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Frankly, I was disappointed
Posted by saabverted (more from saabverted) on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:55:04
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Let me qualify. I have owned 6 Saab 900's both na and turbo. My current daily driver is an 87tc. Milage unk. but a southern car no rust. I love 900's Acquired a 93 9000CD NA,three years ago at 189000 miles. Did head gasket, top end, all maintainance on schedule. Turned 325000miles this AM. Everything works including 134 AC. Needed tires. queried the board as to why early 9000CD used 195 60 15; later ones 195 65 15. Ever try to find a cheap 195 65 15 locally. Best prices I got was 110 plus mount and balance. I don't think so. I love my 9000CD. But,it has been an electrical nightmare. Three super expensive ignition cassetes. Give me a distributor any day. Alarms that wake you up in the middle of the night. I've cut the wires, can't defeat the SOB! It still cuts off the ignition. My auto club tow truck driver knows me by name. Okay so why the disappointment? No one even bothered to answer. I know there were very few 9000's in the deep south (Savannah, GA). The northern ones all rusted away. But, gosh, someone must know what prompted the change in tire size. And yes, I know that you can get tire info from Saabnet vendors. Not good when you want a tire today, cheap, to keep the old girl going. Automatic trany's are a ticking time bomb waiting to die. Ask me how I know. No failure indicators yet, but one of my 900's stopped going any way but backwards. If anything of that magnitude hapened, I'd find another Saab 900. I'm not giving up on Saabnet, but most of my time will be spent on the Classic 900 board.
Ken in Savannah, GA
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Posts in this Thread:
- Frankly, I was disappointed, saabverted, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:55:04 <-- Viewing This Message
- Go with 205 60s, Abusot, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:05:30
- Re: Frankly, I was disappointed, Erik919kt, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:15:56
- Alarm Elimination, GaryJ, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:50:10
- Re: Frankly, I was disappointed, HERDSZN
, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:53:54 - Nothing wrong with 195/60s, Noel, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:02:44
- Tire Rack, Wingerr, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:57:32
- Frankly, I've never owned a 9000 that was ..., Bill U, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:43:45
- Re: Frankly, I was disappointed, TML
, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:23:31 - Re: Frankly, I was disappointed, saabverted, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:57:55
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