Comments on: 2008 Saab 9-3 Convertible Yellow Edition

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:16:06 +0000

AMGoff- I remember really well the older Jaguars. I specifically remember the XJ-S, there’s one sitting out for sale in a neighbors yard, what a pile of junk that is.

If you mean Saabs being unreliable, I’m not sure about that, I had known a few of the smaller models to be pretty good…

murderedout- Sorry bud, but you have yet to prove anything. How about you tell us some stuff about your own car, I could tell you plenty details about mine that you wouldn’t usually find on the internet.

By: murderedout

murderedout — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:52:33 +0000

YELLOW IS THE WORST RESALE COLOR!

By: murderedout

murderedout — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:51:15 +0000

RAFA LL I know way more about cars than you or anyone on this site. I bet you never heard of a Marlboro Syclone or a Sledgehammer Corvette.

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:35:27 +0000

Still have no proof huh Talking wrecklessly again ?

By: AMGoff

AMGoff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:32:12 +0000

Funny how some people probably aren’t even old enough to really remember pre-GM Saabs… yet once again, they claim to be a ****ing expert… Just like they’re probably not old enough to remember old BL Jags, yet will argue that Ford didn’t improve their build quality tremendously.

Frankly, I remember both very well and am old enough to have actually had real experience (a foreign concept, I’m sure) with both… If some 80s/90s baby wants to argue otherwise, then find some meaningless links.

Is there anyone else who actually remembers pre-GM Saabs and pre-Ford BL Jags… if you do, then you know exactly what I mean.

By: carbonsigma

carbonsigma — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:40:31 +0000

murderedout, a yellow doesn’t look so bad on a Lamborghini, Ferrari, or a taxi. Audi RS 4s look nice in yellow, too.

By: Carwatcher

Carwatcher — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:54:44 +0000

It’s starting to get old. Time for a remake…..oh I forgot it’s a SAAB GM’s least important brand.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:47:27 +0000

lol stick2clutch!

For around 42k you could get the Saab 9-3 Turbo X, with the 6spd, 280hp 2.8L Turbo, XWD (same as AWD) much better bargain for the money but even for that I think 41k is way too much for a 9-3.

Yeah the base 9-3 needs the LNF global_lightning.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:24:22 +0000

I’m down with Saab, I like their cars a lot, but 42k is too much. Audi, BMW, and Benz all offer something infinitely more interesting at cheaper prices.

By: stick2clutch

stick2clutch — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:01:28 +0000

Need4SSpeed, #1 search at gaywheels.com will always belong to the PRIUS!

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:57:45 +0000

Yeah, $42K for 210 HP is a bit much. At least give it the newer LNF Ecotec Turbo with 260 HP. GM needs to hook that engine up with a 6-spd transmission ASAP.

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:50:22 +0000

I’m just waiting for someone to come on and immediately say this is a POS because it’s made by GM… despite the fact that post-GM Saabs have had a tremendous rise in build quality compared to pre-GM models.

Im guessing you are whining about me .. I like Saabs they are unique and timeless. Unfortunetely they have GM DNA written all over them so they are not and shouldnt be an option over anything from Honda or Toyota
Im thinking you said the rise in build quality since GM owned them to prove a point and Im sure there is no proof of that lol.
Just seeing GM and build quality in the same sentence is funny unless the sentence is GM’s are unreliable, unsafe and have ****ty build quality
That sounds about right

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:24:18 +0000

Murderedout,
You don’t know much about cars, do you?

By: murderedout

murderedout — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:45:19 +0000

It should be called the pee pee or piss adition, cause it looks like piss yellow. Yellow is the worst ****in color for a car.

By: cfishgo

cfishgo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:17 +0000

Ya, I’ve been dissatisfied with the direction Saab is going. Lots of heavy markups for dumb crap, and less and less value. Just look at the Black Turbo edition and the premium for it. Now this thing. The other dumb thing is Saab never sells at MSRP… they always have incentives going. Why not just price it for what they sell them for?

I have a yellow ‘00 9-3 Viggen. At least back then the $5k premium got you a completely different engine package, interior seats & leather upgrades, trims, aero kits, upgraded brakes, heavier duty clutch, suspension, etc. Yellow wasn’t additional and there was enough different from the Aero 9-3’s to at least justify the markup.

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:48:45 +0000

let me pay 42k so some little kid in a cobalt SS can rape me on the street- but oh well, i’m driving a SAAB…. even though Richard Pryor made it look cool in the movie MOVING

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:34:22 +0000

Everytime I see a Smart I wish I had a giant golf club so that I could smack it somewhere… anywhere else.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:16 +0000

lol yeah I saw a Smart fortwo targa last night, and the guy driving it was driving it so fast thinking he was cool, lucky for him I was about 4 cars behind him because if I was sitting next to him at the light I would have raced his ass and put his little 1.3L 70hp engine back in its place.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:10:26 +0000

Yeah, big price tag for an underpowered car. I haven’t really gotten to take a good look at the 9-3, but doesn’t look like it’s really moved forward aside from new headlights.

By: SR

SR — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:56:41 +0000

It looks cool, but only 210 hp?? So underpowered….

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:55:03 +0000

#2 Need4SSpeed, right behind Smart Cars.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:48:40 +0000

Volvo has no reason to exist, and Saab even less so.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:35:00 +0000

I like the new Saab 9-3 a lot. But the only Saab I’d own would be a 9-3 Turbo X. But at 41k sticker. No thank you. Maybe I’ll look into the new 9-1 when it comes out.

I think we’re looking at the next #1 top searched car at gaywheels.com

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:32:20 +0000

^exactly what i was thinking

By: AMGoff

AMGoff — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:06:57 +0000

I’ve always found Saabs to be rather handsome… but in a quirky, Swedish kind of way… Kind of like how I find Volvos to be rather handsome… but in a boring, Swedish kind of way.

Regardless… $3K is kind of steep for a coat of yellow paint.

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:05:05 +0000

I am another satisfied, proud owner of something OTHER than a saab.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:49 +0000

I love not owning a Saab.

By: VegasBenz

VegasBenz — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:57:23 +0000

The unofficial Live Strong edition