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Re: Don't take the V6 off your list!
Posted by ScottA (more from ScottA) on Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:23:14
In Reply to: Don't take the V6 off your list!, B. Millar, Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:33:48
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I too own a V-6 (2002 Arc). I use my car mainly for commuting to work and back. This weekend, however, we drove to Mt. St. Helens Johnson Ridge. The grade going up there is 6-7% and the SAAB wanted to climb the grade in 5th gear! Pulls like a mule up those hills. I manually geared down the automatic to 4th gear as I didn't know if 1800 RPM in 5th was too much for the engine? It seemed to pull fine in 5th but I gave my baby a break as I geared down. For the trip from Beaverton, Oregon to Mt. St. Helens and back I averaged 27.2 MPG. And we sat for almost an hour on I-5 north due to contruction. I love the V-6! My only fear is when 60K miles comes up, will there be a competent mechanic at the SAAB Dealer to replace the timing belt, tensioner, and idler pulley? If they don't do the job correctly, the new belt could fail before the 120K mile mark. Maybe I need to ship my car to Anders for the cam-belt job?
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- Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, Stacy, Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:51:59
- Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, jrbldr, Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:11:28
- Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, Angie, Tue, 3 Oct 2006 19:00:36
- I had a 2001 9-5 Aero that was, Rafe, Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:59:24
- Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, Paul from Palmyra, Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:36:37
- Automotive publications to avoid...., Mike Lynch
, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:51:29 - Do you feel lucky?, DW, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:13:50
- V-6 Problems?, Stephen Goldberger, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:19:01
- get a 2002 or younger, Lucky, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 10:39:19
- Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, gordon opel, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:43:43
- I have a 99 SE..., Johnson
, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 07:21:19 - Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, Stacy, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:10:32
- 99vs00vs01etal, Aero'ed, Sun, 1 Oct 2006 05:23:09
- Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, MontereyAero
, Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:01:36 - Re: Consumer Reports - Used Cars to Avoid?, ndg
, Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:17:49
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