[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Moving into the mainstream..... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] (#81) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Mike Lynch) on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:07:19 In Reply to: SAABs unreliable???, Finch, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:07:02 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Used to be lots and lots of interesting cars, French cars, Italian Cars, British cars, German cars and Swedish cars and those as a group were generally regarded as unreliable and expensive to fix compared to Japanese and American cars.

Now the most unique car you can get is a Saab. German cars have moved up market, even VW with the Pheaton, and British cars only survive because of Ford or the Germans.

One of the reasons Saab is a survivor is reliability. Saabs have moved into the mainstream of reliable European sedans, dealers aren't paticularly scarce, and Saabs are recommended by many consumer websites and magazines and do well in JD Power surveys.

Never has the most unique car commonly availible been thought of so well. Doesn't mean Saabs are perfect, but many cars youda' thought were more reliable, like many Japanese cars, aren't.

And Saabs have always been safer and more durable. And where else can you micro manage every conceivable foible on such a friendly well run BB?

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• SAABs unreliable???, Finch, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:07:02
  • Re: SAABs unreliable???, Brice, Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:33:25
  • Re: SAABs unreliable???, JohnInAtl, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:09:06
  • Moving into the mainstream....., Mike Lynch , Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:07:19 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Well said Mike..., Viggenator , Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:07:02
  • How do you define reliability?, Noel, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:55:49
    • Re: How do you define reliability?, Ed W, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:41:15
    • Re: How do you define reliability?, Bill in VA, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:36:10
  • My 1985 900 is VERY reliable n/m, Henri Lefebvre, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:49:42
  • Re: SAABs unreliable???, Harpua, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:00:29
    • Very well written Harpua. A little more on that?, JDSaab, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:44:59
      • Re: Very well written Harpua. A little more on that?, Harpua, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:03:56
    • A matter of perception and choice, Henri L, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:17:29
      • henri, do tell, i have a '75 tr6, email me details? nm, baggsly , Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:29:44
      • do you live in CT? i saw a TR6 at a SAAB shop>, prodigal son, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:27:30
        • Re: I live in Alberta, Canada n/m, Henri L, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:21:29
      • Which clutch on the TR6?, BobH, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:03:24
        • Re: Which clutch on the TR6?, Henri L, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:26:10
          • Thank you, Henri <nm>, BobH, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:45:55
            • Re: Thank you,, Henri L, Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:44:39
    • Reliability is Improving, Greg Abbott , Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:05:18
      • Re: Reliability is Improving, Harpua, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:42:06
        • I think he was referring to, Finch, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:07:11
          • yep, Greg Abbott , Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:28:46
  • Re: SAABs unreliable???, Willy, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:09:48
    • electrical problems..., isobel, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:43:37
  • Don't know. Overall very good luck here., saw, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:56:19
  • Like all machines it depend on how they're maintained, Saabpilot , Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:59:15
    • Re: Like all machines it depend on how they're maintained, Spiros Trianta, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:02:17
      • dude, early 2nd gen 900s were notoriously bad>, prodigal son, Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:02:59
  • Not in circles out here, I guess..., Scott Paterson , Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:06:11
  • Re: SAABs unreliable???, Dean, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:59:35
    • i would agree......they ain't cheap, but here's why:, prodigal son, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:01:49

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