From: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Saab 900i Problems?
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:35:35 GMT
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <12110058@hpmwema.sr.hp.com> almanb@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Bob Alman) writes:
> [ 94 lines deleted ]

	So what's your point, peckerwood?

>        It appears to me, Sir, you need to learn how to drive.

	Oh, _that's_ your point.  
>
>    Let's see, 2 cars are complete junk and, of course, not his fault.

	Listen, needledick, you think I'm the only person who's ever
got told by the dealer "Nahh, nothin' wrong with that car.  Must be
your driving." ?  As if my driving could make doors fall off and the
dashboard short out.  And furthermore, dipstick, only that thrice-damned
Saab was "complete junk".  The SHO's actually been pretty good, and if Ford
had a real warranty instead of that 12,000 mile technicality about all I'd
have had to replace were those worthless Goodyears.

>    We have bald tires, broken motor mounts, broken subframe weld, broken
>    front end weld, clutch, rotors....yep, must be you. 

	Hey, shit-for-brains, did you know that there was a recall for the
Taurus 3.8 for a motor mount problem?  (For _some_ _reason_ it didn't apply
to the SHO... Gee.)  Or that the clutch was a recall item?  Or that the
rotors were a recall item?  And it was a subframe _mount_ which had been
*improperly* *torqued* at the factory but by the time the problem became
noticeable had to be replaced because of stress damage?  The front end problem
was likewise sloppy manufacturing:  whoever drew *that* bead had one too
many Buds for lunch that day.

>Now both front doors fell off...BALONEY!

	Ok, so "the doors fell off' should have been "after 8 months the
driver's side door of my twenty thousand dollar luxury sedan fell off the
hinges and damaged the quarter panel and hood when a weld in the hinge 
broke and allowed the weight of the door to break the rest of the hinge, at
which time the bolts holding the hinge stripped out."  So sue me.  I still 
had to hold the door on with one hand when I drove back to the dealer.

>    The car also took on 6 inches of water through a hole where a grommet
>    Did you forget to close a window or the sunroof in the parking

	No, you stinking little weasel.  At first I thought that the drains
in the sunroof had clogged, but that wasn't the case.  The dealer kept the
car for 6 hours, and then reported that there was this _grommet_ that had 
fallen out, see?, and since this grommet wasn't _ever_ supposed to fall out
they didn't have any but they'd filled the space up with sealer (read
"Permatex") and it shouldn't leak any more, and that'd be 265 dollars please,
4 and one half hours of Saab certified labor to find the pesky leak and 
**twenty-five** dollars for "parts" (read "one dab of Permatex") and by the
way Mr. Marco you realize that this repair isn't covered under that 72,000
mile extended warranty we sold you since that 72,000 mile extended warranty 
we sold you specifically states that only the parts and systems set forth
herein are covered and accelerator cable grommets aren't set forth herein, 
I mean, they're not _ever_ supposed to fall out, ya know?, so please pay the
cashier, and have a nice day.

	Did you follow that, you scumsucking bottom-dweller, or did I use
too many big words ?

>    Hmmm, the seats caught fire! They didn't get wet when it rained on them

	Nope.  I was just cruising down the highway when I smelled smoke and
my balls got hot.  In fact, when I brought it in the service manager said 
"oh, that happens all the time.  Note that electrical parts aren't covered
under that 72,000 mile extended warranty we sold you, Mr. Marco.  Please pay 
the cashier, and have a nice day."

>You didn't try to fix [...] You didn't spill brake fluid anywhere I hope? 

	Since this was my very first brand-new car, and I'd bought this 
expensive 72,000 mile extended warranty I had all the work done by certified
Saab mechanics at the friendly if overpriced Saab dealer.  Think they
splashed brake fluid all over the side of the car opposite the brake
fluid resevoir, hmmmm?  I *never* *thought* to ask...

	By the way, when the paint peeled off it was obvious that there was
no primer under those areas:  you could see the edge of the primer that
was applied feather out just before the places where the paint chips - paint
chips the size of your hand - were coming off.  It was bare metal.  Looked
like sloppy quality control to me, oh son of a distempered baboon and a 
syphilitic whore.

>     Disclaimer: I'm a cynic

	No, you're an asshole.

	I've owned as daily drivers a dozen cars and lived with 2 dozen
more, and the only vehicle that ever gave me screaming fits was that
thrice-damned Saab.  Thanks for the feedback, though.

								the wharf rat
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