the price down further when we discovered the roof was not working… MrsB is a pretty good judge of these things and was very much in favour. So we did a deal for less than half of the asking price of the first one we looked at.


As mentioned, the main issues are in-op roof. Now this was working before winter, so the fuse seems a good bet. If not for the price I might either get it repaired or just use it manually.
Other bits are mainly cosmetic, the front bumper has taken a clack, and someone appears to have broken in on the past, so the passenger door has some quirks. 

Broken glass under the seats shows recent break in attempt. 

Nod to its flying heritage! 
 
However, despite all these minor things, it drives spot on, pulls well and is very very smooth… if I can get the roof working it will really have been a good deal! 

I think this is the next course of action… might have to call the Saab specialist. Tbf, it was cheap enough that even with some money spent on the roof it’s still a good deal! 
 
Very good of you! I’ll see if I can think of if/how this could be achieved… 

Blimey a rivian EV truck in the uk and I wish ford was more generous with cable ties as the trunking falls off exposing the ad blue pipework, done half my ambulance fleet at base.

Nice purchase,  I keep wanting to sell mine but never do. Even after buying the fantabulous A8, the Saab still felt great to drive today.
There are a lot of sensors in the roof. Really, that needs plugging into Tech 2 to tell you which one has gone bad.
I still have the lower bumper section from mine when I replaced it with an Aero item. It just clips on. You can have it FOC if you can find a way of getting it from Central Scotland to you.

A car which tells you things… 
There’s nothing in the boot but… 

Hmm… 
And 

Not quite sure why…. Too wet to investigate manual opening today.
As a bonus.,. 

So this one appeared today. Now the doors won’t lock on the fob and the drivers window won’t work… excellent.
Any ideas from your Saab 9-3 experience @Saabnut @Keymaster @Split_Pin
On the up side I’ve used the car a lot today, and it drives very well, and if I can get past these little issues I think I’ll probably really love it! 

A car which tells you things… 
There’s nothing in the boot but… 

Hmm… 
And 

Not quite sure why…. Too wet to investigate manual opening today.
As a bonus.,. 

So this one appeared today. Now the doors won’t lock on the fob and the drivers window won’t work… excellent.
Any ideas from your Saab 9-3 experience @Saabnut @Keymaster @Split_Pin
On the up side I’ve used the car a lot today, and it drives very well, and if I can get past these little issues I think I’ll probably really love it! 

Spent a little time going through this today… 
Things I learned: 
- The roof issue is not the fuse. Bugger.  
- There was so much dog hair! But it’s clean now. 
- The spare wheel well was full of water. Not anymore. 
- A broken window leaves a shed load of glass! All cleaned up. 
- It has isofix! But they’re well buried! 
- It threw an airbag fault at me… but I’d knocked the connector off when cleaning. 
- it also threw a lock fault at me… but I jiggled the door electrics and it came back to life. 
- The front bumper is badly cracked. Looks as if she ran over a tall curb. 
- Someone has effected a shit repair to the boot opening mechanism meaning it now fouls the hood tonneau. 
- Autoglym hood cleaner is expensive and did not get the green off the blue hood…
- I think the rear exhaust rubbers are missing. 
- It’s a lovely thing to drive. And once I can get the roof working it will be awesome! 

So… the story is thus. Having had a desire for a Saab ‘vert since my last one, once the Nova was condemned to a mass weldathon I knew I wasn’t the man to do it. So an agreement was made to sell, meaning I had the money saved plus the sale cost burning a hole in my pocket. My intention was to buy a nice 900 or 9-3 convertible… or maybe another MX5 or maybe something else.
What I actually ended up buying was a cheap 9-3 which needs a little attention… 
I actually looked at two on the same day, one which was purportedly in very good condition and well cared for. It was rough, and had DMF rattle… no thanks. Then we went to look at the cheap one on Anglesey because it was within an hour and we like a day out to the island. Turns out this one too was a little cosmetically challenged… but the old lady who had owned it for a number of years was charming and knocked the price down further when we discovered the roof was not working… MrsB is a pretty good judge of these things and was very much in favour. So we did a deal for less than half of the asking price of the first one we looked at.


As mentioned, the main issues are in-op roof. Now this was working before winter, so the fuse seems a good bet. If not for the price I might either get it repaired or just use it manually.
Other bits are mainly cosmetic, the front bumper has taken a clack, and someone appears to have broken in on the past, so the passenger door has some quirks. 

Broken glass under the seats shows recent break in attempt. 

Nod to its flying heritage! 
 
However, despite all these minor things, it drives spot on, pulls well and is very very smooth… if I can get the roof working it will really have been a good deal! 

I should have… but that involves me finding anything in my tip of a garage! 😂

Have you got one of those drill brushes to agitate it?

I think a second pass on the autoglym is the next move, and then as you say I’ll go for some dye too. Yours looks great! 

Sorry to read the autoglym didn't work. I've recently had great success with renovo cleaner getting the green out of mine... it took 3 passes mind you. Then 2 coats of their dark blue dye and a coat of their UV proofer got it looking reasonably good again. Took a few days but satisfying and not too pricey really.

Spent a little time going through this today… 
Things I learned: 
- The roof issue is not the fuse. Bugger.  
- There was so much dog hair! But it’s clean now. 
- The spare wheel well was full of water. Not anymore. 
- A broken window leaves a shed load of glass! All cleaned up. 
- It has isofix! But they’re well buried! 
- It threw an airbag fault at me… but I’d knocked the connector off when cleaning. 
- it also threw a lock fault at me… but I jiggled the door electrics and it came back to life. 
- The front bumper is badly cracked. Looks as if she ran over a tall curb. 
- Someone has effected a shit repair to the boot opening mechanism meaning it now fouls the hood tonneau. 
- Autoglym hood cleaner is expensive and did not get the green off the blue hood…
- I think the rear exhaust rubbers are missing. 
- It’s a lovely thing to drive. And once I can get the roof working it will be awesome! 

Saab 900 was loaded with small humans and the A55 traversed: 
The journey has included: 
Tunnels

Distant castles 
 

Bridges

And prettier bridges

In an interesting factoid I have bought a car of this brand and body type before. Also from Anglesey. On that trip I stopped to check over the car ten minutes into the journey… in a car park about 20 seconds away from where I have picked this one up from. 

Bank holiday 2CV tinkering: 
The raspy sound was coming from the cross box silencer. The hole was nicely masked from sight by the fact that it’s right under the gearbox… 

Do love the ease of access on these. Old crossbox removed and yeah… bit of an issue…. 

A sizeable hole, which was where one of the support hooks was supposed to be.
Incredibly, in the big box of spares which came with the two project 2CVs was a brand new one! 

Aside from being a bit jiggly to get under the chassis it went on fine, and even better the noisiness and popping was cured. Best of all… it was a free fix!

Spent a little time going through this today… 
Things I learned: 
- The roof issue is not the fuse. Bugger.  
- There was so much dog hair! But it’s clean now. 
- The spare wheel well was full of water. Not anymore. 
- A broken window leaves a shed load of glass! All cleaned up. 
- It has isofix! But they’re well buried! 
- It threw an airbag fault at me… but I’d knocked the connector off when cleaning. 
- it also threw a lock fault at me… but I jiggled the door electrics and it came back to life. 
- The front bumper is badly cracked. Looks as if she ran over a tall curb. 
- Someone has effected a shit repair to the boot opening mechanism meaning it now fouls the hood tonneau. 
- Autoglym hood cleaner is expensive and did not get the green off the blue hood…
- I think the rear exhaust rubbers are missing. 
- It’s a lovely thing to drive. And once I can get the roof working it will be awesome! 

Spent a little time going through this today… 
Things I learned: 
- The roof issue is not the fuse. Bugger.  
- There was so much dog hair! But it’s clean now. 
- The spare wheel well was full of water. Not anymore. 
- A broken window leaves a shed load of glass! All cleaned up. 
- It has isofix! But they’re well buried! 
- It threw an airbag fault at me… but I’d knocked the connector off when cleaning. 
- it also threw a lock fault at me… but I jiggled the door electrics and it came back to life. 
- The front bumper is badly cracked. Looks as if she ran over a tall curb. 
- Someone has effected a shit repair to the boot opening mechanism meaning it now fouls the hood tonneau. 
- Autoglym hood cleaner is expensive and did not get the green off the blue hood…
- I think the rear exhaust rubbers are missing. 
- It’s a lovely thing to drive. And once I can get the roof working it will be awesome! 

FOTU is the Saturday I believe, Prescott is a weekend event with the main day being the Sunday. You can do both or have a drunken weekend at Prescott with us! Decisions.......
 

Bank holiday 2CV tinkering: 
The raspy sound was coming from the cross box silencer. The hole was nicely masked from sight by the fact that it’s right under the gearbox… 

Do love the ease of access on these. Old crossbox removed and yeah… bit of an issue…. 

A sizeable hole, which was where one of the support hooks was supposed to be.
Incredibly, in the big box of spares which came with the two project 2CVs was a brand new one! 

Aside from being a bit jiggly to get under the chassis it went on fine, and even better the noisiness and popping was cured. Best of all… it was a free fix!