Thread: 08 Saab 9-3
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      06-27-2012, 12:24 PM   #13
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Drives: SAAB 9-3 Aero TTiD
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Location: Crossgar, N.Ireland

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Originally Posted by ragingclue View Post
Mine's turbo ate itself and subsequently grenaded the engine. It also had coil pack issues repeatedly, transmission issues, even the e-brake line snapped. The best part was you had to leave it in R to get the key out, but the transmission would sometimes slip out of R on its own (parked or moving). That combined with the snapped e-brake cable made parking on any sort of incline very very interesting for a couple of days.

And I don't think the Saab tax was quite as high as the BMW tax, but I do remember there being a shitty Saab tax on everything, even though it was just a reskinned Cavalier or whatever.

Piss poor ownership experience. That's JMHO though. Like I said, I don't know if my experience was typical, but the thing I seem to have in common with most former or current Saab owners are that we can BS for hours about all the shit that has gone wrong with the cars or other stuff we know we need to look out for. I'm not alone.
what year was your 9-3?
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