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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:10:31 +0100
From: Martin Rich <M.G.Richnopsam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Looking at ~2000 9-3 -- comments?


On 14 Aug 2003 18:38:21 GMT, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> wrote: >'nuther Bob <yetanotherphonyaddressnopsamacereally.com> wrote: >> Let's start with (USA) engines: >> 2000/2001 - 185HP turbo; SE model gets 205HP; Viggen gets 230HP. >> 2002 - no base model; SE model gets 205HP; Viggen gets 230HP. > >Aha. So the SE has more oomph in addition to extra toys. Not what the >salesdroid told me, but waddayaexpect. > For what it's worth this seems to be market dependent. In the UK the base/S/SE designation just defined which toys were included. Not every combination of feature level and engine would have been available. >> I don't believe that there is an "S" model in 2000. > >Probably just a goof in entering their website info. > Again market dependent - mine is a (UK-specification) 2000 S model. I think the S model here was subsequently dropped, but the base model improved at the same time to be equivalent to the former S model (By the way I've never heard of a 'two-handed' law in the UK either. I suppose you could be done for dangerous driving if you didn't have two hands on the wheel when you really needed to, but that's all. And legislation about using hand-held mobile phones while driving is coming into force in December) Martin

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