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Recent ‘06 9-3 SC Roadtrip 3 Saabers Like This Post! Posted by EGD [Email] (#663) [Profile/Gallery] (more from EGD) on Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:34:58 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
My wife and I delivered our ‘06 9-3 SC with 156K miles to our son in NE Iowa from northern LA County, CA recently. Took about 28 hours over parts of three days. He’ll be using it there through August.
The car performed flawlessly and averaged 31.3 mpg. (Anders @ Swedecar had squared away several long-deferred maintenance items prior to the trip, and we mounted a new set of General Altimax RT45s)
A few other notes:
- The 9-3 is such a great car for a roadtrip.
- Glad to have new tires for the torrential afternoon rains we experienced daily.
- Did not see even one other Saab.
- The road surface of much of I-70 in west and central CO is appalling.
- The amount of dead deer and raccoons by the roadside in IA was astonishing.
- There are fantastic local restaurants everywhere if you seek them out.
- Fuel is dramatically cheaper outside CA. IA even has non-ethanol fuel if desired.
- ‘Iowa Nice’ is a real thing.
Finally, we’re fortunate to live in such a beautiful country. Get out there and see it if you’re able to do so!
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