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My folks bought a V4 96 in 1972, when I was three years old. I learned to drive in that car 14 years later. I was also able to drive their '78 99L, which was bought back by SAAB after 8 years/150,000 miles due to rusting out from a bad Belgian paint job. By the time I went to college, these cars had been replaced with two c900s. I usually got to drive the '80 900GLi (hatch) but sometimes drove the '83 900 4dr.
My first car purchase was a '83 900T hatch. Rose Quartz, it went from 135,000 miles to 225,000 miles before retirement due to rust.
The next car was a '86 900T hatch. Rose Quartz(slightly lighter color than the previous car), driven from 160,000 to 205,000 miles before the transmission failed.
I then bought my mom's old '86 900 4dr for the dealer's trade-in offer when she was upgrading. It lasted a year or so before its transmission blew up. The occasionally-functional odometer read 185,000 when I got the car and gradually crept up to 190,000 after at least 15,000 miles of driving.
Next was a '86 SPG which I drove from 165,000 miles up to 250,000 before rust-induced retirement. This car was my favorite SAAB ever, and I will eventually get another one or at least another c900T hatch to which I can add all of the SPG goodies and other modifications which are currently in storage.
Since then, I have been driving work vehicles (a '95 chevy 2500 pickup, then a '03 GMC Safari cargo van.) They just make me miss the SPG that much more.
In my post-college days, my folks have had a '89 900 hatch, a '91 9000, a '01 9-3 and a '01 9-5. I have been able to drive them all along the way. At this point, the only SAABs I'm not familiar with are the 92, 93, 95, sonetts, 9-2, 9-7, and 9-3ss. I also have never driven a SAAB with an automatic transmission.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Saab Experience, Ian Glenday , Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:19:24
- forming opinions that coujnt, JohnA , Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:34:45
- Near 37 year old, 3 Saabs later, Caarma , Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:20:00
- 1 Saab, and bought another brand.., cfishgo, Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:48:40
- Still have my first one, Ari , Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:42:32
- 25 years and still SAABin'. n/m, Street, Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:11:46
- Lots of Saabs, OhSaabIAOh, Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:44:19
- A healthy mix of 900, 9-3 and 9-5..., Paul H, Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:04:22
- It all started in 1967, 41 years ago, Herb Hirsch , Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:02:08
- three so far, since 1974, John in Bismarck, Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:28:58
- 14 in Ten years..., JustinHiFii, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:27:19
- Re: Saab Experience, ursaw, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:00:20
- Just a kid, comparatively, turrbo , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:48:59
- 10 since 1984, Saabpilot , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:57:44
- Re: Saab Experience, BJ, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:43:59
- Re: Saab Experience, viggen , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:52:05
- Re: Saab Experience, TOM, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:19:48
- Re: Since 1994...8 Saabs...still own a bunch, paul de k, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:49:27
- Re: Saab Experience 1981 to date, Dave Chicago, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:19:35
- Well, compared to you guys I'm just a kid (31), AdamB , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 01:36:02
- celebrating 30 years of ownership, Dale, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:50:35
- 9000, houstonsaabs, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:28:56
- We started in 1984 (longish), Noel, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:09:55
- Since 1978, TG, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:52:18
- I wonder how many posters actually ever owned a 96..., Railhead , Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:29:48
- I learned to drive in a '72 V4 96-, IrieTom , Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:49:44 <-- Viewing This Message
- Had a '68 stroker in the early '70s, No Snaab, Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:59:55
- My 1967 96 V4, Ian Glenday , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:54:26
- 2 65 96's in the early 70's nm..., bj, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:22:36
- Here is mine..., Railhead , Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:33:47
- Does a 95, not a 9-5, count?, Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:15:10
- Re: I wonder how many posters actually ever owned a 96..., oldsaab, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:33:08
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