Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 02:00:53 GMT From: "Mack Worrell" <cro_delete_wellmnopsamatlantic.net> Subject: Re: Need an opinion about 9-5!
I agree, the cruise control is very non-intuitive and confusing. Every 4 or 5 months I take a long enough road trip where I use the cruise control. It always takes me some time to re-learn how to use it. The cruise control on my Mercury Villager was very intuitive and much simpler to use than my SAAB 9-5. Nonetheless, I still love my 9-5. "Peter Wilkins" <wilkinspnopsamail.com.au> wrote in message news:m1u9rt02fbulbg2f14d7imb5meip96khoenopsamcom... > On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:00:23 GMT, hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) wrote > : > > >In article <80s7rtkgi6taft64pvlbutpr5oj6gl5bl4nopsamcom>, > >Peter Wilkins <wilkinspnopsamail.com.au> wrote: > > > >> Cruise control is the most non-intuitive device I have ever seen. > > > >The controls operate the same way as most cruise controls I have seen > >in other cars. > > No they don't. A rolling switch to increment speed that accidentally > activates the headlamp flasher when you try to use it, and a different > switch with a different motion to decrement. Stupid. > Other cruise controls I have used have a single lever - flick up, > increment, flick down, decrement. Much better. > > >The only non-intuitive thing about it is that it > >increments and decrements the speed in steps of 1.6 km/h. Saab should > >have made that 2 km/h and given the mile-people 5/4 mph instead. > > That doesn't worry me a bit. > > > >> Driving lights keep falling off if the spoiler gets bumped on the tarmac. > > > >What kind of roads are you driving on? The spoiler on the 98 model is > >not very close to the road. If you mounted "driving lights" (whatever > >that is) on your 9-5 then it is your responsibility to fasten them > >correctly. :-) > > The driving lights are fitted as standard - I didn't mount them. > They fit into the spoiler. The spoiler is plastic and flexes. If it > touches a parking lot barrier or even the road on a steep driveway, the > light pops out of it's housing, even though the spoiler is unmarked. It's > happened to me about 4 or 5 times, the Saab dealer re-attaches it for free, > and apologises each time for the bad design. He says it happens all the > time. > > And don't be so defensive about Saabs - they are great cars, but like all > cars, have some defects and design deficiencies. > > -- > Regards, > Peter Wilkins
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