RE: SOTW: Saab 9-5 Aero HOT
Discussion
^^ espresso black, that's it. I knew it was a coffee of some kind!
And yes, as good as the momo Alfa seats are, the Saab's are better. Heated too. Heaven for a January kayaker with a wet bum.
Roof bars and filth, as any self-respecting estate car should have!
Oops. Don't know why it's sideways!
And yes, as good as the momo Alfa seats are, the Saab's are better. Heated too. Heaven for a January kayaker with a wet bum.
Roof bars and filth, as any self-respecting estate car should have!
Oops. Don't know why it's sideways!
Edited by OpulentBob on Tuesday 8th January 13:51
Bri957 said:
With another baby on the way, our existing car was going to prove too small for our needs. Having looked at a few different options, I bought one a couple of weeks ago.
Agree with the sentiments of others on this thread, I couldn't find anything else that met so many of my requirements for the price.
Quick
Spacious
Comfortable
30mpg + on the motorway
Entertaining when the baby seats are not in use.
That looks great. Agree with the sentiments of others on this thread, I couldn't find anything else that met so many of my requirements for the price.
Quick
Spacious
Comfortable
30mpg + on the motorway
Entertaining when the baby seats are not in use.
Bri957 said:
With another baby on the way, our existing car was going to prove too small for our needs. Having looked at a few different options, I bought one a couple of weeks ago.
Agree with the sentiments of others on this thread, I couldn't find anything else that met so many of my requirements for the price.
Quick
Spacious
Comfortable
30mpg + on the motorway
Entertaining when the baby seats are not in use.
I hate black on Saabs, and never seen one with black wheels before..... That looks ace!Agree with the sentiments of others on this thread, I couldn't find anything else that met so many of my requirements for the price.
Quick
Spacious
Comfortable
30mpg + on the motorway
Entertaining when the baby seats are not in use.
I have a manual 95 aero estate in black, with beige leather.... at 28 its a bit old man spec, but by god its nice to drive, and the shove is keeping me interested enough not to want to go and look for something else after having come from a vx220...
mine has a few little niggles, but nothing that cant be sorted, and the forums, especially UK saabs are great, with plenty of avice, support and even offers of help, and to top that off, the specialists I have spoken too (in the south east) have all been sound and honest, not looking to push you into having the work done.
can see this being a real keeper, the missus loves it, and although prior to not having driven anything bigger than a 206 will happily jump in a drive, the dog has bucket loads of space in the boot, and if your packed for 3 weeks away (like I was on Sunday, with the dog having the boot) the back seats can take everything even with a missus that would actually put the flat in the boot if she could!
mine has a few little niggles, but nothing that cant be sorted, and the forums, especially UK saabs are great, with plenty of avice, support and even offers of help, and to top that off, the specialists I have spoken too (in the south east) have all been sound and honest, not looking to push you into having the work done.
can see this being a real keeper, the missus loves it, and although prior to not having driven anything bigger than a 206 will happily jump in a drive, the dog has bucket loads of space in the boot, and if your packed for 3 weeks away (like I was on Sunday, with the dog having the boot) the back seats can take everything even with a missus that would actually put the flat in the boot if she could!
Lexual said:
My 2001 9-3 Aero Hot 'shed' for £600
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I love the Aero Coupes. Such a nice shape. I had a a black 3 door SE 2.0T a few years ago.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I love the Aero Coupes. Such a nice shape. I had a a black 3 door SE 2.0T a few years ago.
What's a man to do...have TWO Mk4 Golf GTI's, previously owned a Saab 9000 Aero, now have 2 month old twins, family have had 7 Saab's over 20 years...it's like a calling?
The Aero (abbot tuned 280bhp) was bought on 144k and did nothing wrong ever...an oil change, checkover and a set of front tyres was all it required in my ownership. I bought another SOTW type car (E38 740i) which was also just bloody brilliant but my missus refused to drive it as too big (it wasn't too clever on fuel either)
A 5dr GTI is 'ok' for shuttling the little fellows around but for longer distance/overnights something bigger is called for...so this would mean sacrificing my day-to-day 3dr Mk4 GTI.
In true PH fashion I just forwarded a picture without too much detail (waiting for the backlash) and she said it was lovely (auto and parking sensors win)...that's like a green light which now means I am thinking about nothing else. It's 9 days into this year and I haven't bought something...
And, yes, I have spent many hours looking at T5-R's, E39 540 touring with LPG, 728 with lpg etc etc. They are all great and with the wonders of forums I can fix most of the glitchy stuff without bankrupting myself.
And (again), if this was on my drive in place of the 3dr golf then it would bring the total BHP of the fleet (Skyline GTR, Mk1 MX5 and Golf GTI) to bang on 1000BHP. That is sooo childish to be satisified by that but I have children now, I need to think childish...
regards
Ben
The Aero (abbot tuned 280bhp) was bought on 144k and did nothing wrong ever...an oil change, checkover and a set of front tyres was all it required in my ownership. I bought another SOTW type car (E38 740i) which was also just bloody brilliant but my missus refused to drive it as too big (it wasn't too clever on fuel either)
A 5dr GTI is 'ok' for shuttling the little fellows around but for longer distance/overnights something bigger is called for...so this would mean sacrificing my day-to-day 3dr Mk4 GTI.
In true PH fashion I just forwarded a picture without too much detail (waiting for the backlash) and she said it was lovely (auto and parking sensors win)...that's like a green light which now means I am thinking about nothing else. It's 9 days into this year and I haven't bought something...
And, yes, I have spent many hours looking at T5-R's, E39 540 touring with LPG, 728 with lpg etc etc. They are all great and with the wonders of forums I can fix most of the glitchy stuff without bankrupting myself.
And (again), if this was on my drive in place of the 3dr golf then it would bring the total BHP of the fleet (Skyline GTR, Mk1 MX5 and Golf GTI) to bang on 1000BHP. That is sooo childish to be satisified by that but I have children now, I need to think childish...
regards
Ben
OpulentBob said:
Still want to get it on a runway or similar, see if it'll crack the magic 150.
Should a standard one be able to manage it? If my co-driver is asleep and the conditions are suitable I might find myself on an autobahn in the early hours of the morning in a few weeks time so it seems right to have a play.
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