Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:54:38 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Never buy S/H cars with a hangover!
in article 4156EF52.6DA708D1nospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com, Johannes H Andersen at johsnospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com wrote on 26/09/2004 17:32: > > > Paul BJ wrote: >> >> I (foolishly) bought a 1992 9000 CS Carlsson the other week (foolishly 'cos >> it looks like a I bought a bit of a dog....serves me right for being in too >> much of a hurry and going car hunting with a massive hangover). >> >> The car has a rear badge and an insert on the steering wheel that says >> Carlsson however I am not sure that it is a Carlsson as it doesn't have >> anything else that suggests that it is (the all-round air dam/body skirt, >> the lower stiffer suspension); if anyone out there knows how to tell from a >> VIN number (YS3CD65M3N1036906 ), I would be interested to know. > > The VIN decoder, if correct, suggests a 200 bhp B234 engine. > > http://www.nospam/information/vin.php?vin=YS3CD65M3N1036906 > > A 1992 Carlsson should have 220 bhp. > > http://www.ashill.org/saab/brochures/ That said, the Carlsson was the red box edition APC IIRC. The "standard" APC box can be tweated to the same specification as the red box. Paul
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