No Saab Stories?

Kinja'd!!! "Patrick Nichols" (pnichols)
02/01/2017 at 12:42 • Filed to: None

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I suppose this is mostly because your average Saab owner has 3-5 parts cars in his yard and his mechanic is nice enough to tell him that his electrical gremlins will never be gone. More observations:

It’s weird how Toyota owns the bottom three slots but Honda and Nissan are relatively removed from the very similar luxury brands. Do they just have a bigger markup on the Acura/Infinity parts and labor?

Also how many people do you know that joked about German reliability when it came to economy cars that proceeded to then buy American or Korean?

I assume the Mini data set is too small to rely on this chart as I’d imagine they would likely slot in around the Audi/Volvo range.

I say all of this as a current Taco owner and a former owner of a suburban (blew the engine after 115k), 9-3 (wrecked and sold to a saab guy with 3 others in his yard), Jetta (never had an issue), Volvo S80 (oh go the depreciation, sold for $500), and Golf (again no issues besides some minor electrical work done myself and probably caused by me). My father also has a mini (he’s gone to the dealership a lot).


DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Patrick Nichols
02/01/2017 at 12:45

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There’s not enough Saab owners to make it statistically significant enough.


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2017 at 13:04

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You think there are more Mercury or Mitsubishi owners?


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Patrick Nichols
02/01/2017 at 13:16

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It’s weird that saturn is on the list, they’ve been gone since 08, two years earlier than SAAB.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Patrick Nichols
02/01/2017 at 13:39

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Yes. Do we need to check production numbers?


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2017 at 14:11

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Maybe it is regional bias since in New England I rarely see either, but still regularly see a ton of 9-3s, 9-5s, and even a lot of 900s and 9000s


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Patrick Nichols
02/01/2017 at 14:16

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I think you just don’t notice the Mercurys. There are tons of Sables, Mariners, Montereys and Grand Marquis on the road in Maine.


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2017 at 15:02

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You’re probably right on the mercuries (because Panther), but mitsubishis? I see the occasional evo or outlander sport, with the odd galant or 3000gt maybe once a year. But Saab hoarding is a serious thing in NH.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Patrick Nichols
02/02/2017 at 03:35

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i can believe the Mitsubishi ranking.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Patrick Nichols
02/02/2017 at 07:46

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Yeah no one has just one Saab.