[V8] strut bearing possibly? need a hand diagnosing

[MendezWerks]

Yikes!

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On May 14, 2010, at 10:09 PM, "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com 
 > wrote:

> I think it depends on the year.  I see lots of 80's Saabs still  
> driving
> around, but my buddie's 2001 Viggen 9-3 was a piece of crap.  He  
> started
> having problems with it from the day it was new, ending with a cracked
> piston about 2 weeks ago.  What sucks is he somehow still owes $13k  
> on it (I
> think he refinanced it at some point to buy a car for his now ex- 
> wife).
>
> -Seamus
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Mendezwerks Mendezwerks <
> mendezwerks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Saab's are OK. Got a chance to drive a vigen(?) model. It had lots of
>> torque steer.
>>
>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:14 PM, <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Saab Guru....... Lol.
>>> Wonder what other Gurus are out there?
>>>
>>> Side note for you Tom.
>>> Long ago in a land far far away I had bought the wife a Saab,
>>> 86 9000 turbo. Bought from a guy who had it shipped from were ever  
>>> he was
>>> in Europe. Car was great 5sp I could burp the tires through 3rd  
>>> gear.
>> Hardly
>>> out any money into that car before the body started to fall off  
>>> and I had
>> to
>>> sell it. But great car for what it was.
>>>
>>> Ron the other V8 Guru
>>>
>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "toml99 at todomundo.com" <toml99 at todomundo.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 18:01:28
>>> To: v8audi<v8 at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: [V8]   strut bearing possibly? need a hand diagnosing
>>>
>>> Oh, guess I omitted the word Saab in reference to all that  
>>> suspension/
>>> oil pump stuff I just did.  Just took it on the highway after  
>>> picking
>>> it up from the alighnment shop......Almost feels like manual  
>>> steering
>>> it's so tight...Had to tell somebody....Tom    Saab Guru
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