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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:52:39 -0500
From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom>
Subject: Re: Best built recent Saab?


davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > Of course you do. It would have been madness for Saab to carry on > > building an over-engineered obsolete design like the c900. > > Nothing wrong with overengineering... > > The only thing wrong with overengineering is the car last too long and you don't > come back and buy a new car in 3 years, bad economically for the company. The > American manufacturers tried this approach and were rewarded by losing their > market share. Oh, GM is an American company and it owns Saab now. Does the big > push for the 3 year lease sound like it just might be encouraging you to get a > new Saab every 3 years? > > > Probably the new cars are safer with their airbags and so on but > > subjectively I still think the old cars had an indestructible heavy duty > > feel which is essentially absent from the GM 9-3. > I drove a Classic 900 and destroyed a Mazda in an accident and needed only a bumper. I was rear ended by an F350 and needed only a paint job on the hatchback. When a car's safety record is dependent on the number of airbags, watch out. > > > > >>...but, they'll never compare to driving a bull-nose two stroke 96 in the > >>winter. > > > Never drove one in winter but the free wheel was fun. > > I don't know if it's because I was much younger and a bit over-enthusiastic, > or if it just really did handle that much better, but the '62 96 that I > drove for many winters, really was a snow machine. I could throw it > around corners, left-foot braking, hand-brake steering, through snowdrifts > much deeper than the ground clearance, and it just *went*. Best part was > playing on unplowed roads after (or during) a snowstorm...had more than one > chat with police officers who suggested that if I was going to play, they'd > appreciate it if I'd play in a different township. > > I never pushed my c900 that hard in winter, but that might have to do > with the fact that I paid a lot more money for it. We'll see how the 9-5 > does; I've got my good snowtires on now (Nokian NR-Q's), and am waiting > for the snow... > I did push my C900 hard in the winter and it was fun. So much fun, in fact, I will try to always own a C900 for winter driving. It was and still is perfectly controllable on snow and ice, even though it did not have ABS, winter mode transmission and traction control. > > Dave

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