Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 16:28:32 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: New to saab, sucks so far.
Yaofeng wrote: > <Snip> > Many SAAB owners think the car is a different breed. An internal > combustion engine is an internal combustion engine. It's been around > for more than 100 years. How different can it be? The Classic 900 is different. The engine is mounted backwards and sidesways(not transverse like most FWD), depending on your point of view. It is a front wheel drive with the pulleys against the firewall and the clutch just behind the radiator. The engine power is transferred to the transmission by chains. Is there a historical explanation of the logic behind this design? If you are > reasonably mechanically inclined. There is nothing you cannot do > yourself. I bought mine (two of them, both 94, 9000) because they are > cheap. I mean. SAAB is well known for it's low resale value in > America. Of course don't expect anything different if you sell it. A > good place to go for help is the SAAB network. >
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