Hi Alan
I had a 9000 Auto 89'in feb this year,I only had it for a month then got the 'turbo' I have now.But the 'Auto' was still a great car,but I was like you,cause'it was an 'Auto' I was like shiiiiiit' Iv'e never had one before whats this gonna be like!.
And like I say great,I took it to a guy in Glasgow who looked at the milege cause' it had 196k yep!,all he told was (after driving it)was 'well its been well looked after',cause' again it had more/less an FSH,and the 'box' is fine.
I'd said I was gonna treat it like the bikes I'd had,as in change the oil Engine/box every 3000k,now I know they dont need to be done as often as that but again thats the bike coming out!,plus it should keep your Engine running sweet.
Like I say the turbo was next,and the reason for that was I'd allways wanted a 'turbo' and it had this fancy ACC system and was very clean in/out and only had 105k,the fact that is was manual didnt bother me,it just means that if you drive a 'stick' (as the yanks would say),you can have fun (with a capital F)playing 'tunes' with the gears.
I also have a 3.0 Senator too and thats an Auto,just that when I'm in the Saab Iv'e got to remember 'oh [expletive deleted],whits that other pedal for,oh aye its the clutch','mmm' I'd better press it'.
That can be a bit 'hairy' at times cause' Iv'e 'stalled' it a couple of times just bloody forgetting.
But back to the Saab I dont think you will have many problems with it,as long as its been looked after,unless anyone else tells you other wise.But the fact that the car your talking about only has 49k and an FSH I would say yep!go for it,(Unless you really dont like Auto's),you wont regret it.