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Any Saab employees here?

Then you are exactly what GM management is looking for - someone who does not care about their car . . .

A car older than 10

Try again Tex. I bought a GM900, newer than my '93 900. It has had more electrical problems in the first 90 days than I have had in 16 yeas of driving Classic 900s. Your generalization might be valid for GM made cars, but not for the Classic 900s.

The fact that most here happily fix their older

Our regular "fixin's" on our older Saabs includes things like preventative maintenance. Perhaps a little more detailed than you can perform on the newer GM Saabs, but that is by design. GM does not want you to maintain a part, they want you to replace the part (more profit). Eventually, GM does not want you to keep a car for 12 years, they want to you to buy/lease a new one every four years (more profit). Do you see a pattern here? This pattern is what drove car buyers to Toyota and Honda. We like our older Saabs because we CAN fix then, as opposed to being forced to buy a new car every 4 years.

According to the JD Powers ratings, initial quality

And you speak to the mechanics who work on your car? I speak to the technicians at the shop where I buy my cars and get them serviced. Funny thing about building a relationship with a good technician, you will get honest answers.

My point is that it's natural for

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ma_twain
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Tex may have it right "Original designs only allow for a car to hit so many pot holes" when he describes GM designed Saabs.

I wonder if Tex knows his Saabs. Question for Tex - what can't you adjust on a GM900, which might be necessary after hitting a pothole. a. Caster b. Camber c. Toe in/out

Yes, Tex, you do need to know what is in your car. Then you would know the difference between the "original design" of the Classic 900s and the "bean counter design" of the GM Saabs and why we prefer the Classic. Its the little details that matter, such as what is in the car.

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ma_twain

What Tex also forgets that even if a '93 900 costs $900 a year to maintain, what is the total cost to drive a year? Let's see, if I buy a

2005 9-3 Arc, it would cost me $759 a month (5 year loan on $40k cost), just to buy it, no maintenance cost included. Is $900 a YEAR('93 900) more expensive than $759 a MONTH (assuming $0 for maintenance)? Plus, if I sell it in at 3 years, after paying roughly $27,000 (no maintenance cost included), I will get $15,000 (based on Dealer retail of a 2002 top of the line 9-3 in absolute mint condition, which would be far from the truth if I did no maintenance for 3 years). But wait, the original loan cost including interest is $45,000, so I still owe at least another $3,000. Again, assuming no maintenance, the cost for driving a 9-3 is $30,000 for three years. Is this really better than a '93 900 at $1,800 for three years? Don't forget, I would have paid off the '93 in 1997.
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ma_twain

Sorry about that I think I chopped it off by accident...

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There is a resemblence there. Not sure if it was intentional. But that wouldn't be atypical. Various Saab features and looks have been copied by others over the years by other manufacturers. Copying is the ultimate form of flattery. Just look at the Asian Mercedes rip-offs.

- tex

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Tex

Please use

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Dan

I don't see a SAAB resemblance at all based on that picture.

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Dan

And if you do that, please post the actual link as well, so people don't have to blindly click on an obfuscated link. Those of us who can deal with line wrap (it's not tough, really) would rather know what we're getting into.

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Dave Hinz

Hee hee...yes..I admit I was a slacker on that. As per the recent thread about this very topic, I've been trying to get myself in the habit of posting 2 links if it's long (one the actual link and the other a tinyurl.com link).

- tex

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Tex

Correction: Is this really better than a '93 900 at $1,800 > for three years?

should be: Is this really better than a '93 900 at $2,700 > for three years?

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ma_twain

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