Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 03:07:28 +0200 From: "Kristian Steve Jensen" <dat0hksjnospam.hitos.no> Subject: Re: 9-3 Dilemma
"Hemlock0013" <hemlock0013nospamo.com> skrev i melding news:bcbc7130.0404251649.119e0dc7nospaming.google.com... > I've owned 2 Saabs. The first was an 85 900s that I sort of inherited > in 1998. Great car, but very trouble-prone. I traded it in for a 95 > 900s with about 30,000 miles on it in 1999. I love this car, and it > ran pretty well up until 2002. That's when it started having several > problems. It's now at 77,000 miles, and I've spent about $6000 on > repairs in the last 18 months. I think it's time for the car to go. > > Here is my dilemma. My Saab dealer is pretty desperate to keep me in > "the Saab Family", and is offering a fairly attractive deal: A new 9-3 > Linear for $20,000 (that includes my trade-in). I'm tempted, as it's a > good deal and I still have a love for Saabs. On the other hand, my > past experience with Saabs has been checkered at best and I have mixed > feelings about the new 9-3s. > > My other option is to sell my Saab and buy a co-worker's 1999 Acura CL > 3.0. It has 30,000 miles and is selling for $10,000. Seems like a good > deal on a reliable car. > > So Saab aficionados, which would you go for? Would your love of Saabs > trump the bargain of the Acura? Most definitively. Even if you're not a Saab fan, you can't beat the feeling of owning a brand new car that noone has had before you. Also, the Acura CL looks like crap compared to the 9-3SS. Space isn't to much in either car, but at least the Saab has 4 doors. I don't have the numbers before me, but I'm betting that the Saab is faster than the Acura both in a straight line and in corners. If it isn't, that can be corrected with some Hirsch parts from your Saab dealer, which of course won't void your new car warranty. Last but not least, Saabs are driven by those of higher education, while the Acura is a Honda that has been rebadged to fool Americans into thinking they're driving something fancy. Kristian
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