74k miles is nothing but 3.5k on repairs for a 74k miles/10year old car is a lot imho.
I daily a volvo xc70 (that other swedish brand
), now 7 years old but now about 155k miles and all it had done on repairs (outside regular maintenance like brakes, tyres, filters and a timing belt) was a $40 air pressure sensor (on the intercooler, fitted it myself) and a new front windshield (it started to leak somehow through the gluestrip) that I could put on my insurance for $150 once there was a crack in it.
Still I wouldn't trade the saab for a corolla...