1979-1993 & 94 Conv [Subscribe to Daily Digest] |
![]() | [Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Re: Saab reliability, seems harsh to me... Posted by vvack0matic [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Saab reliability, ssems harsh to me..., MytwoSaabs, Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:51:43 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
its got to be referring to the overall mechanics of the motor.
its no doubt the motor can run flawlessly and then out of no where the next day its running on three cylinders just because of a faulty wire harness or shot amm.
but to any one of the saabers that frequent saabnet this is just normal car behavior that can be fixed with in minutes, but to someone that never owned a 900 for more than a week its a drastic problem.
im sure when they were taken the poll from how well the saab 900 did for the owners of the car that chimed in, it was only from the people that were left walking after driving the car 100 miles down the road,
and its no doubt they would say everything from bad idle to pinion bearing, if you notice someone with an automatic chimed in to cures the passenger-side driver (companion shaft)
when we know its the problem with manuals also being the driver sits right next to the exhaust down pipe.
im sure the only response they got out of someone that actually knew the car said only two words ( a dream ) then drifted of in dream land of them driving the car round hair pin corners.
heck i never even knew they took a poll on the 900, its probably someones point of view on the car.
after knowing the car through and through i give it a A+
but still i understand how someone would talk down the 900 just because of how many times i was tinkering with my motor, and electrical system at 4 in the morning to find a bug that was making my dream over heat, cylinder down, head lights not working, car flat out dies, it all happened and it happened at the worst time, which every-time is the worst time for this to happen, especially in the wee hours of the morning.
but its the soul of the car, a dream one minute and dead on the side of the road the next.
only thing that separates it is driver knowledge about the car and the situation. (but it is very unpredictable)
even though my 88 is sitting outside running like it was just driving home from being on the show room floor at the saab dealership,
at this moment i would not hesitate to drive it around the world, but i know i could get a block down the street and the car dies from the distributor cap spun a hole in the tin on the face part of the rotor.
which would leave me sit until i installed a new or used rotor.
i would say they are close to the mark on their ratings just because they never took the time to realise what or how the 900 runs/works
I love it, every part of it, no other car can break down on the driver
and in 1 or two minutes later the car back traveling down the road at 75 having the problem solved, fantastic car.
posted by 71.206.93...
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |