Car D.I.Y.

[CXRAndy]

My god they don't make it easy do they nowadays

Dealer would charge you £150 to fit bulb!

 

[CXRAndy]

I've got the parts to do all the rotors and pads on the wife's Model 3. I will have to wait till sometime next week when I have a little more time to get on my knees for a few hours.

 

[raleighnut]

I had to go and check but it is a 95

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It is my favourite car too, and I think the nicest to drive and most comfortable car of anything I've owned or even had a go in. Not bad for a 10 year old stop gap I bought cheaply 12 years ago when I dropped out of the company car scheme.

I take it the later 9-5 isn't as nice?

Nah the 95 was a 'station wagon' with 7 seats dating from the early 70's with a Ford 1,500 cc V4 engine, the 96 was a saloon version.
Don't get me wrong, the 95/9-5 was a good car but Vauxhall derived after GM bought SAAB so not the quirky unique cars that SAAB had built previously. I'd post a link but not do-able with this crap thing but as someone who worked at a SAAB main dealership from 75 to 79 I loved the older cars

 

[Profpointy]

Nah the 95 was a 'station wagon' with 7 seats dating from the early 70's with a Ford 1,500 cc V4 engine, the 96 was a saloon version.
Don't get me wrong, the 95/9-5 was a good car but Vauxhall derived after GM bought SAAB so not the quirky unique cars that SAAB had built previously. I'd post a link but not do-able with this crap thing but as someone who worked at a SAAB main dealership from 75 to 79 I loved the older cars

I didn't like the modern(ish) 93 at all. I think it maybe a vectra underneath. I tried the soft top which wasn't a patch on the much earlier 900 convertible.

My 95 is the 2.3 litre turbo petrol. 2.3t as opposed to the 2.3T (capital T) hooligan model with more boost, but even mine goes quite well. I'd find an estate more useful too, as despite the saloons being rather big cars, you can't get as much in it as you can a hatch back, albeit the estates are a bit ugly

 

[mikeIow]

Ahhh, reminds me of the 313k miles I put on my 9-3 Aero, 9-5 Aero saloon & 9-5 “Limited Edition” estate.
The comfiest seats, and decent performance.
Only real issues were one sensor going (sorted at Indy dealer), & the infamous DI cassette on one of them.

Happy days!

 

[Drago]

It started life as a Vectra but by the time SAAB had finished its Mother wouldn't recognise it. Even the wheelbase is different. And to be fair there was nothing wrong with the very potent GM engines.

I think the issue by that time wasn't so much the source material, but that safety, emissions, economy concerns etc were causing designs across manufacturers to converge a bit (physics only gives the one right answer to each problem) and that made cars of the era feel a little homogenised.

 

[mikeIow]

I expected my next motor to be the ‘new’ 9-5….but by the time they were coming, the writing was on the wall, & I didn’t fancy an expensive ornament if some electrickery bricked it….so I moved an hour south to get a Volvo XC60.

Well spec’d (adaptive cruise, heated everything, active main beam), the (then new!) 8spd auto with the D4 FWD engine……now over 10 years in use here, it’s a keeper 😎👍

 

[november4]

Just bought next years oil changes on amazon sales, very satisfying