# Hey Saab guys! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791 "2006-06-25T16:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/1 "2006-06-25T16:15:44Z")
My future-mother-in-law is shopping for a new car. Her husband is a bit of a car nut himself ('97 Legacy GT on studded snows in the winter and G35C in the summer) and has thus steered her towards a couple of fine choices: Saab 9-2 Aero or the 9-3. I assume she’s looking at the 9-3 wagon. Got any input? The most important things to her are Safety, reliability, and resale, in that order. I know the 9-2 Aero is a WRX wagon, but I pretty much know nothing about the 9-3. I have it in my mind that it is designed by GM. Correct? What else do you guys know about either one? ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/2 "2006-06-25T16:19:31Z")
i \<3 my 9-3, but if shes looking new, tell her to look at the new volvos 9-2s are just ghey ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/3 "2006-06-25T16:22:35Z")
92 aero with 4k off right now… it has me thinking of it it is a wrx with leather and niceness ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/4 "2006-06-25T19:05:25Z")
don’t bother with the 9-2. you’re better off just spending less money and buying the subaru version. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/5 "2006-06-25T19:51:52Z")
^Except for the above mentioned $4k off, longer warranty, higher resale value, and nicer amenities. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/6 "2006-06-25T21:17:20Z")
I’d go 9-3 because I LOVE how that car looks. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/7 "2006-06-25T21:20:33Z")
Is this really any contest? ![http://e-carzone.com/saab/9-3/saab_9-3_2002_05.jpg](http://e-carzone.com/saab/9-3/saab_9-3_2002_05.jpg) ![http://e-carzone.com/saab/9-3/saab_9-3_2002_04.jpg](http://e-carzone.com/saab/9-3/saab_9-3_2002_04.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/8 "2006-06-25T21:20:53Z")
i mean… 9-3 if she has the loot. 9-2 aero if she can drive stick and wants to spend 26 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/9 "2006-06-25T21:36:29Z")
Know anything about the 2.0T in the 9-3? Base invoice for the 9-3 Sportcombi 2.0T is actually a couple hundred less than base invoice for the 9-2 Aero. Too bad the 9-3 is wrong wheel drive or this would seem like a hands down win for the 9-3. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/10 "2006-06-25T21:46:33Z")
Sportcombis are one of my favorite cars. I don’t know why. They’re different. Neat. And you can get it in Arbor Green Metallic. I asked the salesperson if you can get it in puke green and when he said yes I was instantly aroused. ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/11 "2006-06-25T21:52:08Z")
92x’s are boner poppers. The 9 3 is also a boner popper. I think it all depends on how much of a boner your mom doesnt want to get. But id go with the 9 2x pimpness. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/12 "2006-06-26T23:04:06Z")
Sounds like for her it’ll boil down to AWD vs FWD. She’s had scoobies forever so I’m not sure how she’d feel about not having AWD in the winter, although she did just move to Grand Island from the south towns, so snow isn’t as much of a concern as it used to be. I think I’ll suggest she glances at the Volvo V50 T5 AWD too, and then just sit back and see what she gets. Haha if she gets the 9-2 Aero she’ll have her husband, her husband’s sons, and me all fighting for it when she’s done with it in a couple years. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/13 "2006-06-26T23:35:28Z")
Will it be automatic? That will be a travesty. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/14 "2006-06-27T05:30:14Z")
^Nope. Between me, my fiance, her mother, her sister, and her step father there are 6 cars and not an autotravesty to be found nor will there be. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-saab-guys/13791/15 "2006-06-27T06:29:40Z")
Silly rabbit, fwd is for kids. Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, buy fwd. My predictable 2 cents.😃 P.S. 330XI FTW.