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- From: almanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Bob Alman)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:16:38 GMT
- Subject: Re: 1988 Saab Turbo 900S - Good used car??
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- > I have the chance to pickup a 1988 900 Turbo. manual
- >transmission. 70K miles. The car seems to be in good condition
- >and drives well. This is a used car dealer purchase, they want
- >$8900.00 for it. I figure that this means 8K.
- > Anybody have anything bad to say about the 900 Turbo, in
- >particular the '88 model. For a 4 year old car it seems to be
- >a pretty nice car...
- > Any SAAB owners willing to offer pre-purchase advice?
-
- Beware of advice from SAAB owners. They tend to be fanatics about their cars:
- they sometimes keep them for 200,000 or 300,000 or even more because they like
- them so much. I get sick of hearing "I love this car! I've owned it for 15
- years!" Don't they know the real truth about SAABs? I couldn't believe my eyes
- when I read the following:
-
- "i don't care what you say, wharfie, i still like saabs.
-
- own three of 'em, in fact.
-
- cheers,
- richard
- --
- richard welty 518-393-7228
- welty@cabot.balltown.cma.com"
-
- Can you believe it?...three of them!
- Didn't he know that SAABs have some serious flaws:
-
- 1. When you leave the windows or sunroof open in heavy rain, they fill up
- with water!
- 2. When you drive in rain or in a river without any doors, they fill up with
- water!
- 3. When you try to dry out the seats with the seat warmers, they catch fire!
- 4. When you break the vacuum lines under the dash, the vacuum system stops
- working!
- 5. When you break the ventilation fan wires, the fan stops working!
- 6. When you break pieces off the trim, the trim falls off!
- 7. When you break the wire for the dashboard lighting, the dashboard lighting
- doesn't work!
- 8. When you do a half-assed brake job, it has to be done over!
- 9. When you spill brake fluid on the paint, it peels!
-
- How can you trust people who like their cars for thousands and thousands of
- miles and year after year who don't even notice that their doors fell off.
- Indeed, I have yet to hear of anyone admit to it, well, there was one and thank
- god he stepped forward! And look at 20/20's report on roll-over safety! What a
- joke! They tested a SAAB with ALL of the doors on; no wonder it wasn't
- crushed!
-
- after all:
- "S everely A bused A utomobiles B reak down"
- er, what I meant was:
- "S wedish A utomobiles A lways B reak down"
- Yeah, that's it!
-
- Hope this helps!
- Bob
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Larry
-