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The 900 reached a landmark 120,000 miles yesterday as I was driving some reimbursible miles to the UPS Store to pick up some work packages. In many cars, this would be the recommended mileaage for a timing belt replacement, but thanks to Saab’s use of a timing chain instead of a belt I don’t have that worry. I do have a bit of regular maintenance to perform, as every 2 years a coolant flush and a brake fluid flush are recommended, and my 2-year anniversary with the 900 is approaching in January.

Thanks to the modern marvel known as the camera phone, you can witness blurry photographic evidence of this milestone. If I ever become a professional photographer, the Cingular 2125 won’t be my camera of choice!

The car was getting excited to turn it’s odometer’s second digit from 1 to 2, and was preparing a couple of miles ahead of time:

I wanted to see the car with all of those 9s, but this junky in-motion shot is the only one I got:

Here it is, actually rolling over:

You can guess that the next photo will be of the actual mileage at 120k:

And here is a lovely shot of what I see from the driver’s seat. Enjoy!