Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 23:22:49 -0000 From: "Jez" <jl.webnospamorld.com> Subject: Re: SAAB To buy or not to buy
"Leif Tangen" <tangennospamcom> wrote in message news:1fr0e8f.59d55dh67t56N%tangennospamcom... > Simon Putz <simon.putznospamline.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > a Saab as my budget is a little higher now, and there are safer options > > > (such as the Renault Laguna). I think that, as Dexter says, either you'll > > > > Renault Laguna might have one Star more, but its not safer for sure. i even > > doubt that its safer than my 9000. > > besides that its uglier, slower, less luxurious and you will see that same > > car passing yourself atleast 3 times a day on the highway, which wont happen > > if you have the saab. > > Renault Laguna? They got four stars at the initial crash test, but were > told they were pretty close to five. They made a few modifications, then > got a second chance (what would you expect from a car manufacturer owned > by the French state) and managed barely to squeeze their product into > the five star cathegory as the first family saloon. They've been > hollering about it ever since. > > Forget about the Laguna. Besides being ugly, it has French build quality > - which means a lot, I can tell you. We used to say about French cars > that when the winds were low, you could _hear_ the rust working it's way > through the metal. > > A Swedish test recently concluded that although the passive safety level > of the Laguna was adequate, the handling lacked a lot, and this car > barely passed the famous Swedish Elk Test (tm) without the ESP (which is > optional only on the Laguna). > > The two cars that got five stars at the initial test were the new > Mercedes-Benz C-class and the Saab 9-3 Sports Sedan. The Saab got more > points than the Merc, though, and thus is the safest family saloon > available at present, according to EuroNCAP. And it's less pricey. > > -- > Leif Tangen, Svelvik, Norway > 1976 96L V4 > 1977 99 GLS > 1986 900i > 1992 900i 2,1 Griffin > 1998 900S > 1999 9-5 2,0t I can't afford the options you mention. Further, speed, luxury, etc mean nothing compared to the safety of my family: I love my family very much more than my car. As was the case with my purchase of the Saab I now have (and do 'love'), I will buy the safest car I can afford. I do like the joke, though (it was a joke wasn't it, citing a Swedish test re Laguna/Saab after casting aspersions on a EuroNCAP test of a French car?). Cheers, Jez
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