Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:13:53 -0400 From: "hippo" <johnhnospamam.shoal.net.au> Subject: Re: how to buy a used 9000 CSE
john wrote: >"Grunff" <grunffnospam.com> wrote in message news:430c2a1c$0$32733$da0feed9nospam.zen.co.uk... >> Serial # 19781010 wrote: >> >>> 9000 vs. 900 >>> I don't get the idea of the 900. Less room than a 9000, a touch better >>> gas mileage, about the same price. No thanks. The "classic" pre-94 900 >>> had a distinctive look but it's nothing special in terms of >>> reliability OR safety despite Saab's reputation. How could the Saab >>> brain surgeons leave out a rear wiper??? >> >> >self cleans, don't need no freaking wiper :-) >Safety? Friend lost it - bounced off armco at high speed, walked >away.....car still drove (just!) I'll second that - yars ago I walked away from a T-bone that severely injured the car but left me surprisingly unhurt; plus many evaulations I've seen placed the c900 ahead of Volvos of the same vintage AND the GM900s. From memory there wasn't much difference between it and the 9000 either. Cheers