Date: 8 Jan 2006 20:45:57 -0800 From: "SmaartAasSaabr" <smaartaassaabrnospaml.com> Subject: Re: Just a Saab ng newbie question
You ever have problems with GM electronics? I remember crumbling wiring like on the 1985-1986 900's... and - you'd be hard pressed to find an 1985 or 1986 900 still on the road. Crash wise, a NG900/9-3 is much simpler and easier to fix. No huge expensive hood like the C900, no *welded* fenders like the 900, etc. Plus the NG900 / 9-3 front end is designed with deformable "boxes" behind the bumper and ahead of the frame rail. So in an impact enough to destroy the bumper (and otherwise bend the frame), the box will take the brunt of the impact, and all you need to do is bolt on new boxes and a new bumper, instead of putting the car on a frame jig. Insurance companies totaling 10 year old cars is nothing new. It's much worse when they are totalling 6 month old BMW's because nobody knows how to repair the chassis.
