[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos 9-3 and 9-5 both check rated.. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] (#81) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Mike Lynch) on Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:24:21 In Reply to: Consumer Reports and Beyond, Walt [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:08:39 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Both the 9-3 and the 9-5 are check rated and recommended by Consumer Reports website. I don't subscribe, so I don't have the actual reliability tables in front of me, but in the past Consumer Reports has been very favorable to Saab. 9-5's have been a recommended used car for every year. Recent JD Powers Vehicle Dependability Study has been very favorable too, putting Saab above average.

CPO is a good value for the consumer. You can get a nice Saab anywhere and you can get a warranty anywhere, but when you get it from the dealer who knows the cars and the warranty is from the factory, AND the prices for the warranty is very competitive or cheaper versus what you spend for an aftermarket warranty, than why not?

Generally a CPO car is pre-selected more carefully, inspected and reconditioned more carefully and certainly warrantied better and by the folks who know the car, a Saab dealer. And as I mentioned, the cost to the dealer for a CPO warranty is about half what a consumer would pay from a first line warranty company like the General Motors Protection Plan.

A Saab dealer would be happy to un-certify a used Saab and save you the $1,250 cost of the CPO warranty, but few, or I should really say nobody, chooses that option.

And a Saab dealer doesn't neccessarily pay more for the cars, they just get first crack at the nice ones particularly off lease.

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• Consumer Reports and Beyond, Walt , Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:08:39
  • Re: Consumer Reports and Beyond, walt , Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:22:41
  • Re: Consumer Reports and Beyond (long), jsh1120, Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:10:50
    • The issue is sampling, or how many people, Noel, Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:18:55
  • At first glance, I thought Noel's post said it best, >, Pa Taket, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:49:29
    • name me a better resource than CR for, Aero'ed, Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:21:43
      • I've always sold NON - CR cars....., Mike Lynch , Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:03:36
  • I think the former Auto editor didn't like Saab., EricG, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:35:51
    • I think it's simply hallucination on Walt's part, J, Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:12:13
  • Re: Consumer Reports and Beyond, jeff '04, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:03:48
  • The thing about Condemmer Reports, Noel, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:10:10
  • Re: Consumer Reports and Beyond, Ari , Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:37:22
  • 9-3 and 9-5 both check rated.., Mike Lynch , Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:24:21 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: 9-3 and 9-5 both check rated.., Avanti, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:39:29
  • Um that seems hard to believe, saw, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:17:29
  • Which consumer reports are you reading?, J, Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:14:54

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