Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:41:30 -0800 From: "Abdallah Jamal" <abdallahnopsamAMnopsamrgate.ca> Subject: Re: Q: Saab models with 3 three point safety belts on back seat?
the family had an accident in our '91 passat a year and a half ago (rear = ended. whiplash. therapy. unsympathetic insurance company - all the = usual stuff). anyway, the wife trashed her little suzuki runabout as = well, so now we own two cheaply acquired '87 9000's - both hatchbacks - = the 9000S for her and the 9000T for me. to get to the point, both have = four 3-point safety belts and a 2-point, as has been mentioned. we both = feel immensely safe compared to what we had, and, for now, i wouldn't = buy anything else. (i've spent a lot of time researching the = performance of varioius cars in accidents and the late 80's saabs come = up stars compared to other cars that cost more...) oh, and we have 3 kids, 3, 6 and 9. the little one is comfortable in = the car seat with the restraining belt attached to hooks/loops in the = trunk. i agree with my fellow countryman in the east. no better value out = there than a well maintained older saab 9000.... --=20 abdallah 87 9000T (240,000kms) 87 9000S (270,000kms) "Four Weis" <mweinopsamcom> wrote in message = news:3E278191.431EE505nopsamcom... |=20 |=20 | Dexter J wrote: |=20 | > Salutations: | > | > Putting aside the guff about how crap they are to maintain (not true = BTW - | > just have to be able to live with remanufactured or used parts and a = non | > dealer wrench). You can and should older SAAB for your young family = as they | > are remarkably inexpensive on the used market because of dealer = service | > pricing and they are extra-ordinarily safe in accidents and accident | > avoidance (which is the real key to the whole problem anyway).. = However, | > please note that I agree that shopping around for one that hasn't = been | > already been butchered is important.. | > | > The lack of a third 3 point seat belt should not concern you for = several | > years as the 9000 (at least the 4 door CD sedan) has an excellent = child | > seat hook and loop system built into it with the lab belt.. I do not = if the | > sportier hatch model 9000 is the same.. | > | > Anyway - you will probably have the new arrival in the child seat = for a | > couple of years - and then in a proper booster seat for a few years = more | > and three point is not always considered a good thing in an accident = with | > an upright child seat as it can hurt the little one's neck and face = if they | > get under it the wrong way or it comes out of the harness clips in = the | > child seat.. | > | > Personally - I would like to have some of the features in some of = the new | > infant and booster seats for myself! My youngest had her own pair of = cup | > holders, a storage compartment for the art work - another removable | > container for loose treats and really solid neck, lumbar, body = support | > which would be the envy of Riccaro!.. |=20 | I believe Recaro makes an infant seat - perhaps that is what you saw. |=20 | > | > | > My two cents.. Just keep the littles out of the front seat if you = have | > airbags - I went for a good rust free 1989 9000 CD as it doesn't = have | > them.. | > | > -- | > | > J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ | > all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads | > no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time | > | > Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day | > Anne Margret - Al Hirt - Baby It's Cold Outside | > http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/099.RAM | > | > Knud Sch=F8ler wrote: | > > | > > Hi | > > | > > Can anyone tell me if there is Saab 9000 models with 3 three point | > > safety belts on back seat? If there are: In what year were they | > > introduced? | > > | > > Maybe the question is quite stupid, but I know to little of the = Saab | > > models. | > > | > > The thing is: We are expecting our 3rd child this summer and are = now | > > looking for a 2nd hand safe car with 3 three point safety belts on | > > back seat. | > > | > > My first idea was that Saab 9000 would be the right car? | > > | > > Thanks in advance | > > | > > Knud Schoeler | > > (from Denmark, where car taxes are extreeme) |
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