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    '96 Galaxy

    Just caught up on this. Don’t feel disappointed at all, £650 quid is a bargain IMHO. Spend some time sprucing and cleaning and it’ll feel a million times better. I think it’s ace
  2. Nicely done and again thank you for undertaking this. Much appreciated by all
  3. It's the actual mounts on mine, they appear to be aluminium and are quite badly coroded. I'm thinking lots of protection, wire brush, primer and a rattle can which fills me with dread as I am 100% inept at anything involving paint 🤡
  4. Wow, an 'economy' map. Just..... why? I see what you mean now to recover the battery. I reckon I'll need a new, new battery for the Cougar, it'll be sat idle for a year+ and I can imagine that's goosed too.I didn't know about the left turn problem, what's the cause of that then? I had one on an old Pug 206 that was commonly caused by a fualty Comm unit in the steering wheel.
  5. I'm really pleased, it was £100+ VAT for the filter and pipe repair which is sweet FA for a years motoring on a car this age but no advisories was nice to see. I genuinely try and resolve things beforehand but it isn't easy to keep on top of things. The mirror motor is the adjustable one rather than the powerfold but thanks for the informaiton as I'll stop chasing the reason why they don't work! A new one already dleievred, ten quid for a pattern part. I need to strip and paint them but that actually looks a real PITA with Saab over engineering it. I actually bought a cheap one from a scrapper on eBay just to see how they go together and it looks unnecessarily complex. And that radiator cap took 55 BLOODY MINUTES! It just kept disintegrating and I couldn't get a purchase, needed to drill out the centre and pull from underneath. My missus was very supportive* throughout and did not take the piss out of my inability to perform a mundane task.
  6. Sweet, much more you can do with ther facelift if needed to. I suspect the remap will have been a 'fix' possibly? Hard to tell really but Noob is only £90 I think (plus p&p each way) so I'll be probably getting it done. I believe he resets it to factory spec beforehand anyway. ^^ THIS! Mine is lowered which won't help but it is as you describe. Feels like a knock from the rear (o/s in particular) over smallish things such as my lowered curb, but doesn't really occur on speed bumps etc. I've had it on the lift at work, and during last weeks MOT / repair I asked for a going over but nothing at all appears wrong. Feels like it is bottoming out? I plan on replacing the exhaust rubbers and checking the hangers etc, just to rule those out. And as you say it's great on open roads. When you say recoverable what do you mean? I bought a new battery for mine almost immediately, about fifty quid from Tayna (where else?!) and it improved a few things, mainly my anxiety that it'd be flat when I needed it. If it has been stood for a while it'll probably be goosed anyway
  7. Well another year’s MOT done, failed initially on a leaky fuel filter (well the union) but that’s sorted and no advisories. I’ll take that. Also replaced the radiator cap as the existing one decided to separate itself in to two pieces. Now I need some weather to get the roof and a few other bits resolved. Decided I need a new motor in the NS mirror too plus some wiper blades.
  8. I love my Saab. thankfully my VED is slightly less painful (£385?) but it is a couple of years older and an auto, probably get the tune done in the spring.I get mid 30s on a run but TBH even in the 20s it is utterly worth it. Looks great in blue. Is that the face lifted interior with the normal headunit or the Saab specific things?
  9. My ex used to love Wilders which was around the corner (and now thankfully gone). I was more a ‘monkey bar’ kind of chap when in that part of town
  10. Opposite my old boozer, The Dog and Parrot / Tut n Shive. Originally they wanted it knocked down along with the bus station but rightly got told to FRO
  11. Surely it’s would be ‘I repowered my Bugatti with a drive train from an Aixam’ Who wouldn’t want to see that?!
  12. I agree, that handbrake always forced my wife to over apply the handbrake and it’s a trait she’s bought into MY cars. 🤬 At least the gear knob meant you got the six speed ‘box (at least on out spec) but for me the worst flaw is the wiring harness that goes in front of the interior fuse box in the glove compartment. I love my Forester but its major flaw is the climate control (again). Want it on auto, as I do? Fine as long as you don’t wish it to be coller than 20 degrees. Which I do. For me 18-19 is the sweet spot. Placing it on the dot beneath (forgive the terrible photo) just goes super high fans on cold. Minor flaw TBF. The good news is it actually has more cup holders than actual seats, so suck it Beemer owners
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