Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:37:24 +0000 (UTC) From: "Pete Brown" <petes.inboxnopsamternet.com> Subject: Re: It`s quiet in here
Hi Gary So much for "Its quite in here"!!! Sorry to hear that you have had trouble with your Aero. I have noted the points you have made about the turbo lag. My other option was just to go for the 2.3 lpt and upgrade the ECU to 230bph at a later date. I think I will keep this option live. The dealers in the US look every bit as bad as the ones in the UK. Here you are better to go for a private sale and then to a dealer/seller with cash-in-hand. Could I ask you what part of the US you are in? Thanks for getting back to me. Pete "Gary Fritz" <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> wrote in message news:Xns941966FA87F4Bfritzfriicomnopsam17.128.40... > "Pete Brown" <petes.inboxnopsamternet.com> wrote: > > I am thinking of changing from my NG900 to a 1999 9-5 Aero in Cosmic Blue > > with leather. > > I have no experience with the '99 Aero, but I seem to remember hearing that > they have a few more "issues" than the later model years. > > > What are you getting in terms of MPG? > > Generally about 23-25 in town, 28-29 on road trips. Though on ONE 2000mi > road trip I consistently got 31mpg, on 4 fillups, and on a subsequent trip > I was back to 28 again. Never did figure that one out. > > > Have you had any issues with the car? (eg problems) > > I've had a battery and a fuel pump suddenly die. Which seems not too good > for a car less than a year old. I'm going to be out of my warrantee within > 6-9 months, so hopefully I will have worked out all these kinks by then. > > I followed Saab's recommendation and didn't rotate the tires until 20k > miles. That was a mistake, as I mentioned earlier -- the rear tires > "cupped" for some mysterious reason, and now they make a loud howling noise > (like bad snow tires) on the front. I'll be replacing those tires soon and > I'll rotate them on MY schedule instead of Saab's. > > I also had some kvetches about turbo lag &etc, which you can read at > > http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=Xns92FF9210B1686fritzfriicom%40216. > 17.128.40 > and > http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=Xns92816D8B048Bfritzfriicom%40216.1 > 7.128.4 > > I've gotten over or gotten used to some of the complaints in the first > post, but the turbo lag is still very much there. I don't generally drive > the car as aggressively as I used to, to avoid the really annoying delayed- > head-snap onset of the full-boost turbo power. Which is a shame -- why > have the special hi-zoot Aero model if you can't fully enjoy it? > > I seriously considered selling the Aero and replacing it with a 2000 9-3, > to pull some money out of the loan and get rid of the turbo lag. But the > dealer would only give me $23k for my 2002 9-5 Aero with 20k miles (even > though they were listing a 2001 9-5 Aero with 30k miles for $29k!!) and > they wanted $16k for the 2000 9-3, so I decided it wasn't worth it. > Haven't taken the time to pursue doing the swap privately. > > > Could I also ask what colour and trim the vehicle is/has? > > It's steel gray. Not my first choice of colors, fairly boring, but that > was the best choice I had. Only trim extra over the basic Aero > package is the Touring package, which includes the xenon headlights, > automatic wipers, and backing-up sonar (a majorly useful feature). > > Gary
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