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Nice write-up....and you got a bargain!
Posted by mike saun [Email] (more from mike saun) on Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:24:20
In Reply to: New ng900 owner (long), jsteele, Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:30:49
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Welcome to the club! My wife and I have his 'n hers 97 SETs and they're amazing. Both were bought used from original owners and we benefitted, as you did, from the unwarranted reputation that drives Saab resale values into the ground. Yes, they require a bit more diligence than a Honda or Acura, but in the end it more than worth it...
That exhaust note you're hearing is a crack in the intermediate flex pipe, which usually needs replacing every 60K miles or so. Any sooner and that's a sign that your engine mounts are on the way out. As the mounts age, they don't dampen the engine movement as well and transmit more vibration to the exhaust components. If you replace the flex pipe without doing the mounts, expect the pipe to fail in a couple of years. Good thing is that it's an esy fix if you have ramps. (I've been driving my wife's car with a loud flex pipe for the last year, mainly to get her ready for the sound of my 3" turbo-back exhaust....)
Sport mode is fun, and feel free to leve it there for as long as you want! The Saab isn't the fastest car off the line, but once it hits about 30....watch out!
The cassettes are swappable with other Clarion changers of the same vintage. They appear on Ebay every now and then.
The 97 SE fixed a lot of the earlier handling issues, but you'll probably want to consider an upgraded rear sway bar if you really like driving the twisties....
Oh, and I paid $3,300 last spring for a 97 SET manual with 135K!...That was the best deal I saw but I think you trumped me...
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Posts in this Thread:
- New ng900 owner (long), jsteele, Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:30:49
- radio code?, collett, Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:25:39
- bought it at an auction, jsteele, Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:21:21
- Nice write-up....and you got a bargain!, mike saun, Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:24:20 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: New ng900 owner (long), Czar, Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:25:47
- Welcome aboard. That was an awesome price., Asia, Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:03:55
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