Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:05:16 -0000 From: "vox" <aujb30nospampipex.com> Subject: Re: Advice Request!
Oh Geez, I'm not feeling over-confident here Any defenders of the 900 convertible here, or are they that bad? "th" <someguynospamwhere.se> wrote in message news:UGvOd.16911$d5.136758nospamb.telia.net... > Grunff wrote: >> vox wrote: >> >>> I'm currently the owner of a 52 plate Vectra turbo-diesel.....sorry, >>> sending myself to sleep just typing that. It's perfectly competent, >>> economical, goes well, in fact it ticks most of the boxes. However, it >>> bores the hell out of me! I *love* the look of the Saabs, it reeks of >>> individuality, and avoids the git-factor of the BMW brigade. I'm in a >>> bit of a quandry however, as in order to switch to Saab, I'll lose sheds >>> of cash and obviously I'm buying high. I'm looking at a 900 (9-3's are >>> too expensive) 2.0 S cabriolet (mid life crisis?), 1996 on a 'P' plate. >>> It's done 54,000 miles. It's an auto box - good or bad? >> >> >> The irony is that the 1996 900 you're thinking of buying shares quite a >> lot with your current Vectra - same GM platform. >> >> I won't say too much about my feelings regarding NG900s (said it too many >> times), but I think most long time Saabers would tell you that as a car, >> it's probably the least representative of the Saab breed ever made. >> > At least it has the igntion key between the seats! As I have heard it this > was a very late design change of the car ordered by top management when > the car was almost to be put in production as it was one of _the_ key > characteristics of a Saab (poor 9000 that doesn't have this feature). > > -- > th
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