Minitest 9-5 2.0 LPT Auto

While the Aero is in. Surprisingly nice to drive considering it has done 150k. Interior and tactile surfaces spotless. Cupholder funky. Driver and front passenger seperate temp controls nice touch. Auto goes well but seems thirsty. I'm sure the fuel tank is a lot smaller too. Aero, =A340 fills the top half of the tank with super.

9-5 lpt =A320 took it from Red to half a tank.

Handling is nice for an auto cruiser. Softer but no soggier than the=20 Aero.

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Elder
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Discovered my Rangie has *four* cupholders earlier on, with an option for another two in the dash. Happy days.

Reply to
Pete M

Does anyone in the UK use these bloody things? I can think of lots of things to use the space for more effectively. Like some minor controls that get hidden away to make room for them.

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

Yes, several times a day.

In fact, almost all the time I'm in the car, there's either a coffee in there or a can of something.

Reply to
SteveH

I put mine phone in the one in the loan car. The rubber trim held it quite nicely with it being a pda phone.

Reply to
Elder

Bottom of my list - I don't rate saab these days, they're total crap. To be honest the only good car they ever made was the 96. 9000 was OK

Reply to
mike

Yeah! McDonalds (used to) do good coffee. We used the ones in the Vectra to hold our coffees when we went down to Rockingham last weekend. We left the kids with my mother so there were no feet to boot scaliding liquid everywhere...

Reply to
Abo

McDonalds coffee is so hit and miss.

I have no idea why, as they all have the same bean to cup machines - all they have to do is press a button.

All I can think of is that a lot of the outlets don't bother with maintaining or cleaning their machines.

Shame, because when they're set up well and cleaned properly, it's pretty damned good.

Reply to
SteveH

I didn't think I would like it. But I do.

It has done 15k less (it's a T reg) than my L plate aero. But the handling seemed similar.

Apart from the sludging issues, I would definatley have a 9-5 Aero later when they come down in price.

Reply to
Elder

People who drive long distances regularly do. It can be a real pain drinking in a car without cupholders - your bottle of pop ends up rolling around on the floor, and if you're drinking from a cup, you have to drink the lot in one go or hold it between your knees. Not something I'd worry about in a fun car, but (I'm in danger of sounding like SteveH now), when you've got to drive a couple of hours on the motorway to somewhere and a couple of hours back at the end of the day, niceties like low noise levels, a comfy seat, cupholders and a comfy ride take precedence.

Some people may prefer to stop to have a drink, but to me that's time completely wasted - it's not something you can book down as work time, and a lot of the time I'll arrange to set off before traffic gets too heavy, and IME a twenty minute or so delay at the start of a journey often turns into an hour or two delay at the other end, which in my line of business is good for nobody - it drives up our prices, and keeps me in the car when I could be more productively sat at home drinking tea.

Reply to
Doki

I stop for a break, a brew and a pee every couple of hours when I'm driving a lot.

2 out of three you can't do easily when driving.
Reply to
Elder

Some do. Personally, I don't; if I'm going to take a drink, I'll stop. The Ka had great bottle holders in the door and I simply didn't use them.

Yeah; in some cars. Most of the minor but often used controls in the 9-3 I'm running (headlights for the most part) are on the dashboard. It has Saab's equivalent of climate control and 99% of the time I can leave this alone. The window switches are between the front seats and if it had a sunroof, the switch would be here too, but otherwise, everything I need is mounted high up on the dashboard.

Come to think of it, the foldable damped cupholder thing that the 9-3 can have is mounted just below the header unit, also nice and high up too...

Reply to
DervMan

They don't, there are about three different bean to cup machines they use depending on the size of the outlet, and as you mentioned some don't seem to clean them very well.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

Little update. Bit thirsty for an "Ecopower". =A320 of petrol has done me about 120 miles.

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Reply to
Elder

Hang on, lets get this into meaningful units... £1.15/l = £5.22/gal £20 -> 3.83gal

120 miles/3.83gal = 31.4 mpg

Surely you wouldn't expect much better from a petrol SAAB at anything other than a cruise?

Reply to
Albert T Cone

I've only seen one type on my travels.

Reply to
SteveH

Look closer.

Cafina Alphas at the bigger stores, Cafina C5 at the smaller ones, and I've seen a third type too.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

They used to have jugs of fresh coffee not so long ago

Reply to
Abo

Yeah, the problem with that was that some franchised outlets would buy cheapo coffee from the local cash and carry and throw that in, and it could be on the warmer for hours on end. Big busy corporate owned stores were fine though.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

And completely misses the point of the Ecopower bit too.

It cleans the air as you go through it.*

*In a test. Once. In London. I think I'd clean the air breathing it in the smoke meh.
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DervMan

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