My first good car was a 1970 Volvo 140 Wagon - the B-20B engine w/stromberg carbs was pretty near indestructible. Drove it from 70K to 250K miles before it backfired through the carbs and burned up.

Have owned three Saabs - 1995 900S, 1996 900 Turbo, and 2005 9-3t. Yes...a few quirks, but basically all great cars. Too bad the company went Kaput!

Oh...and my son owned a 2009 Saab for a bit. He's a computer/robotics engineer, and had no problems remapping it to do 375HP/350FT.LBS, with no issues whatever.

As a Junior in H.S. I got to test drive a '78 Saab 99 turbo, absolutely fell in love with it but at $8.5K far too rich for me. A year or two later the 900 turbo came out and my Dad almost bought one. Almost :(

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Now 40 or so years later I still pine for a 99/900 turbo. Here is a '78 that sold a couple years ago on BAT - I was not the buyer there either :(

I would put a Saab 900 SPG on my high school dream car list.

You’re missing a great year for lake ice. Not much snow and forecast is for negative (F) temps soon.

My first job out of high school was working at a local MBZ/exotic/luxury dealer. I would swap inventory between dealers up and down the California coast and also deliver new cars to customers.

Best job a 19 year old could hope to have. Lots of BMW, MBZ, Jag, Lotus. When we delivered a new car, There would be a chase car, a brand new Saab 900 Turbo. Fell in love with that car. It just did everything so well. I liked driving that way more than a new S500.

I've had five wagons, 740, 850, 760V8 conversion, V70, and V70R M66.

They were all great driving cars and very reliable.

I love 99 and 900 Turbos (even in APC form) and also the 242 Turbo Coupe with a 5 speed and intercooler. Awesome cars!!!

Another he he he for Brutus Mcfairy wtf . Never got into Saabs, but have worked on a few of them , what a weird setup for the clutch and trans. The transmission is the oil pan.
I liked that you could swap the clutch without removing the trans. I remember fabbing up a tool to do it .

My DD is an s60r.
Fast, comfortable and fun.

In an earlier post...the OP says he drives a Saab.

Interesting stereotype in the original post - All the SAAB or Volvo owners I know are used to working on their cars...

This is a Porsche forum, let’s be real. We are all used to either working on our cars or paying somebody else to work on them.

I’m a Saab guy:

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Love it! So what does it drive like?

Had a 71 Volvo 145 wagon, 250k miles plus.
SAAB 99E, 900 Turbo, 900 SPG and a Viggen.

I still lust for a 240 Wagon.

Have owned two 145S's.......a '71 and a '69.

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Great cars and I will own another before I die......:p

I just bought this yesterday. 2000 C70 T5.

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That is an odd color, beautiful though, love it !

I drove a Saab 900 Aero a few times and I was very impressed. As a wagon lover the Volvo wagons get an automatic place into the wagon list and the few Saab wagons I've seen look good as well. A shame that Volvos are no longer what they used to be. The original Polestars were always an amazing read in Road and Track.