If you are given a new SAAB at a young age, who would turn it down? The mature person would accept it, but realize how lucky they are, and take amazing care of the car.

When I was 19 years old, I needed a car to commute to college in (35 miles each way). I saved about $3000 for a C900, but couldn't find one in time for the semester. My parents decided to help out and lease me a new at the time '99 9-3, $310 a month. The catch was, of course, that they were allowed to use it also if they wished.

Now I am about to turn 23, I've graduated college, have my own job, and at the lease end I bought the car, and am now making the payments. I was grateful to have such a car, and I treated it accordingly. I have maintained the car perfectly from day 1. I hand wash it every 1-2 weeks, usually spending over 3 hours at a time doing so. I am perfect with the maintainence, and I must drive the dealer crazy with my warranty repair requests. Always Mobil-1 Synth 5w-30. The car does not have one single door ding. I Zymol it every 3-4 months, and the shine still turns heads. I can confidently say I have one of the nicest 1999 SAABs in the entire northeast. Its perfect. I have 39,500 miles currently, and it puts cars with 5,000 miles to shame.

Does that sound spoiled to you? Fortunate and lucky, yes....but not spoiled. :)

-Alex
'99 9-3S
-SAAB sport exhaust
-K&N airfilter
-SAS rear swaybar
-SAAB 17" dual 3-spoke rims (w/ Bridgestone Potenza RE750 215/45 tires)




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• How can I improve my SAAB 2002 9-3 SE --?, CHAN, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:46:07
  • Re: How can I improve my SAAB 2002 9-3 SE --?, Dean, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:35:05
  • Name it, personalization makes for better care.., Mike Lynch , Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:55:34
  • My fragile little ego can't take this!, Nervousaaber, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:02:30
    • where do you work?, davenew, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:47:27
      • Oh sure, just pile it on!, Nervousaaber, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:10:38
        • Re: Oh sure, just pile it on!, Roberta in CT, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:46:19
          • No coffeemakers?, Nervousaaber, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:27:41
          • Sorry, I can't stand the smell of popcorn..., FrozenSaab, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:52:51
    • Congrats on the graduation..., FrozenSaab, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:53:39
      • Oh, I graduated years ago, but...., Nervousaaber, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:11:33
    • Re: My fragile little ego can't take this!, Erik W, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:31:14
    • Re: My fragile little ego can't take this!, Roberta in CT, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:08:42
      • Re: My fragile little ego can't take this!, Brooks G, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:46:04
        • Break given if you're right, but...., Nervousaaber, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:05:16
          • Who is going to turn down a new SAAB though?, Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:57:23 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Fair enough..., Nervousaaber, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:27:45
              • Re: Fair enough..., Specs, Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:54:30
              • Back in HS....., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:12:15
              • Not fair, Long Trieu, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:08:24

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