Someone wants a Saab

And our friend Lars found him and posted his picture on Flickr. Well, at least his car, anyway.

And, yes, Swade, it’s your favorite marque — a Toyota.

General Motors buy out offer nets 19,000 hourly workers

According to the Wall Street Journal, General Motors offered a buy out package for their union workers and 19,000 employees accepted the offer. This is a huge number of cuts for any manufacturer, even the General. In one move, GM shed about 24% of their hourly labor force.
Mr. Stoll of the [...]

More Saab AMM/MAF’s and crank home mechanics

As a quick follow up to my AMM post from yesterday (the car ran magnificently this morning - smoother than butter), I thought I’d share the following.
Tedjs, our GM professori, emailed me a few photos of a modern Mass Air Flow sensor. He uses these shots for his automotive class at Tri-C in Ohio. [...]

Saab 9-3x video

Just as a follow up to the 440 series post, here’s a video of the 9-3x that I don’t think has been posted here before.
I’m quite sure that this would have formed a prominent part of the basis for an AWD vehicle for Saab if it had been done back when it was planned. [...]

How can TS get better?

I’m a little tired of this site. It’s still clean looking and quite fresh compared to some of the drivel out there on the web, but it’s looking its age.
I’ve been thinking for some time about making some changes here and I think I’ve got many of them nailed down. A little while [...]

ACA drive the 9-3 Convertible

I’ll be Australian Car Advice just loves being called ACA. Not!
It’s an Aussie thing.
ACA has just been driving the Saab 9-3 Convertible in it’s most exclusive and expensive form - the 2.8 litre V6 Aero. Not only have they been driving it, they’ve also being doing some extremely good shutter work. Check [...]

What we missed - the full 440 series

I’ve recently heard from a Djup Strupe who’s confirmed the model range that was planned for Saab back in the early naughties.
I first heard about all these whilst chatting with another Djup Strupe in Trollhattan last year, at the Saab Festival. It’s good to get some more detailed information about them here [...]

What I learned today - Saab 900 Air Mass Meter

All ye who are technically competent, please pass on to the next story. This is for the tech duds like me.
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Some of you may recall that I had some issues late last year with my 1985 Saab 900 Aero. The car would develop this tendency to jerk around a lot.
At first, we thought [...]