Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:49:08 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: SAAB Quality Since GM?
Malt_Hound wrote: > Steve Wade wrote: > >> "> >> >>> Not a particular good example. The 9-5 also has chain-driven cam-shafts. >>> >> >> >> >> This seems to suggest that at least one core value is still intact - >> which >> is nice to know.. > > > Timing chain is a core value? Why so lazy people don't have to do > maintenance and their engine will not self destruct? I suppose Ferrari > has no core values either because they use those reprehensible timing > belts in their inferior engine designs? Perhaps you enjoy spending $1,000 every 30,000 miles just to replace a timing belt and much more if it breaks while the engine is running - I don't. I have a V6 GM 900, but I bought it as a 'sacrificial' car for amy daughter to learn to drive in, and I suspect it will acquire many dents and scratches before long once she starts. As for using Ferrari as an example - why don't you tell us what maintenance intervals are for the Ferrari? I heard a rumor, and I will qualify it as a rumor, that the engine needs an overhaul every 3,000 miles. What we need are some facts - do you have the factory recommended maintenance intervals for a particular model Ferrari? I suspect the often quoted line applied to a Ferrari, 'If you have to ask how much it costs to maintain the car, you should not be buying the car!' > >> >> So assuming there was a lead time before the bean-counters did their >> damage - what would be the latest 9000 a true Saab man would contemplate? >> > > Any 9000, right up to the very last one off the mine, is worth > considering IMNSHO. In fact a nice ;98 would be worth stashing in the > back of the garage... > >> Best regards, >> >> Steve >> >> > > back at ya, >
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