Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:12:09 +0000 (UTC) From: "SimonJ" <Menopsam.net> Subject: Re: RWD.
> > never felt torque steer!!! You must have only driven non-turbo Saabs then! > > Nope, the last 300,000 miles or so have been in Turbos. > > > My '90 900 16S turbo, and my two 9k Carlssons had torque steer by the bucket > > load. My '98 9k aero is much better, but it is still there. > > Are you sure what you're feeling is torque steer? > I have never yet driven a turboed Saab that didnt have bucketloads of torque steer. > > > Most of all though it would mean that Saab could fit a decent > > gearbox (transmission) instead of the pile of junk they used in the 9k > > Not knowing of your particular gearbox woes, it's impossible to comment. > The automatic gearbox is a known weakness of the 9000.