Re: Well, I'm back home with the Saab.


"john" <jsmith1456@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Sleeker GT Phwoar" <carl.robson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> It certainly isn't a dog.
>>> It's a nice drive. It goes well. No major problems that I've found. No
>>> sagging with the doors open, so the main structural beams in the sill
>>> are intact.
>>>
>>> Roof opens and closes properly and quickly. Passenger side front window
>>> motor is a tad slow, but that is normally a build up of gunk in the
>>> works.
>>>
>>> A stripdown and clean will normally work.
>>> Makes proper boost, gearbox is very small. He wasn't joking about the
>>> pile receipts for parts and work.
>>>
>>> Has a Sony Radio Cassette fitted with a changer interface cable in the
>>> boot, but the changer packed up a while ago and never got replaced.
>>> Looks like a big blue DIN cable. Any idea what changers fit?
>>>
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>> so you're not missing the celica yet? whats the difference like in
>> running costs and fuel ect?
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> fuel economy will be better than a GT4 - but not great unless he drives it
> like a grandma :-) Not very fuel efficent by todays standards, though I
> got some amazing results out of the 9000..
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> On boost permanently my T16S gets around 21mpg, motorway cruising about
> 30+....


Used £20 of juice to go from Burnley via Accrington to Warrington and back
in my brother's T16 on Saturday night, 4 people in the car plus a couple of
bass amps in the boot. 110 miles, works out at about 23 mpg, but I was
crusing at 125 on the way back..


Ted


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