Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:09:31 GMT From: johannes <johsnospamfitter.com> Subject: Re: SAAB logo on hood
Paul Halliday wrote: > > in article CIqdnS6TF57yfTXYnZ2dnUVZ_ufinZ2dnospamast.com, Fred W at > malt_houndnospamo.com wrote on 13/01/2007 13:36: > > > Paul Halliday wrote: > >> in article 3ZTph.28973$E02.11755nospamb.telia.net, th at someguynospamwhere.se > >> wrote on 12/01/2007 22:29: > >> > >> > >>> DrNate wrote: > >>> > >>>> The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see > >>>> a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like > >>>> plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped > >>>> off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood? > >>>> Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the > >>>> car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated. > >>>> > >>> > >>> The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new > >>> supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997 > >>> and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into > >>> pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this > >>> "problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want > >>> the logo to be seen then why should you care? > >> > >> > >> My old 1988 C900 had this problem ... Fortunately, it was a silver car and > >> it looked really good IMO :) > >> > > > > Gosh, the GM bean-counters were screwing up the logos back in 1988? > > Amazing what forethought they had. > > I'm not sure it was GM ... I think it was a gust of wind. I remember a slap > on the windscreen (at speed) and thought, "oh, there goes my badge". That > was that ... I had a new shiny silver emblem :) > > > It amazes me how every little niggling issue with any SAAB is blamed on > > the GM influence... > > Well, the new 900 was a pretty awful car in just about every respect, let > alone compared to its predecessor or its sibling, the 9000, which was a > shared platform with _known for reliability_ FIAT :) I jest, of course ... > Apart from the first part. Grrrr! Perhaps you don't know that the 9-3SS and even 9-5 run on FIAT engines!!! The popular 1.9 TiD engine is originally from FIAT and also used in Alfa Romeo and several GM Opel/Vauxhall cars.
