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Ahhh, perhaps the 1980 Saab 99 GLi
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Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email] (#77) [Profile/Gallery] (more from John Fitzgerald) on Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:18:13 Share Post by Email
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Midnight blue, four speed, no A/C, no power windows, locks, steering ... the brakes were the only 'power' item on the car.

So easy to replace the voltage regulator. A bit of a challenge to change the oil filter without a spill. Often wishing for a fifth gear on the Interstate at 75 mph.

Simple, durable, reliable [had a loss of power twice on long drives into O'Hare from Wisconsin: kept the revs up, slipping it in first. One time was a shattered distributor rotor, ok, spare in the trunk. The other time: limped all the way home, 90 min, running on three cylinders: found out it was a broken valve spring!)

Summers in south Texas had me wishing for AC, but not enough to sell it after having it seven years. Mice in the heater box [parking outside our rural WI house] plus a replacement commuter car '87 9000 [and realizing it'd mostly be sitting in the driveway, waiting three years for our oldest son to turn 16] led me to sell it. A small bidding war ensued, as the prospect of a one-owner, with plenty of service records, motivated a few Saab fans from the upper midwest.

Hope it's still going strong.

Sincerely,

John
Burlington, Wisc

'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'97 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
Still driving:
'95 Aero 143,xxx mi for my daughters to drive
'97 Aero 296,xxx mi wife's daily driver
'98 CSE 234,xxx mi for my daughters to drive
'08 9-5 2.3t 114,xxx my winter daily driver

and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 157,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 74,xxx mi

PS '97 Aero is a very close second, for all the reasons any 9000 owner knows. It's at O'Hare right now, in the parking lot as I'm gone on a six-day trip. Springs/struts are worn, but on a semi-smooth highway, it's doing fine ...
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John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
'95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold
'98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away
'97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it]
still driving:
'97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive
'07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx
'08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 201,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi
'14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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