I got a new car!

Stonedofmoo

Stonedofmoo

Stonedofmoo

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Yep I've gone from a 315bhp Pulsar too...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonedofmoo/Saab/1.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonedofmoo/Saab/2.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonedofmoo/Saab/3.jpg

I promised myself that was it for modified cars... but I can already see some engine mods on the way for this car.

It's a year 2000 Saab 9-5 Aero estate (230bhp) 2.3 turbocharged engine.
Stage 1 remap brings them to 265bhp which is tempting :)

So quiet, and fast too in a lazy kinda way. It doesnt FEEL fast but you look at the speedo and it's really moving. I love it and it's great being able to drive by a police car without changing into 5th to avoid attention, even better it runs on normal unleaded and halved my insurance :D

And in case anyone was wondering why I got an estate it's because I shortly plan on getting two large dogs
 
Actually all Saab's are FWD only. There is no noticable lag at all. It goes from 1-2k like any other car then the turbo kicks in and pulls nicely until 4, and then just as it feels like it's starting to slow the second cam or something kicks in and off it goes again. however it's hardly a screamer - it redlines at 6k!!

Yet despite all this slow reving it somehow manages to go fast because you can stay in one gear for ages and just go faster and faster and faster without changing, it's really quite fantastic.

The official 0-60 is 6.9 according to Parkers so it's no slouch, but I feel the stage one remap could be of benefit

I'll keep you updated on how I get on with it.

Oh and the ignition is there because to remove the key you have to switch off the engine and put the car in reverse. Until you do you cannot remove the key, they do this so even if theives break in and hot wire the car they arent going anywhere unless in reverse!
 
The dash would look a lot better if you could see all of it, considering most of it's obscured in the photo you dont get a good idea. It looks good when you can see the left panel and it's all lit up, plus it's the only car i've ever been in that has a night mode button where everything but the speedo dims away

And even better below 80mph or so only 0-85 is visable, but go over this and the whole speedo appears. How cool is that!! :)
 
The seats are awesome, unbelievably comfortable; you sort of sink into them!
Looking around the car though, there are lots of options I didnt get. I think I might start on a mission now to upgrade it :)
 
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