Ok - well - after rats ate the wiring on my Grand Marquis (see that thread....) - and - the hurricane put a 70' tree on my Silverado - I figured it was time to start getting rid of stuff that sits around.
With that out of the way let's do the good and bad:
Good:
1. A folder of receipts that adds up to 1 billion dollars from the previous owner and I.
2. Zero rust at all. Hey - it's a FL and NC car. I don't even know what rust is - but I hear about it.
3. Starts - runs - everything works (AC, windows, sunroof, heat, blah blah blah) - BUT oh - not the Radio. So, not everything works. More on that later. Zero overheating - runs fine.
4. Look at that leather!
5. No - I didn't wash it or clean it at all - but - 2 hours of washing and buffing and it shines.
6. AWD with a LS. It's got a LS yo!!!
7. New'ish Michelins that cost more than I'm asking for the entire vehicle!
8. 156k'ish miles. IDK if that is good or bad.
9. Set the cruise at 85mph - smooth and calm ride. 2 trips to Disney with the family - great highway car.
10. Run this at the challenge!
Bad:
1. A folder of receipts that adds up to 1 billion dollars from the previous owner and I.
2. THE WORST: Even with my race car driver reflexes this thing is a handful when braking. I don't know why. I don't think it's a stuck caliper - and - I did peek to see if anything was loose. IDK what's going on - but - unless your an accomplished road racer with years of experience going from 170mph to 30mph in a hairpin turn in heavy rain - I'd be worried about driving it. Maybe it's easy to fix - maybe not - IDK. THAT is why it's 1k. I was just about to jack it up in the driveway and take a closer look - but - then looked at all my other projects and - yeah - here it is. :)
3. Big battery drain when the radio fuse is in. The radio fuse is out. My wife called me one day from the store and said "hey, the Saab is smoking from the radio". I said "is there fire?". She siad "no". I said "is it stopping?". She said "yes". I said - ok - drive'er home - but - if you see fire bail out! I'm a loving husband. SINCE then - we did put a radio in - but - yeah. Something must be fried in there - somewhere.
4. I'm including the solution to the drain - the battery cutoff switch! Yeah - that's a negative hence it's here in the bad section.
OK - that's more than anybody should type for a running, driving, but hopefully you never have to stop in it's current condition hot rod SUV.
Whew...
On the to photo's:
