Things to consider when buying a SAAB 9-3 New Generation 

Yes agree! Because of high under-bonnet temps battery’s on my 2.0 Aero 282bhp goes through batteries every 3 years or so - use next up output battery ( Exide ) excellent batteries

Thanks! :) Trying to keep the brand alive even though it's dead :-(

Thanks for watching! It's a very safe car. It's a shame that they went out of business the 19th of December 2011 :-( Well. We need to try and take of the ones that our still out there.. Happy Holidays God Jul :)

Wow! What a great SAAB collection. 👍

@@stephenhunt6673 thank you sir

Is your sportcombi the 4 or 6 cylinder?

Thanks. You too. 👍🎅

Awesome :) Best of luck with it.

Probably the only one where I live on the Isle of Man. Paid 6500. So hopefully they will start going up in value

Cuz they hate being taken to gapplebees by a SAAB

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too and thanks for watching. 😁

Thanks. God jul to you too. 🎅😁

Awesome. That engine is a really good one. Keep servicing and #stayfresh ;-) Happy Holidays.

How expensive is it to tune up to stage2? Also - is it worth it? Let us know, thx

hello.I have 9-3x with ttid 185hp and cant get lower than 7.5L/100km while old 2.2 was very economical.could there be some problem?

@@xxcxpl to go to stage 2 you really need 3 inch down pipe and three inch exhaust - down pipe about £600 plus fitting - exhaust about £500 plus fitting

Thanks. You will not be dissapointed. It's a very solid car. Easy to maintain etc! :)

@@TechCars forgot to say what's your Instagram i mean the username 😉

@@md-detailing If you look just after the TurboX intro there's some text showing up on the screen :) There's the Insta logo and the username! Thanks for watching.

Easy to maintain?? Just to change the indicator light bulb I had to take off the front bumper. The 95 wagon is a lot easyer to work on.

I changed them without removing the bumper. There's not much room I agree..

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Luckily there are many NG9-3 on the roads. However.. There are a few original parts that should be remanufactured that we are missing. Nothing complex.

@@TechCars Thank you for reply - get lots of parts from UK company Parts for Saabs who have excellent alternatives to original Saab parts sourced in Sweden 🇸🇪 Important to find a Saab specialist who knows these cars - lucky to have in UK near me RTJ Autos approved Saab centre - many obscure faults can only be solved by people who work on Saabs every day - Saab specialist will also have access to Tec 2 I religiously change oil every six months regardless of mileage - change coolant every three years , brake fluid every two , gearbox oil every 50 k - on Aero drop links seem to need replacing every six months or so ? Had problem with rough idle on starting - surging and dying down - fault code showed throttle body - still persisted after change - the ‘ Cobra’ pipe that runs from turbo to air filter has concertina type folds - one had split - ( identified by smoke test ) The 9.3 is immensely strong and if fitted with top mount brace bar in convertible rattle free Don’t be tempted to use silicone type protectants on roof - over time stiffens fabric and wrecks rams - found Autoglym soft top cleaner and protector excellent Very good cars let down by some truly dreadful GM plastics in interior - buttons wear dreadfully - had my instrument panel carbon wrapped - same as door pulls and other interior panels - body wise standing up very well compared to other 05 cars who are seeing paint blistering - my advise is to buy best you can afford with full service history - make sure right fluids are used - transmission is specialist fluid as is power steering - good luck 🤞

Thanks for watching :) Have you found a car yet?

@@TechCars My english is not very good. I am an Argentinian in Spain. I will see the car on Saturday morning. in a town called " Aranda del Duero "

Thanks. Yes I did not mention the 2.2TiD that is correct ;-) I've never driven a 1.8i. Have you Peter?

@@TechCars I did once. But it's a saab without turbo :D I quickly forgot that experience.

@@PeterChomanic :-D

Grattis till köpet! :)

Some cars have had issues with the chains. Some cars just run without any issues. I actually have no idea why.. Could be lack of maintenance, not sure! :( I haven't had any issues with mine.

Hej. Ja jag tänkte att det får bli en sån också :)

@@TechCars men vänta jag hitta någonting nu har du redan gjort en?

@@R0jiv4 Om det är NG9-5 så gjorde jag en vid denna tiden förra året.. Trodde du menade OG9-5 :)

Here in Europe we have 1.8t, 2.0t and 2.0T where the 2.0T is the greatest of them all. At that time it was great. 210bhp. 2.0t had 175bhp. It was actually quite good for 210bhp. Then later on the V6 came. Do you mean that the V6 sound amazing compared to the 4 cylinder engine or was the comparison between two 4 cylinder engines? I guess you could make any SAAB sound quite good ;-)

I had 2008 Saab 93 convertible. None aero. But not regular either. It had 2.0 which I also love! Better then 2.8 actually. But for being Not aero it did have dual exhaust and swiveling zenon lights. And it was stick with amazing exaust note. So someone told me it a big T? Also had two tone leather like the aero would..but regular steering wheel...so i never heard of such package

@@TechCars i will look for big Ts!lol

@@CarMotionUSA Cool! Sometimes unique choices of different packages reach certain cars. Do you still have the 9-4x?

@@CarMotionUSA Yes! The bigger T has a T that can get even bigger with a tune ;-)

NG9-5 är ju en rätt stor bil att börja med.. NG9-3 är nog bättre då. Men det kanske är gott nog med en 2,0a till att börja med eller?

Tack för rådet, jag gillar ju 9-5an mer än 9-3an men jag vill samtidigt ha fyrhjulsdriften med v6an. Det är svårt att bestämma sig….😅

@@FHurburgring XWD kan bli en dyr historia om den inte servad väl.. Kan ju vara skönt att slippa sånt strul till att börja med. en NG9-5 2.0T med trim kanske ;-)

Maybe a bit high. Much driving in the city?

Yes going down to 10.5 on highway. But I m still having this misfiring code that I need to fix . No time for this but need first to buy the tech 2 and install it. Many thanks for all your help Enjoy holidays

@@gaetanperrier74 Best of luck with the Tech2 and have a great holiday.

@@TechCars please elaborate sir, what’s a tech 2 and how does it work Thanks

@@goodcitizen3910 Tech2 is the instrument for the GM cars. It's a very old instrument but it's the one that can do everything for the NG9-3!

In jail with Saab Cars😂👌Merry Christmas Colin.

The NG9-5 Turbo6 consumes less fuel than the TurboX 😂😁 I can relate to going to the fuel station more often. Currently I drive the og9-5 it seems like the fuel lasts forever. 👌😎

You have linear arc and Aero?

Cool! Nice videos. Keep em coming ;)