Re: What car would you buy INSTEAD OF of a Saab???

Depends on how you drive, of course, but I think that's a bit conservative. I average in the low 20s around town and mid-to-high 20s on the open road, despite a moderately heavy foot and a penchant for passing ;>)

Dunno... It wasn't sufficiently famous for being infamous for me to hear of its infamy. Early 1990s, I recall a biggish thing of roughly stationwagon configuration that was plausibly Volvoid. Was that the T5?

-- Andrew Stephenson

Postscript - yes, the turbo was in fact ****ed. a kindly soul of a mechanic fitted a recon. one for £200, which ain't bad. unfortunately the vacuum bottle and exhaust now need attention. and I didn't even know what a vacuum bottle was until i felt it vibrating. It really is one thing after another. Drives OK now, sans blue smoke at traffic lights.

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Is that the white bottle below the front of the windscreen on the rh side? The valve in mine has been broken since not long after I bought it.

Was making a mooing noise, then later leaking.

I remoed the two hoses until I can find a replacement. Just means I need to wait for vacuum to build up, before I can switch from windscreen blower to any other setting.

Fingers crossed, apart from popping off the hanger at the rear, my exhaust has been fine.

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The T5 was the thing that got them laughed at when they took an estate car to the european touring cars. Until they raced that is.

A lot of UK police forces used them. Some still have them in service, especially as motorway patrol cars, and unmarked ones at night.

New and used values for the Estates is a lot higher (as any traditional Volvo) Not a bad motor for an auto estate car (manuals were available too)

?ID1=208&ID2=154 Just some comparisons against Saabs. Shame there wasn't any C900, and 9k stats on there.

here are some more pics. Very like the old 240 series, but smoother and subtler. Less sit up and beg, and good power. Nice for a none saab. Can you see what I might have gone for if I didn't love the C900 so much. it would have been a real struggle between a 9k Aero, and a T5 Saloon (for purchase price saving, rather than an estate/wagon).

Is that the white bottle below the front of the windscreen on the rh side? The valve in mine has been broken since not long after I bought it.>>

Yep - mine rattles not moos! what does it actually do?

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Aha. Thank you.

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BTW, if you do decide to remove the hoses to check it, plug them up with a tight fitting screw or something similar, and I cable tied mine to be safe.