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From: hgp@houem.UUCP (#H.PAGE)
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Subject: Re: Re: A car for all seasons (SAAB 9000S Turbo)< what?
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 00:43:51 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  3 00:43:51 1985
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If I could add my 2 cents...

Saab: Great in Snow, great for that money burning a hole in your pocket.

I once bought an old Saab 99 (and boy was that a saab story; mine
had the Triumph engine) with a bad transmission. Now the 99 isn't
a 900 but I believe the layout of the drive train is quite similar.
Thinking I would save some $$$, I decided to carry the tranny into
the shop. Lo and behold I was amazed how easily the engine popped out.
One needed only to unhook the water hoses, accelerator cable, clutch
cable, etc. and split the CV joints on each side (20 minute job per
side). The engine is unbolted and lifted out. It was a little harder
to separate the engine and tranny, but with the correct tools and work
space (I had neither), it would be, perhaps, a one hour job.

The installation procedure took a little longer, but was very straight
forward.

Perhaps with A/C, PS, and cruse control the job is significantly more
difficult.

As for my Saab, I paid $900 for it, $550 to fix the tranny (in 1978), 
$150 for misc. parts. It was driven twice between Cleveland, OH and
Colorado; on the third trip back to Colorado the engine started going,
first one cylinder, then another. I parked it in Boulder, and called
DEnver's marvelous Saab Subaru junk yard to come pick it up.

Moral of the story:

	1) If you can't afford to have someone fix your Saab, you
	   cand afford your Saab.

	2) If you simply want to get to point B from point A, forget about
	   a Saab. Here in NJ, my Omni does OK. I have many restful
	   nights, not having to worry about by car door being bumped
	   in a parking lot. In a place such as Colorado, however...

	3) Never, but never buy an British car or a car with a British
	   engine.

Have fun!

Howard G. Page
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