Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:00:26 GMT From: milt brewster <milt73nopsamc.net> Subject: Re: Saab Complaint
In article <20030908141132.10706.00000876nopsam29.aol.com>, lkrznopsamcomnospam says... > >You're absolutely right. I have no doubt that in two years time, when > >Folksam again points to the safest cars, the Saab 9-5 will win. Although > >cars as the Laguna got 5 stars way before the Saab did. Also, when EuroNCAP > >made the first crashtests with the Saab 9-5, it passed the side-impact test, > >even without having side airbags! > > My insurance company loves the Saab. They dropped my rates by $200 a year from > the Lincoln Mark VIII when I bought the 9000CS. > I had five tires blow out on the Mark in a year. Of course I put 50,000 miles > on it in that time, too. All at Interstate speeds and all at 4:30 p.m. or so on > a Friday afternoon in godforsaken parts of the country. For a while I was > running a Firestone, a Michelin, a Goodyear and a Bridgestone since those were > the only tires I could find when I needed them. > Was in Ohio for the weekend, 900 miles round trip. The Saab is the least > stressful car I've ever driven. I would have agreed with you about the Saab until last week or so. It still ought to be a great car to drive on a trip. I am sorry about your tire experiences in your Mark VIII. I'll bet that tires became very important to you after your first problem or two. Saabs are not the only cars with tire problems. Some Manufacturers (like Ford?) might very well be worse. I don't think that we should ignore tire problems just because they are isolated "bad luck" occurances. I also don't think we should ignore tire problems because "everybody has problems with tires all the time." In both cases, the tire failure creates a safety problem, whether the failure is the fault of the owner, caused by road conditions, or was caused by the Manufacturer who was trying to save a dollar per tire when they sold the car. mb
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