Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:35:09 -0500 From: Dan <dannospamam.com> Subject: Re: New 9-3 Arc.. have some questions....
On 6/13/2005 6:28 AM, Mark_Venture wrote: > Back on New Years eve I said good by to my 1993 Saab 9000CSE. After > years of faithful service it was time to retire it... Due to > expenses, costs, prices, etc... I ended up getting a 2005 Pontiac G6 > GT. :( > > Well, I wasn't happy, and thanks to my parents for taking it over, I > just picked up a nice new Steel Gray Metalic 2005 Saab 9-3 Arc > equipped with Drivers Package, Sun Roof and Heated Seats!! YAHOOO!! > > I have a couple questions I hope you all can help me with... > > 1. Comfort Opening feature?? According to the book, when you press > and hold the unlock button on the remote control of 2 seconds, the > windows are to go down and the sun roof open. It does not say exactly > which windows. So I have to ask... Are all windows supposed to go > down? or just the front? While the sun roof opens, only the front > windows seem go down for me when using this feature, is that normal? > I have a 2004 9-3 Aero and all my windows open in addition to the sunroof. > 2. Stereo's Sound quality... My car has the Saab Infotainment (13 > speaker/300W) with in-dash 6 Disc CD. I'm disappointed by it. It > has too much mid range and not enough low end. Turning up the BASS > knob just makes the low end muddy and doesn't really help. Is there > anyway to compensate for this? or am I stuck? Considering the sound > from the Clarion unit in my '93 9000Cse, I had higher hopes for this > one. The Stereo's sound quality is my ONLY "complaint" about this > car. For the most part I am happy with the stereo. Sound in a car is always going to be a problem due to acoustics. > 3. I'm confused about Seat and Mirror Memory... It appears that upon > startup, the car's mirrors rever to one of the saved memory positions > other than #1. For now, I've adjusted the seat and mirrors then saved > it to all 3 memory positions. Is this selectable? i.e. what memory > position is used at start up? I didn't see that in the manual. In > other words, after adjusting the seat and outside mirrors where I > liked them, I saved to memory position #1. The next time I started > the car, the mirrors adjusted to another position. I had to press the > #1 to have them go back to where I set them. My work around is > storing my settings in all 3 memory poisitions, but I don't want to > have to do that. > > 4. Maintenance schedule? My '86 9000 Turbo and '93 9000 CSE came > with "coupon" books that had service scheduled every 5000 miles along > with what needs to be done. The service book that came with the 9-3 > just says First Int., Int, Main 30, Main 60, Main 90. So what > milage figures are the First Int & Int services? Every 5,000?? or > something different? > > 5. Phone controls on the Infotainment panel and steering wheel? (Saab > web site states "Pre-Wiring for Hands-Free Phone ") Are they usable? > anyway to hook my Motorola V710 (verizon) up to those controls? Too bad SAAB never implemented bluetooth for hooking to a cell phone. > 5.a... In the Saab accessories catalog they have Phone Connector > Harness... > http://www.saabcatalog.com/retail/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=Saab+Catalog&category%5Fname=Drive9395%3APhone+Connector+Harness&Page=1 > "Pre-wired power access. Facilitates installation of mobile phone. > Dealer installation recommended." Any idea what this is for? > > Thanks!! > Mark.
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