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I have such an inexplicable love for Saabs. That's a gorgeous example - there's a nice red 9000 CSE much like yours near me and I always stop to look at it when passing by on foot.
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http://hooniverse.com/blog/2010/04/21/2-stroke-swedish-meatball-the-saab-92h-camper/ I suspect the real reason for the motion blur in this picture is because the camera car can't go slow enough to keep up with the 92H. 28 horsepower two stroke motorhome, ahoy!  Saab is crazy. Really crazy.
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I moved house and in the new neighborhood there are some nicer cars. The upshot is that I got to run alongside a 9-3 Turbo X the other day. It's a good looking, but really subtle car. It makes a great noise. I heard they only sent 600 to the USA, but I don't know how many (if any) made it to Canada. I hope they make more stealth bombers like that one and get a handle on their dealership network. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jun 7, 2010 |
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Jun 7, 2010 23:15
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sbaldrick posted:There is no such thing as a cheap car in Canada. People in this country are crazy.
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JayKay posted:Can anyone confirm or deny that there is no front license plate bracket kit made specifically for the 92x. However I can use a 9-3 bracket, or any generic 2 hole bracket and be fine? edit: link Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Dec 31, 2010 |
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Dec 31, 2010 21:19
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The turbo is likely to be dead; it should be inspected for shaft play or leaking seals (check for oil smoke at startup). If it is dead, you may be in for a pretty hefty bill to replace it or a slightly smaller one to repair the turbo, and I would imagine that even a low-pressure Saab is not very much fun to drive without boost. If the driver's seat has a heating element, that heating element is probably damaged from having someone's rear end in it for 230k mi.
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Oct 31, 2011 16:40
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So even if you bought a Saab before they went bankrupt the first time, your powertrain/corrosion/seatbelt warranties are still gone? This is gonna be a precedent setting lawsuit. I've never heard of a "big" car company doing this. The worst part is that the parts channel is going to dry up. I'll never have a first-gen 9-5 Aero wagon. 
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Dec 20, 2011 21:31
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Apparently they're crushing all the units that are either in the process of being built or are built-but-unsold. I'm surprised Sweden doesn't want to hold onto the first Saab ever built.
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Jan 17, 2012 16:52
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Team Dynamics makes some absolutely gorgeous wheels. Good choice.
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Mar 1, 2012 23:48
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Yum. There used to be a Turbo X that parked near my old job. I spent a lot of time staring at it. 
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Apr 19, 2012 15:20
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Man, why did I just go and look? I wonder what's so wrong with the clutch that they decided to abandon it in a field next to a 900?
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Aug 30, 2012 19:14
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Rallycross car, huh?
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Jan 5, 2013 00:59
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Demolition derby car, huh?
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Jan 5, 2013 02:21
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Yay, more Saab owners. What did she have before?
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Mar 8, 2013 03:16
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gently caress the Pick n Pull website, use the new poo poo: http://row52.com/ It has coupons! And pictures! And VINs! And smartphone apps. For some reason the data is also inconsistent between the PnP and Row52 websites, Row52 seems to update more often. It seems to only return 3 cars for that yard under 9-5: Sept 13: http://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/YS3EF48Z9Y3077824 auto V6 Sept 12: http://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/YS3EF48Z5X3039764 auto V6 Aug 21: http://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/YS3EF48Z213011914 auto V6 Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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Sep 17, 2013 22:17
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How could you tell if a car is actually an SPG? This one appears to have no special badging of any kind but does have a huge spoiler and an interesting paint colour. http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1987-Saab-900-SPG-TURBO-Hatchback-W0QQAdIdZ520977642
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Sep 28, 2013 05:03
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That's a respray job unfortunately. Then you should throw 3M film on it.
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So there's an early 9-3 with a "seized wastegate" for sale here for $1000. How badly damaged do you think that engine is from having some putz driving around with uncontrolled boost? Can I swap the turbo for my spare WRX-pull TD04 and have a cheapo Saab daily driver? http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1999-Saab-9-3-2-0-Turbo-Coupe-1000-OBO-W0QQAdIdZ545150815
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Tell me more about fixing the wastegate. Is it a gummed up/failed wastegate actuator or am I to replace the entire turbo? A T5 flange turbo should not be difficult to get, I had just assumed all Saabs used a TD04 and I could just pluck one out of the pile and drop it in. Usually in Subaru land, turbo failures occur from shaft play or from an oil seal taking a massive poo poo. I've very rarely heard of wastegate issues other than having the actuator preload set incorrectly so I'm second-guessing this guy's diagnosis. By DI you mean the ignition cassette right?
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Nov 21, 2013 19:39
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Or just send it to, like, a Subaru mechanic.
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Dec 10, 2013 16:59
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There's a guy here on Kijiji who is selling SID repair kit ribbon cables. It seems like a pretty niche market to be advertising for in the classifieds.
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Feb 4, 2014 17:53
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Where do you usually fill coolant on your desk?
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West SAAB Story posted:Uhh.. Exactly how many E30/E36 websites of fans are there? I've never accidentally stumbled over one of those - not that I was looking, mind you. We'll be fine for a decade or two before it gets prohibitively expensive. It helps that Saabs aren't particularly good at anything, so nobody is clamouring to snap them up for autocross, drifting, rallycross, street racing, cocaine running or daily driving. 
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Mar 1, 2014 05:08
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Also the seats are a lot better at whiplash protection and aren't the control arms aluminum?
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Mar 4, 2014 23:59
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Yeah that would explain why the insurance premium for collision on one of those is so high relative to a WRX.
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Mar 5, 2014 00:13
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What did service have to say?
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Mar 8, 2014 02:50
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All I'm seeing is: The Saab museum must be pretty cool. Good on the seller for including such awesome stuff!
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Apr 4, 2014 16:51
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Speaking of the God-bothering, what do people in non-Christian countries yell when they break poo poo working in a Saab? The UN should get involved and gin us up a report on useful foreign phrases I can use to get bolts loose.
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Who wants a job? https://jobs.github.com/positions/80448c2c-cbe9-11e4-932e-024d91bf0e4dBrokenKnucklez posted:Is any one familiar with the TWICE module on a 1999 9-5? There's a 9-5 for sale and the previous owner claims that that's the problem.
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So a buddy of mine just got a 9-3 Viggen and it's been great. It throws a P1110 after awhile of driving, and I can hear a hooting compressor-surgey sound when you lift throttle while under boost. Google seems to indicate dicky BPV ("diverter valve" in Saab-speak?). Should I just try connecting the boost signal line to the wastegate actuator directly and see if it does the same thing under spring pressure to rule out the BPV? Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:31 on May 14, 2015 |
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May 14, 2015 18:29
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Seat Safety Switch posted:So a buddy of mine just got a 9-3 Viggen and it's been great. The problem here was at least that the previous owner tried a "super cool mod" by deleting the tee on the signal line to the BPV, and ended up routing it too close to other parts of the car, which rubbed through the line basically immediately. Two or three holes in the line plus some of it was melting onto the intake manifold. The BPV might still be dicky, but, uh, this vacuum line isn't vacuuming very well anymore. Apparently this is the mod: http://trolltuner.com/?p=219 Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 04:44 on May 15, 2015 |
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So a dude locally is selling a '96 900 S Turbo and sent me this email about it when I asked what it needs:quote:The Saab still runs and is drivable. It needs some work to take care of some problems. Here are the highlights: The ball joint and the exhaust don't seem like a big deal. The dashboard is a question mark since it could be (from my reading) cold solder joints or indeed the dimmer rheostat, though I doubt it's that since it shouldn't make the gauges stop working, just make them very dark. Changing out the parking brake cable seems like a pain though; a quick Googling says that I'd be dropping the gas tank, and that's not something I want to do.
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God there are so many cheap Saabs out there. How do you tell if a 9-5 wagon is one of the single-turbo V6s or not? http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2001-saab-9-5-wagon-not-running/1137902855 I'm guessing I can't use a TD04 pulled from a WRX (which I have in my basement) and would have to find an appropriate T25(?) flange turbocharger. Also, any idea on the rough running? This is a ~three hour drive away and I don't have a Tech2. Wondering if dude pulled the turbo because it was bad or if he did it to get another car on the road. I have a red DIC from a 9000 CSE that I found in the junkyard kicking around my basement as well. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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Feb 10, 2016 17:28
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Dude took a picture that conveniently obscures the trim badge and I don't know enough about the subtleties of the 9-5 trims to tell what it might be.
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I emailed the dude, so hopefully we'll get some information on this, but I'm starting to get a bad feeling about it.
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atomicthumbs posted:any tips for finding decent tires that'll fit a saab 99's 4-bolt soccer ball wheels? I'm getting my dad's 99 ready to roll out and I pumped up the first tire and it exploded (nearly in my face). They're not metric wheels are they? I wrote a tool a little while ago to see what tires in a nearby range are good, maybe you can find something broadly available like a 195/60: http://nondisplayable.ca/tire-plusone/
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JayKay posted:So after a year of sitting in my garage, disassembled, I finally was able to tackle a bunch of issues on my '00 9-5 Aero. You can probably park the head of the bolt by holding it still with a screwdriver on the end of the shaft as you put the castle nut on. I don't suggest cutting a slit for a flathead, since a cotter-pinned bolt is delicate enough as it is. All you really need is to add a little more friction to the bolt and the nut should spin right on. In situations like this I've also had success "scaring" the nut on with an impact but it's probably not a super idea with a cotter-pinned bolt in a tie rod end. On endlinks with that design there is sometimes a hex cut-out in the end of the bolt that you can use to park the bolt while you spin the nut on. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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It's crazy how many sub-$1000 Saabs there are now. If it weren't for the fact that a lot of the aftermarket upgrade/repair parts are so pricey I'd probably have built one after helping my buddy fix his Viggen. Saw another Viggen in the scrap yard a few weeks ago. Made me sad but the Yard Jawas had already stripped it to the bones so its guts will live on in sleepers.
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Haha, you dentist-car-driving dicks are doomed. I finally figured out a way to get ahold of a Saab that wouldn't make my friends and family abandon me. I finally registered, insured and drove home my new-to-me 2005 Saab 9-2X Linear. The only complaint I have about it so far is that the VIN is entered as an Aero, which means that someone at the docks probably hosed up filling out the form when it was first imported. It has some bilingual stickers as well, which might just have been removed by the PO on the ancient Subarus I previously gooned around in. All the records got included; the original owner sure got boned when she bought this thing. Next stop, 9000 CSE Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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ionn posted:Isn't that the case for just about any new car? Though SAABs might excel at it. ionn posted:Also, I guess we'll see you in a mid-80's 900 Turbo soon enough. quote:Nobody could save me from Saab. Wherever I looked, I would find sub-$500 GM-Swedish abominations pulling at my purse strings. Help us, the cars said, we’re weird.
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