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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:02:23 -0400
From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com>
Subject: Re: 9-3 Dilemma


Bob wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:45:46 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> > wrote: > > >>I am the opposite. I hate paying for that depreciation as soon as you >>drive it off the lot. Saabs do not hold their value, so they make great >>used cars. I buy mine previously owned. I got my 1990 900S for under >>$3,000 (that was over 4 years ago). It is a fun car in the winter and >>on wet roads. When it gets dinged in the parking lots - I don't get >>upset. If it gets coated with salt in the winter - I don't care. This >>would not be the case if I bought a new 9-3 . . . >> > > I feel the same way about depreciation. However, I don't have the > patience for an older car as you do and I'm more particular about > appearance. I prefer to buy "off lease" cars that are two years old > with one or more years left on the factory warranty as a safety > cushion (two years with Saab, of course). Saves me a good $10K and > all I've missed is the "new car smell" (aka hazardous out-gassing of > plastics :-) > > But, back to the original post: Drive the Acura... then buy the Saab. > The Acura line is way too "cushy", IMHO. I tried a few. I felt like > I was driving Dad's Buick. Also, while my Saab seems to become more > stable the faster I go, my experience with Japanese cars is the > opposite: they feel less stable as speeds increase. YMMV. > > > I once owned a Toyota, and couldn't wait to get back into a Saab :-) I am not that picky about appearance because I drive my Saab. Driving any car in the snow (with the salt) is hard on the appearance, but the Classic 900 handles so great that I cannot resist going out in the snow for some fun. I am also at a point in my life where I don't want to have to worry about every little ding and scratch a car gets in a parking lot - I have been there and the first dent in a new car is a heartbreaker.

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