tone76
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- 05 Honda Jazz, 95 SAAB 900S, 97 Mazda 121
Hi all,
Over the last week, I've been seriously tempted by a Swede ... a SAAB 900 that's for sale near me at a very good price.
So what's wrong with that? It's a 1995 NG 900 ... it's one of the key reasons why SAAB is where it is today. I've always loved SAABs, but we're talking the proper old-school SAABs (99, 900 etc). I never really warmed to the GM era SAABs back in the day, although this particular example seems nice.
The trouble is that I drove this 900 the other day, and whilst it's no classic 900, it's no worse than the 9000 I had for a while. In fact, it's better because it ran for more than 2km without having any sort of electrical fault. :lol:
Now this is where it gets really perverse: the things that are wrong with the NG 900 is what makes it appealing to me. Things like the fact it's easy enough for me to work on at home without swearing too much, all the electrics work, things like that. Other factors that appeal to me is that it is a one-owner vehicle with full service history, and that it's quite clean for its age. It has about 231,000km (140,000mi) on it, which is supposed to be nothing for the classic 2.3 SAAB four. Not a turbo, but for the kind of driving I'll be doing (city/motorway), it's neither here not there. It's also a manual.
So what do I do? Do I add an 'I Can't Believe It's Not A Vectra!' to my garage, or do I let it go through to the keeper?
Over the last week, I've been seriously tempted by a Swede ... a SAAB 900 that's for sale near me at a very good price.
So what's wrong with that? It's a 1995 NG 900 ... it's one of the key reasons why SAAB is where it is today. I've always loved SAABs, but we're talking the proper old-school SAABs (99, 900 etc). I never really warmed to the GM era SAABs back in the day, although this particular example seems nice.
The trouble is that I drove this 900 the other day, and whilst it's no classic 900, it's no worse than the 9000 I had for a while. In fact, it's better because it ran for more than 2km without having any sort of electrical fault. :lol:
Now this is where it gets really perverse: the things that are wrong with the NG 900 is what makes it appealing to me. Things like the fact it's easy enough for me to work on at home without swearing too much, all the electrics work, things like that. Other factors that appeal to me is that it is a one-owner vehicle with full service history, and that it's quite clean for its age. It has about 231,000km (140,000mi) on it, which is supposed to be nothing for the classic 2.3 SAAB four. Not a turbo, but for the kind of driving I'll be doing (city/motorway), it's neither here not there. It's also a manual.
So what do I do? Do I add an 'I Can't Believe It's Not A Vectra!' to my garage, or do I let it go through to the keeper?
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