Well, the beastie runs & drives.  After building one good engine out
of two bad ones and more than a little creative merging of newer
parts in an older car, the '78 99 Turbo I've been working on is
driveable.

I'm planning to ship my car from Denver, CO, US to Europe. Does anyone have
experience on dependable and low cost transportation company that I could
trust without being ripped off?
BR:Z

I've been noticing some steam rising from the grille of my 1992 900 S (NA).
This happens exactly once per drive, lasts roughly 30 seconds, and coincides
with the engine approaching operating temperature (and thus presumably the
thermostat opening). It is most pronounced when it is ...

I have just replaced the timing chain and the balancer chain on a 1996
9000 Aero Automatic with the engine in the car.
How does one compress the serpentine belt tensioner again to put the belt
back on.

Anyone out there know how long a garage should charge for changing an
alternator change.....I recently got charged 5 hours labour for one and
I thought that was a bit excessive.
Cheers

Does it mean I need to replace the entire airbag or just a gizmo somewhere?

What's your opinion on fitting centre consoles to mid-80's and earlier
C900's which didn't have them as standard equipment?

centre console from any pre-1990 C900 will fit into an earlier year C900

Was wondering what is the offset and bolt pattern size?
tia,
TBerk

First real cold weather (freezing temperatures) and when starting the
car the (serpentine) belt squeaks.  Year is 1997 and miles 79k.  With
the present squeak that goes away reasonably quickly how long have I got
before it packs up?  Do I get 500-700 miles out of it?

 I had 90  9000 a few years back and had to trade it in for an Explorer
for my job. Now 6 years later I am back in the group I am the proud
owner of a beautiful black 2000 9-5 Aero, 5 speed. I picked it up 2
weeks ago and have been so worried about it getting scratched ect that

I have acquired a set of Saab's version of the Ronal Minilite wheels (ie.
the Carroll Shellby's), and am looking at tyres to go with the wheels when
I'm ready to put them onto my 1982/83 900S.
I know that choice of tyre, etc. varies greatly depending where you are in

Anyone happen to have the schematic or pinout of the 13 conductor plug from
this unit?  I just pulled mine out of my 98 9000CSE as it's not working.  I
would like to know the logic between the Radio and the CD unit so I can
connect my Satellite radio unit to the radio instead of ...

I just purchased a 2000 9-3 S Convertible here in the US and I had a couple
of questions as far as maintenance.
There is a local Saab shop with a decent reputation but I was wondering
about some of the basic maintenance.

Some time ago ... and I mean some time ago, I asked what the relays behind
the fuse box did. I didn't get an answer because my description of the
location was somewhat inadequate.
Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words so ...

For the second time, I've found the inability to shut off the headlights on
my 97 9000 very annoying. This time, we were in a long line of cars driving
through a civil war battlefield in the dark. Volunteers had lit a small
candle for every one of the 26,000 soldiers killed or ...