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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:27:51 GMT
From: WhyAsk <vwincentnospamet>
Subject: Re: Saab newbie


This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040506070807080903010405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John B wrote: >On 28 Jan 2005 08:46:28 -0800, Ed Sullivan <reallybigshownospamo.com> wrote: > > >>Just bought my first Saab, a base 2001 93 5 door hatchback with 26,000 >>miles. Any advice on its care and feeding? >> >> >> > >My fiance picked up one of those this past summer, and it's been good to us. >Although I will mention that (based on both posts in this group and personal >experience) that recent 9-3s seem to eat brake rotors for some reason. >Maybe it's because people frequently need to slam on the brakes after rocketing >from 0 to 60 mph in 7 seconds :) > >John > >ps- Oh, and make sure to use high octane fuel for full turbo pleasure. > I agree with the octane. I have a 2000 9-3 base and it does seem to run a little better on premium (Marathon 93 octane). Brake rotors have not been a problem on mine (55,000 still on original pads and rotors) but that is with a manual trans. My suggestion is to change the rear sway bar. I went to the 22mm from Taliaferro what a difference that made! very easy change - 15 minutes. --------------040506070807080903010405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <br> <br> John B wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midslrncvku43.f78.rotten_NOSPAM_nospamam.example.com"> <pre wrap="">On 28 Jan 2005 08:46:28 -0800, Ed Sullivan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:reallybigshownospamo.com"><reallybigshownospamo.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Just bought my first Saab, a base 2001 93 5 door hatchback with 26,000 miles. Any advice on its care and feeding? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> My fiance picked up one of those this past summer, and it's been good to us. Although I will mention that (based on both posts in this group and personal experience) that recent 9-3s seem to eat brake rotors for some reason. Maybe it's because people frequently need to slam on the brakes after rocketing from 0 to 60 mph in 7 seconds :) John ps- Oh, and make sure to use high octane fuel for full turbo pleasure.</pre> </blockquote> I agree with the octane. I have a 2000 9-3 base and it does seem to run a little better on premium (Marathon 93 octane). Brake rotors have not been a problem on mine (55,000 still on original pads and rotors) but that is with a manual trans. My suggestion is to change the rear sway bar. I went to the 22mm from Taliaferro what a difference that made! very easy change - 15 minutes.<br> </body> </html> --------------040506070807080903010405--

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