At that one point of the early 2000s when Saab had some fresh models, the Viggen and 9-5 Aero were fast cars, they dominated safety tests and shit like ventilated seats (a 9-5 first!) were exciting, they actually were seeing significant sales gains. Then, you know...
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Man, some people. You all know that the Swedish government owns the entire Saab parts operation and is in continual production, right? Prices have fallen for parts in the past couple of years since the transition. The older Trionic 7 direct ignition cassettes peaked around $500 circa 2012 and now original units are…
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So, I don’t know what you’re on about, but the 2.8t is the wildly more desirable motor and was explored pretty thoroughly in the 9-5NG. Sure, it sucks in the SRX’s stock tune, but guess where all of the Cadillac turbo tuners came from...
Not a VQ, but still not a crazy motor, and on a very conservative tune. I’d assume most of the crazy servicing is a desire to prevent the GT-R from tanking initial quality surveys for the brand. Look up their coolant change procedure. They cycle the coolant several times instead of power flushing it. I do that to my…
Lol, the temperate CADPAT looks like it was designed to invade Minnesota.
Very true, except for terminology. Using those components to make an automatic weapon is illegal. Paraphrasing: Automatic is defined as the discharge of multiple rounds for one pull of the trigger. It could be argued convincingly that a trigger pull here is defined as an entire rotation of the rotary action, and…
I would assume you bring your car in for dashboard rattles, they do work, it comes back with dashboard rattles, and you rinse and repeat until y0u’ve either fixed the problem or accumulated enough repairs for dashboard rattles to qualify it as a lemon.
Help. I moved to Minneapolis from a coastal town in Northern California. Where are the turns?
1% of their budget on a single gas station, but what percentage of overall military spending is the goddamn gas station?
Every reasonable climate scientist on the planet agrees, but the extremely forward thinking and infinitely wise Chinese military, of all people, are your bellwether for conspiracy.
If anyone’s curious, those are the Asics Gel Noosa Tri. Yeah.
If I see an XJ-S on the road, I gape. That’s pretty much it.
I suggested the Saab. I think it’s prettier than everything else on the list, but I think the XJS (in the right configuration) would beat it.
Interestingly, Volvo builds trucks and is trying to avoid exactly that.
I don’t think it could be that much. I’m sure the transmission will be off the shelf from Getrag or the like and will already have tuning developed.
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That’s true! It’s a big car and it’s not fast. Great chassis, I’d buy it. Fun fact though, weighing 300 more pounds and being down 25 HP, it still gets to 60 about as fast as a brand new Sonata Sport.
That’s my 9-5! Not this one, though. The OG9-5 shared an Opel chassis with the Saturn L-Series.
This one is a nice Buick.
Orio AB is the current incarnation of the Saab parts division, purchased by the Swedish government. They’re still making spares for every new Saab.