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From: dmm@brunix.UUCP (David Margolis)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: any hard data on saab/volvo reliability/low maintenance cost?
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Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 15:51:52 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 15:51:52 1985
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> Saab owners seem fanatical about the 'quality' of their cars. but can
> anyone point to some hard data on relative reliability maintenance cost
> of these compared to other makes?  I would sure like to see something
> 'real' before I plunk down so much cash for a car.

As a Saab owner of several years and three cars, I am an example of one
who has a very high opinion of their quality.  However, this opinion does
not come from maintenance cost figures but rather from engineering design.
   I think that Saabs are among the safest cars on the road.  They handle
extremely well in emergency situations, I can attest to more than one
incident where I have been able to avoid  a serious accident that I would
not have been able to avoid in any other car I have owned.  My Saabs have
always been reliable in that they have only stranded me once, when the
tranny finally died on my 72 99 after 172,000 miles.  They do not need
constant adjustment attention, and they resist rusting better than any
other cars I see around New England.
  On the other hand they have parts that break like all cars and they are
very expensive to replace.  If you are looking for cars that won't cost
you much to run buy a Toyota.  If you want a solid car that is addictive
to drive, comfortable, and *safe*, then it will cost you more for parts
and maintenance if it is a Saab.