Comments on: Black Friday fanfare – Saab style http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/ Lorum Ipsum tagline Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5205 Anonymous Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:16:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5205 I wonder how a roundup like this will sound  in 10 years or less when Saabs are mostly electrified. Someone has to tweak the electric engine to make some noise (as it has to not to kill pedestrians) and sound masculine and that will be a challenge for the Saab engineers. I nowdays usually go here to check things out before i go to SU to have my heartbeat raised by some overly dramatic headline. Please don't do this again. I wonder how a roundup like this will sound  in 10 years or less when Saabs are mostly electrified. Someone has to tweak the electric engine to make some noise (as it has to not to kill pedestrians) and sound masculine and that will be a challenge for the Saab engineers. I nowdays usually go here to check things out before i go to SU to have my heartbeat raised by some overly dramatic headline. Please don’t do this again.

]]> By: Андрей Борзенко http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5203 Андрей Борзенко Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:12:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5203 Love the sound. One of the best in my opinion. I've got MY2008 2.0T 9-3 SportCombi, and I'm thinking about getting Hirsch dual exhaust for it to achieve more noble sound. Well, it won't be as noble as Turbo X's, but at least something. Love the sound. One of the best in my opinion. I’ve got MY2008 2.0T 9-3 SportCombi, and I’m thinking about getting Hirsch dual exhaust for it to achieve more noble sound. Well, it won’t be as noble as Turbo X’s, but at least something.

]]> By: Mike900 http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5201 Mike900 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:34:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5201 Some interesting reading here too....  http://vtunersaabs.com/wordpress/ Yum. Some interesting reading here too…. 

http://vtunersaabs.com/wordpress/

Yum.

]]> By: Mike900 http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5200 Mike900 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:31:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5200 Hey Swade, It's funny how how trends and interests tend to come in waves. I'm still obsessed with my Viggen, but find myself more and more attracted to the Turbo X as time has gone by. I've been seeing more and more little posts about the X in recent times too... including here.That exhaust note is a thriller, isn't it!I sure you've already noticed that Nick T has run out of mods for his Viggen, and bought himself a Turbo X to start playing with.....  http://trolltuner.com/?p=1086 http://trolltuner.com/?p=1089 http://trolltuner.com/?p=1149 Good times :-) Hey Swade,

It’s funny how how trends and interests tend to come in waves. I’m still obsessed with my Viggen, but find myself more and more attracted to the Turbo X as time has gone by.
I’ve been seeing more and more little posts about the X in recent times too… including here.That exhaust note is a thriller, isn’t it!I sure you’ve already noticed that Nick T has run out of mods for his Viggen, and bought himself a Turbo X to start playing with….. 

http://trolltuner.com/?p=1086
http://trolltuner.com/?p=1089
http://trolltuner.com/?p=1149

Good times :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5198 Anonymous Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:22:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5198 I own a TurboX SC with a 6 spd manual that I bought used a little over a year ago and let me tell you, it's the best vehicle I've ever owned, maybe even ever driven.  That is G-d's own exhaust note, and the car's torque and power are amazing.  Power, however much you want whenever you want it, in any gear, at any speed, is totally intoxicating.  It's an amazing engine, and a crying shame it isn't available anymore.  Add wonderful seats, a good ride (only with replacement Contisport tires, not the OEM ones, which are far too harsh), excellent handling, XWD, and true wagon utility, and it may be the perfect car.  20+ MPG on the highway.  In over a year of my putting on over 25000 miles per year, it's been bullet-proof.  Frankly, every 9-3 should have left the factory this way.  A true and superior 335Xi competitor.   I keep thinking, if Saab either doesn't survive or does survive and never really makes an equivalent replacement (very possible), what would I ever replace this with that offers its combination of power, utility, XWD, and manual transmission?  Probably the only option in the US would be the Cadillac CTS-V wagon (but no AWD there).  I know Europeans have more options, but in the US for manual wagons, that's it. I own a TurboX SC with a 6 spd manual that I bought used a little over a year ago and let me tell you, it’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned, maybe even ever driven.  That is G-d’s own exhaust note, and the car’s torque and power are amazing.  Power, however much you want whenever you want it, in any gear, at any speed, is totally intoxicating.  It’s an amazing engine, and a crying shame it isn’t available anymore.  Add wonderful seats, a good ride (only with replacement Contisport tires, not the OEM ones, which are far too harsh), excellent handling, XWD, and true wagon utility, and it may be the perfect car.  20+ MPG on the highway.  In over a year of my putting on over 25000 miles per year, it’s been bullet-proof.  Frankly, every 9-3 should have left the factory this way.  A true and superior 335Xi competitor.  

I keep thinking, if Saab either doesn’t survive or does survive and never really makes an equivalent replacement (very possible), what would I ever replace this with that offers its combination of power, utility, XWD, and manual transmission?  Probably the only option in the US would be the Cadillac CTS-V wagon (but no AWD there).  I know Europeans have more options, but in the US for manual wagons, that’s it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5197 Anonymous Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5197 That first car sounded like a tiger! That first car sounded like a tiger!

]]> By: Ted Schafer http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5192 Ted Schafer Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:33:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5192 A Turbo X SportCombi... If I knew the economy was going to implode in '08 I would have certainly waited for the deals they had on that car. Drove one when my car was in for service and was so tempted to buy it. A Turbo X SportCombi… If I knew the economy was going to implode in ’08 I would have certainly waited for the deals they had on that car. Drove one when my car was in for service and was so tempted to buy it.

]]> By: Jimmy Lowell http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5191 Jimmy Lowell Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:15:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5191 Hey thats Gary Blake Saab in Exeter, New Hampshire in the second video - My local dealer! Hey thats Gary Blake Saab in Exeter, New Hampshire in the second video - My local dealer!

]]> By: Steven Wade http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5188 Steven Wade Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:53:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5188 Indeed it was.  A good friend of mine in England had one - fully kitted out with Hirsch interior, too.  Nice. Indeed it was.  A good friend of mine in England had one – fully kitted out with Hirsch interior, too.  Nice.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/black-friday-fanfare-saab-style/#comment-5187 Anonymous Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=4103#comment-5187 Puh... You really scared me for a second with that headline... ;-) Puh… You really scared me for a second with that headline… ;-)

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