Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:46:27 GMT From: "levyte357" <levyte357nospamAM_hotmail.com> Subject: Wolf turbo sound, sheep performance...
> A 99/V 89K Manual FSaabSH SAAB 9-5 2.3tSE Airflow Saloon cloth int £4995 > (Dealer) Just for the fun of it, I went to see this car today and take it for a test drive.... I came away with a mixed impression... Paperwork 10/10, Mot's, bills and new turbo from Turbo Technics in 1999...Hmmmmmm The cosmic blue bodywork was immaculate.. the sills weren't color coded, but weren't faded or shabby. Interior/boot was immaculate, all electrics worked. cup holder came out and flipped faultlessly. indicator am was very wobbly though. Climate control display was fine. No Harmon Kardon ICE though.. sigh.. Car started first time, quickly settled down to tick over, sounded like it had coped with the 87K since 1999 very well, but sounded slightly throaty inside... Took a look under bonnet and then question marks started to rise. under the hood, sounded like a whining coming from what "seemed to be" the cambelt area... & To the right of the engine, could also hear very noticable ticking. Don't know Saab engines (yet), but this stood out to me. Also under hood looked very clean... "steam clean" in fact. But I thought it was bad idea to steam clean Saab engines..? Anyway... Forgot to look at air filter... "The Owner/Dealer" wasn't there, but his staff were. Was given the keys and told to go and "take car for spin". I said thank you very much, pulled car out slowly, and edged slowly onto to main road. Handling, road hlolding was most excellent. Car felt very "young" for its age.. Once out of earshot and sight of dealership. I put my foot down. Then a very nice suprise... For "some" reason I could clearly hear the "fast&furious" turbo whistle kick in mixed with a throaty blurble of exhaust notes, followed by a suprising but welcome forward thrust.. Much more than the LPT torque I was expecting, but not as much as a 9000 CSE 2.3 FPT. It was fun, but didn't "feel" like 230+bhp of stage one.. (Which I expect would feel something like my old 215 bhp 89' 535iSE manual that shredded a jag v12 back in 96.) I returned to the dealership with a large grin, which was wiped off my face when I saw a tacky blue "turbo" sticker thingy next to the 9-5 on the boot lid.. I didn't like the spoiler, but that was the limit. I immediately began to think what sort of person would do this to a saab, and what other "molestation" had gone on under the bonnet.... Was worth the trip, but few question marks on leaving.... Comments ?
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