New auto project

[Andy2035]

Hi Colin,

She looks a real beaut, I do like the Saab, driven a couple over the years and found them very comfortable and easy to drive...

How is it on fuel...

Andy...

[Guest]

Ian, she drives really well... Actually holds the road better than the little MX3 sports car we had, she's very nippy and manouverable for such a big car.

Comfort is well up with cars only a few years old.

Did 1200 miles in four trips up and down the motorway, very smooth, the last 130 miles on the return journey after dropping the kids off was through the twisty turny B roads over the borders and she never put a foot wrong even when I pushed hard in some ''camera-less'' areas

Andy ... She returned an average of 33 to the gallon ... And that's a mixture of motorway, town and country roads where i let her rip a bit.

[Andy2035]

Hi Colin,

33mpg is really good for a 3ltr turbo, when your right foot starts to get a little heavy and the turbo kicks in does she give you that whoosh feeling, I remember having a clutch ion an original Saab 900 turbo, it really let you know when the turbo kicked in...

When I was in Germany I had an Audi 80 Coupe Quattro, it was one of the earlier versions, Audi hadn't managed to sort the lag on the turbo, so you had a huge amount of nothing and then whoosh it kicked in and you where off like a scolded cat on a hot tin roof...

Does she need any work doing...

Andy...

[Guest]

Yeah 33 isn't too bad at all, I was quite surprised to be honest, most of the time I had her at 70 ish on cruise control.

Audi quattro eh, they were really nice, again I like the older versions as they seemed to have a nicer shape and general look, and I know from experience about cars with turbo lag, they just seem to hang for a few seconds and then take off at warp speed.

This one has a nice smooth turbo with no lag to mention, its run from the front three cylinders providing the extra thrutch for all six when you clog it.

Just had discs and pads done, shes hopefully going in for front wheel bearings this week, then I know that the running gear is all OK.

Next will be a front section for the exhaust as it has a bit of a blow to it though a small crack in the ''y'' join. Still serviceable but sounds a little meaty when you pull off.

After that I'll be just getting on with the cosmetic side, filling the odd few stone chips and filling/polishing out some minor scratches.