The L drives pretty nice. The wagon is a good, cheap beater.

They had a similar perception to VW, which VW themselves sank. Kind of non-luxury, high-content, high-tech. GM tried to drive Saab upmarket, which may have ultimately been wise (see: Volvo) but without actually putting the money into class-competitive platforms. Meanwhile, Saabs had shockingly high MSRPs to save face…

That’s a pretty shoddy history. Saab sold more than twice the vehicles Jaguar did in the US in 2007. GM set them up for success in the early 2000s with the 9-5 and 9-3, both sharing Opel derived platforms and both fairly modern. They killed them by forcing them to stagnate throughout the 2000s without a significant…

The charge time to 80% is interesting, but there’s one burning question. Can these batteries regularly be partially charged then partially discharged without long-term ramifications to capacity?

You know about BMWs but you don’t know about welding subframes? Strange.

A 92 325 is a pretty simple car, dude. You don’t seem to know much about it, except that it’s a BMW, though. Why do you like saying “raped” so much? You’re a weirdo.

As a fellow 9-5 owner, congrats! Check out Saab Central as well, it’s an excellent resource. And as a part time CA resident, check out SAAB Club of California on Facebook! It’s very active in SoCal and there’s actually a SoCal meet coming up on the 23rd if you want to meet and greet with other Saab members - no dues…

No? Is that ok with you?

I live in the bay area. The car is worth more for parts than it is whole. With a clean title, straight panels, no rust and a welded rear subframe, the chassis is worth significant money alone. It has $500 of wheels and tires, a good transmission and diff, and good Bilsteins up front.

My kid brother is driving soon, and while I had a couple weeks back home I decided along with my dad to find him something to drive. I settled on a driver 92 E36 325is with a stick, a clean title, rebuilt engine and new clutch, 300k miles and no door panels or headliner. $1800! The guy who owned it let it go because…

I’ll just leave this here.

The original generation 9-5 is what you were describing. The 9-5 was all new and extremely modern. It also drives very, very well. Great engine, very advanced Haldex system, good interior materials save for wood, great seats, great looks.

Hot take.

It took me a longass time to find good xenons. I use Philips and finally don’t have trouble.

Came here to suggest this. The fastfits are my favorite but Mechanix are good stuff in general. Massdrop had a deal with two pairs of Covert gloves for $20 and I got on that crazy fast. They seem to run a little small so giftgivers beware.

Or buy a Bluetooth one for $5 or less.

Or buy a Bluetooth one for $5 or less.

The original BMW M3 comes from a time when men were men, when women were women, and we beat up anyone who felt differently.

They’re selling in China, where the old 9-5 is still competitive as the Senova D. But what people mean when they say NEVS wants to move to selling “mobility solutions” is something akin to Roush but with higher production capacity.

NEVS doesn’t care about public sales until they have the money for a new platform. Right now they want fleet sales and corporate partners.

NEVS retained as much Saab staff as they could afford. Trollhattan still has the highest unemployment in Sweden after Saab’s closure. The workforce is still there and will work for as long as NEVS can pay them. Meanwhile, Saab still has huge engineering capabilities in terms of testingand development equipment and…