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Oct 13th, 2017, 20:50 | #11 |
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Very nice, didn't know the v6 was turbo in them. Any photos?
I too come from a saab background, my dad had 3 900's (the proper ones). 2 9000's N/A one white with black leather and the other red with cloth and now he owns a 1996 9000 2.0 turbo remapped in a lovely willow green cream leather interior, just shy of 200k miles and still going very strong. One of my dream cars is a 70's Saab 99 turbo in black with inca alloys. |
Oct 13th, 2017, 21:31 | #12 |
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A good read for Saab / Sweden / Volvo fans is a book called "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman. A film has also been made but has not received a nationwide release.
However the book tells the story of Ove who is a Saab fan who lives next door to a Volvo fan. It is also a good description of small town Swedish life. I enjoyed it.
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Oct 14th, 2017, 12:41 | #14 |
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I have had a few Saab's over the years starting with the 3 pot 96,then the V4 96,that rotted faster than I could drive it. Bit of a gap until I started on the 9000's three of them finishing of with a 9.5 Griffon,a fast cruising car but it didn't like corners,spares were becoming hard to find so I went back to Jaguar and Volvo.
Its a great pity that Saab bit the dust.
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Oct 14th, 2017, 14:12 | #15 |
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I never gelled with the 9000, nor the 9-5. Both just felt like 'cars' to me, not Saabs. This criticism can also be offered against my latest purchase. The c900 was the last true saaby saab for me with the undercut doors, panoramic windscreen and excellent ride and handling compromise. I will own another v4 at some point, I loved the three I had and covered a lot of miles in them. When I ran them, like amazons and other old volvos I owned, they were just quirky old cars, now they are classics and command a commensurate premium. I never paid more than £500 for any of the v4 I owned!!
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Oct 15th, 2017, 11:08 | #16 |
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Covered 280miles since Wednesday, very mixed conditions, town, country roads, dual carriageway, 34mpg. Happy with that and reckon I will beat it next week when I have an 800mile week.
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Oct 15th, 2017, 15:04 | #17 | |
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As we cover very few miles these days the actual MPG returned are not as important to us as they once were. None of our cars does more than 3 - 4K a year, so fuel costs are not especially significant in the grand scheme of things. When I was doing upwards of 40K p.a. I took a different view! Regards, John.
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Oct 15th, 2017, 15:08 | #18 |
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That's a rare car these days John, I remember them being sumptuous and a lot were saloons rather than hatches?
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Oct 15th, 2017, 18:34 | #19 |
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Yes, our's is a CD. It's my wife's car; she preferred a saloon for security reasons when she was working. She's had it for about 5 years now and finds it a very pleasant alternative to a 960. Tremendous value for money, too; it cost someone's company close to £30K in '96, but she paid little more than a thousand for it.
Regards,. John.
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Oct 19th, 2017, 17:28 | #20 |
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Car averaged 39mpg over last 450miles or so, filled up last night, drove about town then up to and through Aberdeen from Dundee this morning. 43mpg. Incredible.
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