Oppo

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 05/06/2020 at 15:54 • Filed to: Saab Slide Car, Oppo

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 16:03

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gib!

*crabs to the store for groceries*

Goggles Pizzano > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/06/2020 at 16:08

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Food court trays under the rears and call it a day.

RallyWrench > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 16:10

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Saab 900's will slide nicely if you load up the nose with the E-brake (works on the front wheels) to lighten the rear while in a corner. They also Scandinavian flick well, which is not surprising. 

Goggles Pizzano > RallyWrench 05/06/2020 at 16:13

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“works on the front wheels”

TIL

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 16:20

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And now you have me combing the bowels of SaabPlanet for nuggets like this...

https://www.saabplanet.com/saab-2-3-turbo-engine-in-new-beijing-auto-bj80-6x6-monster/

Another day blown all to hell.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 16:23

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Same. how many other cars have that “feature” I wonder.

Goggles Pizzano > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 05/06/2020 at 16:28

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W iki says:

“ S ome car models of Citroen, Alfasud, Saab and early Subarus apply the parking brake force to the front wheels.”

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 16:30

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Seems safe.

Joking aside, if you don’t lock them up, it’s actually not a ter rible idea. Unfortunately, if it is an emergency situation, I wouldn’t trust most people not to just yank up.....

kanadanmajava1 > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 17:24

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With Ci tro ëns this applies to the ones that had hydraulic suspension. The front emergency brake was seen as a good choice if the hydraulic system decided to fail. Despite this some of them still retained regular brake system that would n’t fail together with the hydraulic main system .

RallyWrench > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 19:27

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A bit funky, these. Backwards engine on top of the transmission, key in the middle, front E-brake. Endearingly weird and incredibly durable. 

Urambo Tauro > Goggles Pizzano 05/06/2020 at 23:42

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Well, not all 900s. At some point in the C900 generation, the parking brake was moved from the front t o the rear wheels. Case in point: my brother’s 1991. So the cutoff year must have been sometime before that model year.