Re: That's about the same as for 2001. - Saab General Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
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What is strange to me is we rented a forester for maybe 500 miles in California in 2004 or so. I don't remember that one handling so poorly. It was a decent basic vehicle. I know one of my subie friends back then did not like the forester handling (because they drove an impreza), but I don't remember it being that bad. I think they must have made the platform taller or something in 2009 - that new design/shape was definitely bigger looking anyway. So maybe this was a glitch that they have redesigned for 2014. But it is hard to make a tall vehicle handle well, even if the engine is fairly flat and low (actually, the legacy handled reasonably well).
Yeah, I can see the popularity if it is $22k. Here they start at $28k and there is basically never any discounting. You used to be able to get 9-3's here for that much. More for XWD, but more for a turbo and leather in a Forester also!
I think the main reason we started looking into them was the 9-5 wagons seemed few and far between at one point and we thought we needed a wagon. Then we discovered through the long rentals, that the SAAB sedans were more enjoyable to drive, and could haul just as much anyway... though I still wish we had found a good 9-5 wagon.
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- reading comprehension, AeroEd, Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:40:28
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- "Skip the BMW and Benz, buy the Buick" says CR., Norm9-5, Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:03:41
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- Yes., B Millar , Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:28:29
- Re: Yes., EGD , Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:52:53
- Re: Yes., B Millar , Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:04:32
- Re: Yes., EGD , Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:07:18
- Re: Consumer reports top autos for 2015, Snowmobile , Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:48:21
- Re: I see the quirky badge has been passed, fwd84, Wed, 25 Feb 2015 03:19:19
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