Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 17:12:23 +0000 (UTC) From: H. <musicboxnopsamITEnopsamrider.co.uk> Subject: Re: 1999 9-5SE 170hp 4 cylinder MPG?
The V6 is also automatic only, whereas you have the choice of manual or four-speed auto on all the 4-cylinder engines. On 6 May 2002 00:14:54 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >Someone who looks an awful lot like AJ023 <aj023nopsamcom> wrote: >> Hello. I am in the market for another car. I was reading the car magazines >> and consumer reports, and the 1999 Saab 9-5SE got nice writeups and also had >> the best reliability of the Euro sedans to boot. > >That's the very car I bought a week ago. I'm exceedingly happy with it > >> Is the 4 cylinder engine the >> better engine in terms of reliability and maintanence over the 6 cylinder? > >Stick with the 4, it's more robust, more tune-able, and a true Saab >engine. Timing belts are one problem with the 6, and the fact that it >wasn't designed by Saab's engineers is, quite frankly, another problem. >The 4 is solid; my last Saab (an '88 900T with the previous design of >inline 4) went 250,000 miles and was going strong when I traded it in. >The 2.3 Litre engine is at least as solid of an engine as the previous >design. > >Dave Hinz > > >
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