I love the old 900s; our '89 has 134k on it, burns not a drop of oil, and is still in good shape. I hope the A4 does as well for as long.

Having said that, I wouldn't touch the new GM Saabs: too many stories of poor quality control (timing belts & clutch cables going at ridiculous rates, having to change timing belt every 30k on early GM 900s), and my friend who owns a body shop says there has been a real decline in the vault like solidity of the older (up thru '93) 900 body structure.

Never even considered a new Saab when getting my A4; I've been too spoiled by the older ones; less refined but more solid and reliable (cost note: our '89 900 had more repair incidents but much lower routine maintenance costs than our '90 Integra [few repairs, very expensive routine maint.] so the overall cost of operating the Saab was/is the lowest of the 4-5 cars we've had over the past 12 yrs.)

I bought my Saab from one of the worst dealerships in the country: Bankston Saab/Lincoln/Mercury. I even went back to look at a Mountaineer and was treated like dirt.

Anyways, Sewell, possibly THE finest dealership in the country is now Dallas' only Saab dealer. (owner/founder Carl Sewell is one of the best salespeople- he wrote a book that is used by many schools and businesses)
Sewell plans to open two new dealers in DFW: one in Plano and one in Fort Worth, making the total 3 Saab dealers, the same as Audi

Andrew

...just talking to the sales manager. He gave me a guesstimate for my trade-in value 3 months ago when I ordered my A4. I realize they can't guarantee that quote for 3 months, but my car couldn't depreciate THAT much, right? Anybody have this be a deal breaker for them? I'll be really upset if this doesn't work out.

Now I'm driving a brand new A4. I think he did me a favor!

which, when I recently purchased my 99.5 1.8TQMS and wanted to trade my 94 GS-R sedan, devalued my Teg by $1000 compared to Kelly Blue Book Wholesale. So I sold it myself and more than split the difference between KBB Wholesale and KBB Retail.

Dealer told me to "have Kelly buy it if that is their price".... a-holes!