Comments on: Poll: How long have you been a Saab owner? http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/ 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/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1164 Anonymous Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:46:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1164 I bought my Glacier Blue 2004 9-3SS in August 2008 and have been in love with it ever since but my interest in Saab started thirty years ago when one of my highschool teachers turned up in a 99T. My dream Saab? A 900 T16S/Aero/SPG preferably in black! I bought my Glacier Blue 2004 9-3SS in August 2008 and have been in love with it ever since but my interest in Saab started thirty years ago when one of my highschool teachers turned up in a 99T. My dream Saab? A 900 T16S/Aero/SPG preferably in black!

]]> By: Piet Hein S http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1119 Piet Hein S Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:38:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1119 i have known Saab since 1983. we then moved to Hilversum, where our neighbour across the street, being a CEO/COO at the local fire dept., drove Saabs 900. my first Saab is a black 1993 9000 CD Griffin. the former owner bought her in Belgium, moved to Munich, Germany, and took the car with him. but after 4 months he hadn't driven her yet. so he decided to hand it over to someone who would take good care of her, which turned out to be me... the car cost me € 0.00 to buy, but i had to pick it up in Munich and drive her home, have it registered, pay tax (of course) and replace the brake at the right front wheel...i have this great car since 2009, but she needs an oil ring replacement in the auto-gearbox (or better: a new gearbox). my other Saab is a 1986 9000 CC 2.0i, Odoardogrey. this one was spotted on the Net by people at Saabforum.nl, but no-one took the initiative to go and get it...so I did. on June 13th she turns 25 and she has done only 143.000km. i am still thinking of buying a NG900 Convertible, but i think the gearbox problem of the Griffin has priority. further more: what to do with 3 cars? and where to park them? i have known Saab since 1983. we then moved to Hilversum, where our neighbour across the street, being a CEO/COO at the local fire dept., drove Saabs 900. my first Saab is a black 1993 9000 CD Griffin. the former owner bought her in Belgium, moved to Munich, Germany, and took the car with him. but after 4 months he hadn’t driven her yet. so he decided to hand it over to someone who would take good care of her, which turned out to be me… the car cost me € 0.00 to buy, but i had to pick it up in Munich and drive her home, have it registered, pay tax (of course) and replace the brake at the right front wheel…i have this great car since 2009, but she needs an oil ring replacement in the auto-gearbox (or better: a new gearbox).
my other Saab is a 1986 9000 CC 2.0i, Odoardogrey. this one was spotted on the Net by people at Saabforum.nl, but no-one took the initiative to go and get it…so I did. on June 13th she turns 25 and she has done only 143.000km.

i am still thinking of buying a NG900 Convertible, but i think the gearbox problem of the Griffin has priority. further more: what to do with 3 cars? and where to park them?

]]> By: Kurt W. Krauss http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1116 Kurt W. Krauss Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:58:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1116 Saabs owned since June 1980 in chronological order: 1976 99 GL 4 (1st car) 1974 99 LE Wagonback 1979 900 GLi 1985 900 1972 99 EMS 1988 900 Turbo 1980 99 GLi (Midnight Blue) 1962 96 1993 900 S 1995 9000 CS 1994 900 S NG 1995 900 Turbo NG 1997 900 Turbo NG 1992 900 S CV 1980 99 GLi (Dorado Brown) 1979 96 Super 2007 9-5 Aero Combi (60th Anniv) 2009 9-3 SC Aero XWD (Current) 1980 900 Turbo 5 Door (Current) Saabs owned since June 1980 in chronological order:

1976 99 GL 4 (1st car)
1974 99 LE Wagonback
1979 900 GLi
1985 900
1972 99 EMS
1988 900 Turbo
1980 99 GLi (Midnight Blue)
1962 96
1993 900 S
1995 9000 CS
1994 900 S NG
1995 900 Turbo NG
1997 900 Turbo NG
1992 900 S CV
1980 99 GLi (Dorado Brown)
1979 96 Super
2007 9-5 Aero Combi (60th Anniv)
2009 9-3 SC Aero XWD (Current)
1980 900 Turbo 5 Door (Current)

]]> By: MarkC http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1103 MarkC Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:09:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1103 I bought my first Saab in Australia in November 1987.  It was an 11 year old 99 EMS 2 door.  Unfortunately it had been a bit neglected and cost a bit to fix, but I still loved it.  Actually I was quite upset when I sold it in mid 1990 to go to the UK on a 12 month working holiday.  I looked at buying several Saabs whilst in the UK, but ended up buying a Rover which was a disaster.  When I returned to Oz, I briefly owned a Triumph 2000 before I saved another 1976 99 EMS which was headed for the scrap heap the next day.  It wasn't as pretty as my first one, but it needed less mechanical work and it drove well.  I ended up keeping it for 4 years. I intended to replace the 99 EMS with a 3 door 900 EMS, but this slightly out of my price range and I ended up with a 1984 3 door SE Turbo ( two tone - called 'Lux' in some markets.).  I kept that car for nearly ten years and always intended replacing it with a 900 T16 S Aero, but sadly that never happened.  I eventually replaced it with a 1997 900S 2.3 Talladega coupe.  This was another neglected Saab and unfortunately a costly mistake.  I kept that car for 3 years and replaced it with my current car, a 1999 900 SE Monte Carlo HOT coupe, which is quite possibly the best car I have owned.   I'm afraid I've never really liked the 9-3SS.  Too many doors and no hatch!  Hopefully the current 9-3's replacement will eventually come in a 3 door coupe.  If so, this will be my first brand new Saab.  In the meantime I'm quite happy with my Monte. I bought my first Saab in Australia in November 1987.  It was an 11 year old 99 EMS 2 door.  Unfortunately it had been a bit neglected and cost a bit to fix, but I still loved it.  Actually I was quite upset when I sold it in mid 1990 to go to the UK on a 12 month working holiday.  I looked at buying several Saabs whilst in the UK, but ended up buying a Rover which was a disaster.  When I returned to Oz, I briefly owned a Triumph 2000 before I saved another 1976 99 EMS which was headed for the scrap heap the next day.  It wasn’t as pretty as my first one, but it needed less mechanical work and it drove well.  I ended up keeping it for 4 years.

I intended to replace the 99 EMS with a 3 door 900 EMS, but this slightly out of my price range and I ended up with a 1984 3 door SE Turbo ( two tone – called ‘Lux’ in some markets.).  I kept that car for nearly ten years and always intended replacing it with a 900 T16 S Aero, but sadly that never happened.  I eventually replaced it with a 1997 900S 2.3 Talladega coupe.  This was another neglected Saab and unfortunately a costly mistake.  I kept that car for 3 years and replaced it with my current car, a 1999 900 SE Monte Carlo HOT coupe, which is quite possibly the best car I have owned.  

I’m afraid I’ve never really liked the 9-3SS.  Too many doors and no hatch!  Hopefully the current 9-3′s replacement will eventually come in a 3 door coupe.  If so, this will be my first brand new Saab.  In the meantime I’m quite happy with my Monte.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1066 Anonymous Mon, 30 May 2011 21:35:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1066 I have a SAAB 9-3 Linear SportCombi BSR (2007) and I love it! ;-) I have a SAAB 9-3 Linear SportCombi BSR (2007) and I love it! ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1064 Anonymous Mon, 30 May 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1064 Hello from France, I bought my first SAAB in Denmark, at Kobenhavn in 1990. It was a new white 900 T16 (175ch) 3 doors combi. A few years later I bought a white 1990 convertible T16-S (185ch) at 90 000 km. I was so proud with my 2 white Saabs. Unfortunately, my wife had a accident with the coupé because of the cat in 1997 and I had a big accident with the convertible on the peripherique of Paris on a winter sliding morning in 2003. We had also for some time a 900 T16 sedan but I did not like it very much and sold it. So after, I had no more Saabs nor any cars at all. So I had to buy a Peugeot 406 V6. Although, it was good car, I could not get used to it for reasons I can't explain with my poor english. I sold it for a Mercedes C220, then sold it for a Mercedes R280. At this time, I did not like the new "products" of Saab. It was GM with a Saab logo. What I like in Saab is to drive a different car and GM was just making ordinary cars that were so similar to the other cars. With a 900, people are just fan or hate it. There is no between ! I knew that I would buy a 900 one day and I heard that Saab was about to disappear, I woke up, I bought a 900 T16-S convertible at the end of 2009, sold the Mercedes and bought a 900 T16-S 3 doors combi at the beginning of 2010. They are both dark grey and from 1991. Last summer, we went to Italy with the convertible. It was just great. The children (12 & 10 years old) love it ! And to finish, I bought the new Saab 9-5 Aero 220ch Biopower last november. Although, this car is born under GM period, we can feel the Saab spirit blowing ! The windshield and other details have the 900 as a reference. I really love the line an what a pleasure to be at the wheel  ! So, now I have 3 Saabs. Maybe the beginning of a collection... Xavier Hello from France,

I bought my first SAAB in Denmark, at Kobenhavn in 1990. It was a new white 900 T16 (175ch) 3 doors combi. A few years later I bought a white 1990 convertible T16-S (185ch) at 90 000 km. I was so proud with my 2 white Saabs. Unfortunately, my wife had a accident with the coupé because of the cat in 1997 and I had a big accident with the convertible on the peripherique of Paris on a winter sliding morning in 2003. We had also for some time a 900 T16 sedan but I did not like it very much and sold it. So after, I had no more Saabs nor any cars at all. So I had to buy a Peugeot 406 V6. Although, it was good car, I could not get used to it for reasons I can’t explain with my poor english. I sold it for a Mercedes C220, then sold it for a Mercedes R280.
At this time, I did not like the new “products” of Saab. It was GM with a Saab logo. What I like in Saab is to drive a different car and GM was just making ordinary cars that were so similar to the other cars. With a 900, people are just fan or hate it. There is no between !
I knew that I would buy a 900 one day and I heard that Saab was about to disappear, I woke up, I bought a 900 T16-S convertible at the end of 2009, sold the Mercedes and bought a 900 T16-S 3 doors combi at the beginning of 2010. They are both dark grey and from 1991. Last summer, we went to Italy with the convertible. It was just great. The children (12 & 10 years old) love it !
And to finish, I bought the new Saab 9-5 Aero 220ch Biopower last november. Although, this car is born under GM period, we can feel the Saab spirit blowing ! The windshield and other details have the 900 as a reference. I really love the line an what a pleasure to be at the wheel  ! So, now I have 3 Saabs. Maybe the beginning of a collection…

Xavier

]]> By: Robert Osse Olsson http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1054 Robert Osse Olsson Mon, 30 May 2011 17:29:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1054 My first car was a Saab 9000 2.0T -90 (2004-2006)  after that one i was in love with SAAB :P 2006-2007 Saab 900 2.0T -94 2007-2010 Saab 9-3 2.0T -00 2010 -  Saab 9-3 Vector/Hirsch SportCombi -08a   will trade this car in when saab releses the new 9-3SC in the future :-D My first car was a Saab 9000 2.0T -90 (2004-2006)  after that one i was in love with SAAB :P

2006-2007 Saab 900 2.0T -94
2007-2010 Saab 9-3 2.0T -00
2010 –  Saab 9-3 Vector/Hirsch SportCombi -08a   will trade this car in when saab releses the new 9-3SC in the future :-D

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1049 Anonymous Mon, 30 May 2011 12:22:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1049 Bought my first 99 in 1972 as a European delivery. Pick-up in Amsterdam amidst the hippy backdrop (after all, I was one too) Drove about 5000 mile, even though communist Eastern Europe). Got a lot of attention in that car! '78 99 '83 900'87 900 Another European delivery; honeymoon trip (wife's car); pick-up in Sweden; 3000 miles in Europe.'89 9000 Aero, now buying two at a time for the family'96 9-5 2000 9-52002 9-52005 9-5 Aero2008 9-5In 2010 when Saab's future was in doubt, and my last Saab lease was up, and I switched to a leased MB C300 Sport. Nice car, but miss my Saabs. I SHALL RETURN! Kef107 (aka Elliot, Boston, USA) Bought my first 99 in 1972 as a European delivery. Pick-up in Amsterdam amidst the hippy backdrop (after all, I was one too) Drove about 5000 mile, even though communist Eastern Europe). Got a lot of attention in that car!
’78 99 ’83 900’87 900 Another European delivery; honeymoon trip (wife’s car); pick-up in Sweden; 3000 miles in Europe.’89 9000 Aero, now buying two at a time for the family’96 9-5 2000 9-52002 9-52005 9-5 Aero2008 9-5In 2010 when Saab’s future was in doubt, and my last Saab lease was up, and I switched to a leased MB C300 Sport. Nice car, but miss my Saabs. I SHALL RETURN!
Kef107 (aka Elliot, Boston, USA)

]]> By: Peder Almgren http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1047 Peder Almgren Mon, 30 May 2011 11:38:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1047 1996 - 2000 9000i 2004 - 2010 9-5 Linear Sportcombi 2010 -         9-3X TTiD 1996 – 2000 9000i
2004 – 2010 9-5 Linear Sportcombi
2010 -         9-3X TTiD

]]> By: F.j. Coster http://inside.saab.com/poll-how-long-have-you-been-a-saab-owner/#comment-1045 F.j. Coster Mon, 30 May 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1043#comment-1045 My very first Saab was a (now almost legendary) 99 Turbo, red, 3-dr. Coming from a boring but reliable 1.6 Mitsubishi that 99 was quite a thrill... The power of that car was, at the time, amazing! Many 900s, 9-3s and 9-5s followed, but only the 9000 2.3FPT could equal the sense of 'forward thrust' of my first Saab. My very first Saab was a (now almost legendary) 99 Turbo, red, 3-dr.
Coming from a boring but reliable 1.6 Mitsubishi that 99 was quite a thrill…
The power of that car was, at the time, amazing!
Many 900s, 9-3s and 9-5s followed, but only the 9000 2.3FPT could equal the sense of ‘forward thrust’ of my first Saab.

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