October Fest: SAAB 9-3 Tri-Fuel!
September 21, 2011 in SaabsUnited Related
ANA has decided to add some more fun stuff to the festivities of the October Fest.
Several of their award winning SAAB 9-3 Tri-fuel will be available for test-drive and some guys from the development team will be there to give a presentation of the car as well as answer questions that anyone might have!
This car is fairly amazing in that it runs on three different fuels, which two of are considered to be environmental friendly ones.
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dave said on September 21, 2011
I’m really looking forward to see (and drive, possibly) some of that technology and spread the news around here that SAAB is far from dead. Instead, it has some of the coolest and practical technology available in a not so short anymore vehicle range. Yesterday I met a PhD student who never heard of SAAB before. Can someone believe this ? It hurts.
M.A. said on September 21, 2011
Yes, some people live in a desert island. I remember back then when I owned a 9000 CSE that people asked me whether SAAB was Japanese or Korean.
dave said on September 21, 2011
wow…that must have hurt to
Peter Gilbert said on September 21, 2011
Dave, I can believe it. I know SAAB owners who still do not know there is a new 9-5 available. Some are still confused over the GM ownership saga.
This is why I refuse to watch American Idol, The Batchlorette, The Biggest Looser, etc. SAABs are for intelligent people, SMART Cars are for smart A***$!
dave said on September 21, 2011
“I know SAAB owners who still do not know there is a new 9-5 available”
Really ?
I also blame some SAAB dealers on that. Some are mostly Opel, Chevrolet, Isuzu and who knows what else. Some salesmen simply didn’t care about SAABs (I’ve experienced that 3 years ago), They were supposed to send newsletters, e-mails, etc and keep their customers informed. Now I always receive information from my dealer, even after seing the cars live and having driven them. Now that’s a SAAB dealer !
rallyho said on September 21, 2011
I had to live with a government issued CNG car for two years. While for the most part you would not notice a difference, throttle changes would be a bit more abrupt or jerky, almost like there was a lag and then the power would come in.
The big objection was that I had to carry a lot of responder gear and the CNG took up the whole trunk and made the car difficult to operate out of.
The only time I appreciated it was if I had to go more than 400 miles that day so I did not have to plan a fuel stop.
katar1na said on September 21, 2011
I´m not so comfortable with gas as fuel… don´t like the sound when filling it up – sounds like it could blow up any second to me!
But I must try one…