Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:23:44 +0100 From: MBeest <MBeestnopsamathome16.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: 2000 9-3 disappointment
Andrew wrote: > I think I started this thread. There've been some very interesting > responses .... I'd only like to add that I still love driving my 9-3 (and > the current fuel shortage in the UK means I can't blast around the > countryside in it ..., damn!), I just think this particular example is not > such a well built car as I hoped. As for the twit who asked if Saabs were my > "cup of tea", or if I'd ever driven one before ordering ... words start to > fail me ... > Does that mean that if you've test driven a car, or are familar > with a particular model, you have no right to expect a class standard of > build quality???? not in the slightest - it's just that in the company I work for loads of people just get whatever special offer the fleet managers are pushing at the time, and then find out afterwards that they don't like it and they are stuck with it for the length of the contract You'd be surprised, but it happens quite a lot. They all buy into the image of a brand and then it disappoints. I know someone who got a new BMW, but found the seats too hard and uncomfortable on long journeys. Not necessarily the thing you'd find out on a short test drive, but enough to mean the car (whilst having an arguably good image) was not her "cup of tea". When I wrote the original reply I didn't have enough time to do a full in depth analysis as to the reasons why you got the 9-3 and so assumed quite a bit because if you re-read your original post it's all negative about the 9-3, says it's a company car, that your dad's also not impressed and gives no more information. Sorry for not guessing any more (go on, you've driven every Saab since the 1960's and could tell me in detail how each one goes? ;-) MB. > Having said that, if the oily bits hold together and it > doesn't let me down, I'll soon get to live with the odd rattle and squeak, > the mushy brake pedal, or even the seat falling apart under my 14 stone > (plus) behind ... it's worth it for the acceleration, silence, comfort, and > general "feel-good factor" feeling that I get driving this great car!
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