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Drove one and liked it too...
Posted by water dog (more from water dog) on Mon, 6 Jun 2005 07:17:25
In Reply to: I drove one today and liked it, Bret, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 18:02:33
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Initially, when I saw the 9-7 at the auto show, I thought it looked nice, but to me was still a trailblazer in Saab's clothing.
Last week I was at the dealer having some small warranty issues taken care of on my '01 SE wgn, and they had just gotten in their demo 9-7 linear. One of my sales buddies asked if I had time to drive it. Of course I did. I was impressed with the interior. Although I was somewhat out of sorts with the window, etc. controls being on the driver's side arm rest instead of in the center console. I thought the ride was solid and smooth. Very quiet. Accelleration was as good as could be expected. Dare I say "a little peppy" for an SUV?
I think in next year's version they could do a lot more with the trunk area to accommodate various accessories and load carrying options.
It will be interesting to see how the reliability of the 9-7 is a few years down the road.
Thing one thing I just can't get past though is it's 100% american GM as far as I know. At least my 9-5s still came from Sweden.
water dog
'00 9-5 SE wgn 53K
'01 9-5 SE wgn 37K
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Posts in this Thread:
- 9-7 in my driveway., Indigoflint, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 08:03:36
- I drove one today and liked it, Bret, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 18:02:33
- How do you like your Mazda van?, KB88900TC, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 14:13:16
- Congrats! Bring it to the SAAB Club event, Randy Thatcher
, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:43:04 - contratulations and enjoy your new ride, john in Bismarck, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:28:35
- Take that you Saab purist naysayers!!!!, John T, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:04:21
- Congrats!, AdamB
, Sat, 4 Jun 2005 08:36:50
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