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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:21:34 -0500
From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom>
Subject: Re: Saab losing it's identity ?!


Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Personally, I do not like the light clutch in the new Saabs and Volvos. As for the chassis flaws, I believe they are found on the 1995 900s. The older classic 900s handle just fine, mine take turns like it is on railroad tracks. As far as the ride is concerned, I like it firm. I never enjoyed the feeling of being on a boat, rolling around on turns, looking at the sky when you accelerate and diving to the ground when you brake. Leroy Curtis wrote: > In article <38389F22.6B517A7Fnopsamcom>, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> writes > > >making the best of a bad job; the 900 on which it was based was a bit of a > >rushed job, and > >was perhaps not the best thing Saab ever did > > > >Can you go into more detail as to why you think the 900 was a rushed job and > >not the best thing Saab ever did? If you are referring to the model change > >in 1995, I would agree, but Saab eventually did work the bugs out. > > > Yes, the car improved before it became the 9-3, but it never really > handled or rode all that well by class standards, the steering feels > inert to me, and the clutch is unpleasantly heavy. IIRC, GM decreed that > Saab needed a new model quickly, and that it should be based on their > Cavalier/Ascona, which was by then pretty long in the tooth. So Saab > took their existing 900 replacement project and re-engineered it to use > GM mechanicals. The result was that the early new-shape 900s had some > quality issues, plus the above-mentioned chassis flaws. > -- > Regards > > Leroy Curtis > > Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to > reply by Email

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