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Date: 3 Jan 2006 16:56:51 -0800
From: "SmaartAasSaabr" <smaartaassaabrnospaml.com>
Subject: Re: Just a Saab ng newbie question


Johannes wrote: > WOOFER wrote: > > > > So what's the magic in your 2.0L rocketship??? 2 bar of boost?? What's that > > ticking noise?? > > > > Woof. > > Not mine, I just quoted new car data from Auto Express. Yes, it has a > 240bhp turbo, probably gleaned something from Saab. But my point was really > that performance as such is not expensive or necessarily exotic these days. Yep, definately related to the Saab 9-3's block/head... About the C900 rust issue, the cars are relatively well protected. Except for that lower control arm area. If you analyze the area, you can see how its design traps salt/mud/etc and basically rusts the metal away. It's a high-quality metal and paint, and so will live for 15 years or whatever. But it is a very bad place for your car to rust! Also the door bottoms are bad on rust. The heat shield over the catalyst rusts in <5 years. It's made from cheap, very thin, galvanized steel. The heat from the catalyst just burns it away. Then the heat burns the undercoating off the floor, then the paint. Then the metal disappears. After the metal disappears, the plastic over the asbestos heat sheild goes away, and your wiring melts and by this time the carpet is on fire ;>. The C900 will look "good" and "not rusty" for a very long time. This doesn't necessarily mean the car is actually solid, or even roadworthy. I learned the hard way, having just lost $2500 on a "rust-free" car I sold only to have it come back with serious lower control arm rot so I am told. A repair panel is $200, though I am sure I can weld something up there. But I am very disappointed. Considering the basic design of the car had been around for 20+ years at the time of the construction of the 900 in question, I would hope that Saab would have least learned from their mistake. And I haven't seen a rusty NG900 yet ;>

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