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This morning I packed my uniform, flightbag and some other stuff and started a trip together with johanna from Växjö to Trollhättan. Upon arrival I’m picking up my 9-5 Anniversery, Johanna will drive my 9-5 Griffin back home and this beautiful convertible will be returned to Saab.

Anyway I wanted to show you guys the bagage-compartment with some stuff in it.

Bagage-compartment

Today we took the 9-3 Convertible out shopping, 3 big bags of food fit into the bagage-compartment with room to spare with the roof down. The space below the roof-compartment is actually more spacious than I first thought. We could easily fit a shoe-box in there as well. One feature of the bagage-compartment surprised me a bit for a convertible and it was the fasteners for a floor-net and Saabs bumper protector for loading stuff into the compartment. It was a very welcome surprise since I use both of them heavily on my 9-5.

The bagage-compartment can opened in two ways, either via the key or by the handle located below the decor list. There is one thing I would like to have and it’s an automatic closing function, with the wing fitted to the top of the hatch there is no easy way to close the hatch on the outside without having to look for a place every time. I don’t want to push on the wing it self since I know that the fitting is not that strong so I find myself pushing down on the hatch just above the decor list which is quite an “un-natural” place to push… It’s really no big deal, but just one of those things that the guys at Saab maybe could have thought about, or think about when they are designing the next car.

I also tried to put some stuff in the backseat and the forward seats move away very easily giving great access to the backseat. Even in tight places on the parking-lot it’s no problem at all to get in there. The doors are very big but I still find that they don’t move out as far as on my 3-Door 9-3 Viggen. Sitting in the back is no problem at all, there is plenty of room and I’m 180 cm long, weighing 85 kg so anyone claiming it to be too tight should go and buy himself a 9-5 instead! =) By lifting the silver colored handle halfway up the seat starts moving forward with the aid of the electric motors, when its stopped lift the handle the whole way up and the seat folds forward. Same thing applies when moving it backwards, just lift the handle a bit and the seat moves backwards to its last known position. Read the rest of this entry →

A couple of people here have tipped me about the remote opening of the roof. So I had to try it

The 2nd drive of the day takes place mainly on the highway when driving to our home which is located about 25 km west of Växjö. Its a 2,5 hour drive from Gothenburg and on this leg I get to try the engine a lot more. Compared to the 9-5 the engine is a lot more responsive in the 9-3 and the acceleration is really fast. Driving on the highway at 120 km/h the fuel consumption is steady at 10.7 liters / 100 km.

One thing that is a bit negative on the highway is the noise from the tyres. If I were to buy a car like this I would choose something softer for more comfort. But we solved the road noise problem by turning up the volume and soundsystem played metal by the group Amaranthe as well as it can be played

Photo taken by my girlfriend Johanna on the E6 highway due north of Halmstad.

Having driven the distance between Trollhättan and Särö. The car performs perfectly, on both highway and narrow roads. It is very easy to drive and visibility through all windows are close to perfect, even the smaller rear-window. The fuel we are driving on is E85 and the fuel comsuption was 10.1 litres/100 km and the total distance was 108 km at an average speed of 58 km/h.

Later in the evening the weather turned better and we were able to drive with the top down.

Just about 30 min ago I picked up this car. I will test every aspect of it until tuesday

Its a 9-3 Griffin Aero 2.0t BioPower with 3320 km on the meter.