Suggestion needed for 9-3 Aero Conv.

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duke - 20 Aug 2004 04:10 GMT

Guys,

I am planning to buy 9-3 Aero.
I will be soon moving to Toronto, Canada. Need your advise if
this car will be good in the canadian cold weather..

Kindly advise.

thanks
v

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- Bob - - 20 Aug 2004 14:37 GMT

>Guys,
>
>I am planning to buy 9-3 Aero.
>I will be soon moving to Toronto, Canada. Need your advise if
>this car will be good in the canadian cold weather..

Well, I think in .ca you can even get the rear heated seats. :-)

Seriously though... I've never seen any cold weather complaints.
I drive a convertible in New England Winters and even that has
no issues - well insulated and well heated. There are no specific
cold weather problems I know of. Don't forget where these cars are
made.

I'd suggest four snow tires in the winter. Saabs are known to be seen
towing out SUV's from snowbanks in the winter when outfitted with snow
tires.

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Dave Hinz - 20 Aug 2004 15:09 GMT

>>Guys,
>>
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>
> Well, I think in .ca you can even get the rear heated seats. :-)

I'm in Wisconsin, and I've got 'em. I'm told that they're nice to have.
Never ride back there myself, but my kid appreciates them.

> Seriously though... I've never seen any cold weather complaints.
> I drive a convertible in New England Winters and even that has
> no issues - well insulated and well heated. There are no specific
> cold weather problems I know of. Don't forget where these cars are
> made.

And buy some snow tires. Nokian makes some great ones (they're in
Finland, where it also snows from time to time)

> I'd suggest four snow tires in the winter. Saabs are known to be seen
> towing out SUV's from snowbanks in the winter when outfitted with snow
> tires.

I think Toronto gets a bunch of lake-effect snow, right? We get it
over in Milwaukee pretty good. I've had my snow-tire equipped Saabs out
after blizzards, before the road has been plowed (emergency medical
response stuff) and they've all handled quite well in it, rather fun in
fact.

Dave Hinz

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nu2saab - 10 Oct 2004 04:06 GMT

> >Guys,
> >
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> with snow
> tires.

Hey Duke I just read your question about our cold winters and a 9-3
conv.
Well my friend I have lived here all my life and just bought a 1999
conv.
First our winters are not very cold any more. Most of the time the
temps sit are -5 C or 23F.(you have to get use to Celsius). We get a
few weeks in the -15 C but not much.
The amount of snow we get is way less than buffalo.
We do not get lake affect snow very often. We give that to Buffalo.
Toronto is in what we call the banana belt.<grin> drive a half hour
north and you hit the snow belt and colder temps but not by much.
Hope you enjoy it here.

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