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In the US, an '86 9000T DID come with options ... Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email]  (#77)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from John Fitzgerald) on Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:52:45
In Reply to: Re: whats the deal with an 86, BT, Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:39:56 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
as it was our first [of many!] 9000's.
Ours had leather seats, the Saab Info display clock, power locks, windows, mirrors, etc everything, a moonroof, hitch factory accessory installed [at the Goteborg delivery center]: HD load leveling shocks, HD rear springs [towed a 2500# boat for a decade w/ no problems].
The leather seat heaters were, like the older style 99, 'one speed' and controlled by a weight sensing t-stat ... not very good compared to the higher wattage three speed style on later years.
The brakes, as mentioned by others, were excellent, even though not ABS. The oil cooled turbo needed no work during the 12 yrs or so we owned the car - I was pretty careful about the cool down if I'd been driving it hard. Most of the time, pulling in your driveway/garage was plenty of low rev time.
It had a 5 speed, with orig clutch when we sold it at 121,000. The purchaser used to email me updates from time to time[the irony: a few years later, I ended up buying his 97 Aero, which still runs like a top @ 232,000 mi]. I did put in a red box APC and upgraded fuel pressure regulator [then would hit boost cutoff at high speeds!].
The 'cloth, few options' type was common in the UK in 1985 models. Don't know how many US ones came with leather, but ours was bulletproof. 'Buffalo Gray', a great color leather and carpet.
And the roomier hatchback [compared to the post-'93 models] was useful, too, even if the latch mechanism [pre-electric hatch release] did get balky in later years.
John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'97 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
'97 Aero 232,xxx mi
'98 CSE 184,xxx mi 'project car' for winter & for my daughters to drive
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 136,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 53,xxx mi
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_______________________________________ John Burlington, Wisc '73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK '80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi '86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi '87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi '94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi '95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold '98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away '97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it] still driving: '97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive '07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx '08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver and a couple of 'non-Saabs': '01 Suburban 201,xxx mi '03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi '14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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