Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

CrowdedHouse

lomb wrote:

a beautiful car!enjoy it in the best of health:) i ordered one for the mother (only a baby 1.6fsi auto) in the same colour, wont look as good as yours but i dont think shel notice tbh:)

Thanks for the good wishes Lomb.

It's scientifically proven that red cars are faster

markeymark

CrowdedHouse your car is a beauty

Here is my one its an 84 Scirocco Storm
Everything is colour coded brown!

TempestSabre

Scirocco's are soooo cool.

franksm

Nice !!! Love Sciroccos.

markeymark wrote:

CrowdedHouse your car is a beauty
Here is my one its an 84 Scirocco Storm
Everything is colour coded brown!

ds20prefecture

markeymark wrote:

Here is my one its an 84 Scirocco Storm

Drool. LJK Setright loved these cars - that's enough in my book. Any daylight pictures, markeymark?

markeymark

Ill take some the next chance I get ds20prefecture. LJK Setright - what a legend.

I used own a luvly mark 1 Scirocco (see attached) till a few months ago until it was stolen and burnt out
Disaster!

Dead

i have no car but i will someday im still looking

adam01

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JohnCleary

STOP PIMPING YOUR CRAP CAR

adam01 wrote:

2003 Saab 9-3 Viggen
By ADs, Executive Editor

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Saabs. You just have to love them. Quirky, independent, iconoclasts that they are, these vehicles don’t do things like other cars. Normal cars. Cars without their ignition switch in the center console. Cars that don’t demand you put the (manual) transmission in reverse before you can remove the key. Yep, those Saabs sure are different.

Except for this one. The 9-3 is something of a red-headed step-child in the Saab line-up. It wraps an Opel platform in Saab-like bodywork. And for the Viggen, a 230-hp turbocharged four-cylinder engine is stuffed under the hood, handsome 18-in. performance wheels and tires are fitted, ditto larger radially-scored brake discs, the interior gets a very nice leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, and the rear hatch gets a wing. It makes for a very handsome package, but not one that works especially well in everyday use.

The large tires and modified suspension camber settings make the Viggen a lively car, one that follows every rut and hump in the road. Europeans call it “tramlining” for its resemblance to the effect you get when the vehicle you’re in drops a wheel into the track the street cars follow. It quickly lets you know that democracy isn’t the only thing that demands eternal vigilance.

This phenomenon is different than torque steer – the unequal application of torque through the driven wheels resulting in a pull to one side under acceleration and an equal and opposite reaction under deceleration – a trait which the Viggen didn’t manifest to any appreciable extent. Saab has been criticized for torque steer when, in fact, it was tramlining from excessive suspension camber that caused the directional problem.

One area where the criticism has been correct, and fair, is structural rigidity. The 9-3 is a mid-size 2-door convertible with an enormous rear opening. Unfortunately, that large port, coupled with the less than stellar Opel platform, mean the 9-3 doesn’t feel as stout as it should – as a Saab should. The rear wing rattles over bumps, which amplifies the occasional “thunk” from the saloon, and makes the otherwise reasonably quiet cabin an aurally unpleasant place. It also means the car doesn’t feel as planted as it should, which no doubt led to the overbearing camber settings as a way to help compensate.

Also, the interior door panels do not fit flush, and have a very visible part line on the plastic along its perimeter. For some reason, the rear panels were especially poor. This isn’t the attention to detail you expect in a nearly $39,000 car. Or on a car so handsome from the outside.

Does this mean the 9-3 Viggen is a total loss? No. To its credit, the 9-3 has incredibly comfortable and supportive seats, smooth leather, and that saloon. Which means the 9-3’s driver and passengers are comfortably seated, and the car can swallow large loads easily. (With the rear seats down, it rivals most station wagons for carrying capacity.) Plus, the gearbox and clutch are light, direct, and easily used. Other than that…........ADs

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adam01

JohnCleary wrote:

STOP PIMPING YOUR CRAP CAR

HOW RUDE ARE YOU:mad:

ciarsd

lads give it a rest eh?

fletch

JohnCleary wrote:

STOP PIMPING YOUR CRAP CAR

Yeh please stop posting about your car....agreed it is lovely but do we really need to be told about it over and over, and over and over and over and over again! Every time I seem to open a thread in the motors section lately, there you are reeling off all the marketing crap about how good a car it is.....we get it! You own a Saab Viggen and you're a happy owner....end of!

mike65

John Clearly just hit the "report post" icon eh?

Adam01 enough guff about your car. You've posted pics here once and nothing has changed so we don't need anymore.



Mike.

smash

here's mine, selling it at the moment. click here for info

JohnCleary

mike65 wrote:

John Clearly just hit the "report post" icon eh?

Adam01 enough guff about your car. You've posted pics here once and nothing has changed so we don't need anymore.



Mike.

You deleted my post It was the most constructive post of mine all day!

jayok

I finally got around to taking out my digital camera!

My very rare Honda Civic VTi imported from the UK. Factory fit Red Leather Seats, A/C and Reverse Parking sensors. The car I wanted since I was 22...

TempestSabre

That is soooo nice. Love the seats.

HashSlinging

krazylegs wrote:

Hey! New here.
This is my VW Bora, got it in October! Lovely Car



Unfortunately.. a horse did this to it in December... :mad: ... not a lovely car.



Insurance didnt cover a horse, and MIBI wouldnt even look at me.. (was told to go to them by Gardai)... farmer ... mysteriously vanished off the face of the earth.. convenient

SICK man... sick:(

Did you repair it or was it classed as a write off.. damage looks repairable, expensive but repairable.

krazylegs

I sold it to a car dealer in town, he's gonna repair it. I was quoted €5500 to repair it, didnt fancy having it written off, so i thought it'd be best to get shot of it. The money i have from selling it ill put towards a brand new one, i found one identical to it just with alloy wheels so i think thats my new baby. i'll hopefuly be getting it in a few days... so i'll stick up a pic of it when i get it, oh and my insurance will be put up to fully comp, just incase i meet 'TAYTO the horse' again

ando

jayok wrote:

and Reverse Parking sensors. The car I wanted since I was 22...

nice clean non tarted up civic, fair play but I couldn't help laughing when I saw 'parking sensors'

jayok

ando wrote:

nice clean non tarted up civic, fair play but I couldn't help laughing when I saw 'parking sensors'

eh? are parking sensors funny? Probably just my age, I can no longer see too well behind me!

fletch

jayok wrote:

eh? are parking sensors funny? Probably just my age, I can no longer see too well behind me!

On such a small car they are a bit of a joke alright

junkyard

My X5.

qz

junkyard wrote:

My X5.

Mmmmmmm.... pixels.

matt cork

and mine

qz

Stunning! Looks silver in the first pic but white in the second...? Black interior?

junkyard

Nice one matt, haven't seen it before. Here's a couple of my M5.

caesar

qz wrote:

Stunning!

Agreed

qz

It's like a little ///M club. I want in!

matt cork

qz wrote:

Stunning! Looks silver in the first pic but white in the second...? Black interior?

defo white, albeit with shades of dirt on those pics!!, its a black half leather interior

more importantly tho alarm, 2 immobolisers and a tracker - oh and the gf's car in front of it:D