Ah - The Saab - fine machine . . .
Is this the one that levels out as one gets in the drivers seat
and lifts back up on the front left of the car (US) as the driver exits?
Man, I'll tell ya - I've got to have airbags in any car that I own these days. There is just no point to it otherwise.
As for kicks, well all of us here know where to get ours!
The Brava I had was built for import to California.
All smogged up and stuff - strangest thing ever I discovered
when having to replace the 3-speed automatic transmission.
- It was a General Motors product.
Out with that dog and in went the 5-speed, pedals,dash and
after several thousand miles I broke the driveline doughnut
(universal joint), the rear axel traction/sway bars and then
during a 1300 mile camping trip the transmission partially separated from the engine block.
Fortunately I had come prepared with 5 (yes 5) C-clamps that I promptly secured everything (starter too!) as best as expected
(I was in Yosemite Natl. Park).
So after several days of washboard dirt roads from Mono Lake, Bodie , Lake Tahoe (fresh bolts!), Mt. Lassen and the Trinity Alps I came to discover that the driveline had ovalized the rear oil seal of the transmission output shaft. No repairing THAT!
Thus I finished that road trip with an IV of gear oil hanging from the rear view mirror feeding directly into the gearshift assembly.
Laughable really - but I was only 23, working at a strip club in San Francisco and undoubtedly much more concerned with chasing that beautiful young lass I was "Camping" with
Needless to say I loved that stupid butter yellow Brava.
I built the heck out of the 1.8L , DOHC, 4-cyl Hemi (Yes-Hemi)
with that wonderful, throaty 2bbl Weber and the far superior 5-speed manual.