Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:58:21 +1000 From: Peter Wilkins <wilkinsp_nospamnospamail.com.au> Subject: Re: Any advice re high mileage Saab 9-5 2.3 Hot Aero?
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:52:47 -0000, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote : >(My car has a 5-speed. I believe the engine may be better matched with=20 >an automatic transmission, which would allow the engine to keep torquing= =20 >more steadily than a manual, but that's a guess.) > >You'll also find the Aero has (comparatively) very little power off the=20 >line -- the turbo isn't spun up. In 3 years of pretty aggressive=20 >driving, I have NEVER ONCE "burned rubber" in my car. It CAN'T. There=20 >isn't enough power there, from a standing start, to do it. There's=20 >barely enough to get the car moving quickly without choking. Pretty=20 >pathetic for a "sporty" car that was advertised to have a ruler-flat=20 >torque curve all the way down to 1400rpm. (I test drove a 2003 9-3 once= =20 >and ACCIDENTALLY chirped the tires several times. After driving my Aero= =20 >I just wasn't used to that much torque off the line.) >If I'd understood this before I bought the car, I wouldn't have gotten=20 >the Aero. I would have gotten the regular turbo 9-5 and probably would=20 >have been a lot happier. > I have a 1998 9-5SE automatic transmission regular turbo (2.3L 4 cyl) and yes, I have spun the tyres with that, accidentally too, and there is virtually no noticeable turbo lag either. You would have been happy with one of those instead of the Aero, I am! (Don't think there was a 1998 9-5 model in the USA - think the first one there was 1999) --=20 Regards, Peter Wilkins Profanity is the crutch of inarticulate nospamles