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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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Garwood56 wrote:Hi Moo. Sorry late reply. Certainly 2nd dibs to you. Will keep you informed. In some ways reading these comments I wish I had the space and time as would keep it. Saabs are one of the coolest brands around. A perfect Q car/sleeper π
I'm sure. You could always have a rethink. It's a cracking car.  New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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 10th Jan 2024 10:32 pm |
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Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 398
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Another former Saab owner here! One thing I miss is the way the cabin air system made these little "pop" sounds when you changed the settings and the vacuum switches operated. That and the reassuringly solid clunk when you shut the doors.
More worryingly, I have just searched the DVLA for the reg of the 1984 Saab 900 that I scrapped about 20 years ago and see that it is listed as being on a SORN. It was definitely scrapped, but I remember getting a car-tax reminder from DVLA and having to sort with them the fact that it had been scrapped. I'm wondering if I am still the registered keeper and all they did back then was shift me to a SORN?  Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
β93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
β87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
β83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
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| 11th Jan 2024 6:48 am |
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Famousfive
Member Since: 12 Aug 2014
Location: Southampton
Posts: 1831
 
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Thanks to Garwood56 the old Swede has a new home!
Quick drive up the road with an MOT booked tomorrow we had a friendly and thorough handover with a quick admire of the cairnes blue D3 
The Saab cruised home with no dramas and my son is very excited for this project and we have it on loan until he needs it no more and then it will be offered back to Garwood56  Stolen - D4 Loire Blue
D4 Bali Blue
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| 12th Jan 2024 7:42 pm |
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Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
Posts: 3464
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Great story and a lovely car, Nick.
Best wishes to your son as he starts his Mechanical Engineering course at Uni.
Always wanted a 9-5 HOT Aero estate, myself. Still probably the most comfortable seats of any car I travelled in.
Certainly not the "boring dentist's cars" that Clarkson labelled them. 2021 BMW iX3 Premier Edition in Carbon Black β‘οΈπ
2019 Ε koda Kodiaq 2.0 Tdi 190 DSG Sportline in Quartz Grey. Excellent vehicle. Gone.
2017 Discovery Sport HSE Auto in Carpathian Grey and Ebony Leather. Modern JLR Junk. Gone.
2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual in Zermatt Silver with Ebony Cloth (143k) Gone, but now patrolling the Asia section of the West Midlands Safari Park!
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| 12th Jan 2024 7:47 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14386
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Nice, hope he enjoys it. They are super easy to work on.
Also love the daft but quirky centre ignition switch and locking it in reverse to move the key.
Old its gone to a good home. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 12th Jan 2024 7:56 pm |
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Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 441
 
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Cheers FF and great to meet up. I know your son will love it and I look forward to buying it back when heβs finished Uni π
Finally this has actually been a great forum entry and thanks for all the comments. It appears quite a few forum members have previously owned and love a Saab. Have a good weekend all π
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| 12th Jan 2024 8:43 pm |
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