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Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:00:42 -0400
From: Hans Lellelid <hplnospam>
Subject: Re: Opinions welcome 1994 900V6 with an automatic


ma_twain wrote: > Anyone have opinions of a 1994 900 V6 with an automatic transmission? > > Yes, I drive Classics with manual transmission, but this is for someone > else, who does not drive manual transmission. This is car is a four > door with 94K miles. This car will be the first car for a teenage > driver, so long engine life is not an issue. The other choice is a 1992 > red box 2 door turbo 900 with a manual - I don't want this car trashed > by someone learning to shift and drive at the same time. Heh :) yes, a few months ago I bought a very cheap '91 900S w/ 180k miles to learn to drive manual (all my help requests on this forum have been about that car); the plan was to buy something like a '97 900SE Turbo when the learning phase is over, but of course now I just love my c900. I may get something like that '92 900Turbo instead :) I own a 4-door '95 900SE/V6 with 86k miles. Unfortunately, I have not owned it very long (approx half a year now), but I have to say that I love this car. It helps that it is a very good-looking car (red & black) and in like-new exterior & interior condition. I do like the lag & punch of the 4cyl turbo, but for off-the-line and driving around town (which is 90% of what I do) the V6 is very nice. I have had 0 problems in the short time I have owned it. It runs beautifully and everything works perfectly (knock on wood). It was exceptionally maintained, however (and that's mostly why I decided to buy it). I generally leave it in "sport" mode. Normal shift mode shifts up way to prematurely for my taste (around the time the "shift up" light comes on, in my c900). Realistically if you kick down the pedal the V6 really moves, not quite the post-lag turbo, but pretty close. I like the traction control (TCS) feature for eliminating spin on slippery starts, although I should add that I disabled it sometimes when driving in snow because I found a little spin preferrable to having the feeling of suddenly losing power (e.g. at an intersection) -- and "Winter" mode helps a great deal for reducing chances of spin, anyway. Gas mileage is great (around 30mpg on highway, around 21 in city), but I think that's around the same for both engines. In short, I like it :) If I had found a turbo in comparable condition, I would have probably gotten it instead, but no regrets. Of course now that I'm driving manual, I wish I had a manual in both cars, but completely agree that it makes more sense to handle one thing at a time. Hans

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