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As the owner of a similar car, a 96 900SE, and driving 9-3's pratically everyday I work here at the Saab dealer, the strengths of a 9-3 are not ride and lack of rattles.
You can spend a lot of time and effort and tighten up your hatch and rear seat bases, the source for most of the rattles, but a hatchback configuration is never going to be a tight car. And rough roads magnify the inadequacies.
And even a 9-5 Aero or a 9-3SS with the 17" package and sport suspension rides (and handles) so much better than a 9-3.
If you have 16" wheels you'll gain a little ride improvement by going to 55 series tires instead of the 50 series as Saab themselves did in 2002. I put the 55's on my '96 900SE and it improved it noticeably.
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Posts in this Thread:
- 9-3 suspension, Peter , Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:01:39
- is this your first Saab?, RickP, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:47:10
- Love 9-3's, but no compliance and hatchback rattles..., Mike Lynch , Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:23:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 9-3 suspension, mark, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:40:06
- Re: 9-3 suspension, mark, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:04:45
- Re: 9-3 suspension, Bob F, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:07:36
- Re: 9-3 suspension, Penport, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:04:12
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