Project roll neck, Saab 900 turbo and the garage it doesn't fit in

Loads of little jobs to do but it's back.

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Are they nice to drive?

Mine was astonishingly good. But the previous owner, a racing driver, had improved it a lot. It was the most fun car I've ever driven. I've never tried a standard one.

Looks stunning. I’d be worried about driving it in the rain though 👌

Are they nice to drive?

When they work.

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Nice to see one in its natural habitat.

Nice to see one in its natural habitat.

That's the fighter jet DNA, just getting ready for take off.

Where to start. The car performed flawlessly on it's 150 mile drive back to London but a week later when seemingly all is well, it cuts out on the central lane of the A4. Thankfully as you come over the flyover there's a gap in the railing and for once London drivers didn't London drivers and helped me beach it on to a wide curb. A few hundred feet in either direction and i think i would have needed to call the police to block the traffic. RAC were not exactly quick but did there best before throwing in the towel. Lucky the driver was willing to tow me back across London at the end of there shift rather than making me wait for a tow truck. For a breakdown in that area it could have been a lot worse, highlight was the King's entourage slowing down (remembrance Sunday) so he could shout breakdown wanker at me.

Trying to find the positives i don't think it's anything serious and it's been quite a good experience learning the fault finding. Suspected culprit was the fuel pump but after loosening the clamp at the fuel pressure unit and having fuel spray out at the head end it's safe to say it's working fine. RAC did a coil test but after pulling all the plugs at the head i can see there is a spark issue which has led me to a possible dizzy cap or rotor fault. New cap and arm are in the post, fingers crossed this sorts it and it's not an overheating shut down issue. Before the car came back with me it's had a quite a lot of work done post bodyshop that i'll cover the down the line but as mentioned, it was performing really well until this happened.

In defence of the car or 900s in general i've never had one fail like this much less need road side assistance. Needless to say all those spares they recommend you carry with you will be on my Christmas list.

fingers crossed that nothing too serious then dude. even though getting lifted on that trailer the 900 still manages to look awesome

Cheers Jonny, and thanks for not mentioning that awful door shut line that still needs adjusting!

Just a rotor arm failure, replaced cap whilst i was there and now it fires up like new (when it's not -1 outside...).

Very few plans to use this atm so have started to pull out stereo to see if i can get the DAB working again and improve the sound quality. Fun times.

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Back where it belongs

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Glorious. Everything straight, just the right amount of shine. Looks brand new.

A picture set before the forum shuts down please!