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Atrocious fuel econ.
Posted by Bob/Oz [Email] (more from Bob/Oz) on Thu, 3 May 2001 09:18:53
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Referred to this BB after posting query on NT Times's Abuzz.
I am American in Australia who just bought my first Saab , a used '96 900S(2.0 L engine without turbo) a few months ago. . . private sale, but with full auto club inspection with road test. It is a creampuff with under 20,000 miles, but it has atrocious fuel economy: in the 11 - 13 mpg area city and 16 - 17 highway when the EPA numbers are 20/27. (I have converted all measurements from the Aus litres, kilometres.)
I know how fuel economy varies with driving habits, etc, but my other/prior cars ('69 MGB-GT, Subaru Forester, Mitsubishi Magna (Diamonte) in Aus; Mitsubishi Vista, '63 Alfa Guilia, Dodge Caravan in US) are/were much better; and the Saab's numbers are horrible by any measure.
I had a Saab dealer (Damelian Saab who sold the new car to the first owner)in Sydney do a full check and tune-up (over A$1100, equiv to US$600), including resetting the computer, but only marginal improvement. The dealer said to return if things were still bad, but I do not want to needlessly return for a series of costly but ineffective dealer efforts. Is there anything about this car I should know? . . .some things to check when fuel economy is this poor? Is car underpowered (2 L non-turbo)? Does only 20,000 miles of mostly city driving for 4 year old car cause a problem?
Thanks
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