[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair?? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Paul [Email] (#792) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Paul) on Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:36:29 In Reply to: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:23:26 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Comparing the DI issue to a battery is preposterous. Batteries don't die going down the road and risk an accident. Everyone knows their car has a battery and the owner's manual calls it out as a maintenance item. Most Saab owners probably don't even know they have a DI cassette, let alone that it tends to fail. I think the owner's manual says nothing about it. I also am not aware of other cars with such a strange and insidious problem. When I talk to a non-Saab owner about the DI Cassette situation, most people wonder why anyone would buy such a car and can't understand why it isn't recalled and permanently fixed.

The key questions for all of us and for everyone at Saab are:

1. Would you have bought the car if you had know about DI cassettes?
2. In the future, will you buy a Saab and then purchase and store whatever unusual spare parts are necessary (with or without a box) in the trunk? Or, will you buy some other car?
3. If these issues (along with SID, heater knobs, pulleys, oil problems, etc.) render Saab uncompetitive, how long till GM sends it down the path of Oldsmobile, and focuses on Cadillac as its luxury brand for competing with premium Euro and Japanese models?

My answers are: No, No, and about 4 years.

What do all of you think???


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• Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:23:26
  • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Paul , Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:36:29 <-- Viewing This Message
  • I try not to fight useless battles with the dealer., Dave 37, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:52:50
  • unfair or not, it is a point that has to be made..., PM, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 05:32:19
    • Re: unfair or not, it is a point that has to be made..., carl Jorgensen, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 08:50:01
    • Re: unfair or not, it is a point that has to be made..., ramblerdrver, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 06:22:45
  • Of course it's up to the guys running the Service Dept., Drew in Houston, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 01:18:09
    • It just seems to me..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:13:06
      • Re: It just seems to me..., CraigChristian, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 06:28:35
        • Ludicrous! I resemble that remark...., Mike Lynch , Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:58:52
          • Re: Ludicrous! I resemble that remark...., CraigChristian, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:01:40
      • Re: It just seems to me..., KWS, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 16:56:25
        • Re: It just seems to me..., Mark, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:48:57
          • Don't cave....Who am I gonna' rant at..., Mike Lynch , Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:16:06
            • Re: Don't cave....Who am I gonna' rant at..., Mark, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:40:23
              • $75 is cheap, can I get one?..., Mike Lynch , Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:52:51
  • Yes, ckpaden, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:06:30
  • Im with you Mark!, Yak, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 21:07:58
    • Re: Im with you Mark!, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:43:46
      • Re: Im with you Mark!, Yak, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 08:06:44
        • Fox......, Mark, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 10:34:41
  • If you have to ask, then..., MarinViggen, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:47:12
  • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, PM, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:00:24
  • Quite unfair....you did ask..., turrbo , Fri, 1 Apr 2005 19:29:02
    • You're comparing shoes to a CAR!!!, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:36:07
      • You asked..., turrbo , Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:44:35
        • They throw them out, he told me so...., Mark, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:47:32
        • Retail service is universal...., Mike Lynch , Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:29:49
  • You asked.............................................., DouglasKeith, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:58:07
  • "Implying" the negative......, Mike Lynch , Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:42:47
    • You don't carry a battery - you carry jumper cables., dmz789, Sat, 2 Apr 2005 08:03:17
      • Got me...., Mike Lynch , Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:02:32
    • Re: "Implying" the negative......, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:29:05
  • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Henry, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:39:16
    • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, mnsaaber, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:22:04
      • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:30:40
  • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Czar, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:05:36
    • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, buck, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:54:15
      • Re: Email I sent to my dealer...am I being unfair??, Mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:33:41

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