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Re: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen
Posted by claude [Email] (more from claude) on Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:50:31
In Reply to: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, PaulV, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:27:56
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I was totally enthralled with the A4 line-up and getting close to making the purchase when just for kicks I happened into a Saab dealership. I had had a 900T in the early 80's and have since had mostly Volvo's (245,745,855) The latest Volvo line-up pissed me off for not having a 5 spd. and being very expensive, so the A4 seemed like the ticket. I wanted to spend around 30k, so that meant the 1.8T w/ sport pkge. No leather, no V6, no fancy stereo....I ended up with the Viggen after 2 days of thought (compared to mulling the A4 purchase for months) One test drive did it for me. I put about 40k miles on in a year and those seats are in a league of their own. Other key factors were roominess, great gas mileage 30mpg highway, uniqueness (only 400/yr in the US)And as an engineer, I take things like safety factors into consideration..not road safety but mechanical design safety factors. For example, the Viggen drivetrain is beefed up to hold up to 256 ft-lbs of torque, the A4 is based on a piddly 150 (or maybe 170 in the 2001) hp drivetrain. Considering I'll drive either car in about the same manner (hard to teach an old dog new tricks) I wanted the one with the beefier drivetrain. Plus I knew I'd end up chipping the 1.8T if I got it. The only compromise in the Viggen is snow performance. You're locked in to 16" tread for snows, nowhere near as good as 15 inchers on 4wd. But I managed fine last winter here in northern New England in spite of that.
The other clincher was the 31K price and the 820 bucks extra for 4 beutiful alloys mounted with good snows. No regrets. Would I rather have had an S4, probably, but not for 9k more. The other thing I would recommend is pricing the 9-5 Aero. I have no idea if it is close to the discounted Viggens but if so, I like the looks, and though I think the Viggen looks better as a coupe, I do miss my 4 doors.
Let us know what you end up with.
claude
Posts in this Thread:
- Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, PaulV, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:27:56
- Re: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, Gavin, Sun, 8 Oct 2000 05:47:52
- Deja vu!, digiduke, Sat, 7 Oct 2000 01:29:26
- I'm a SAAB man, BUT. . ., Rafe, Fri, 6 Oct 2000 18:33:20
- When the going gets tough, the SAAB keeps going ;), Coolknight, Fri, 6 Oct 2000 07:21:30
- Re: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, Chris, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:29:58
- Re: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, claude, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:50:31 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Audi owner considering either a 9-3SE or a Viggen, 2Slow, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:00:17
- From Audi to Saab, MM, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:52:54
- You'll appreciate the power and interior layout..., Richard P., Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:35:43
- thoughts from a former Audi owner, JeffJ, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:19:11
- Thanks., PaulV, Thu, 5 Oct 2000 17:01:12
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