jumping on the low gas prices huh?

 

Tougher
Not as fragile

 

Originally Posted by ChevyCorvette541
Tougher
Not as fragile

we call that redundant redundancy. some people use that as a type of strategery.

insurance is probably less expensive, parts are more readily available and way less expensive, if for some strange reason the motor goes on him it's way easier to find a good one cheap. plenty of reasons i would think

insurance is probably less, i know when i was under my parent's policy, i was listed as the primary driver on our '06 Yukon. and not the '99 9-3. but honestly unless you need to be hauling people/carrying alot of shit/towing/off roading, i do not see the point in an SUV, other than well the wondrous 15 miles per gallon! just my 2 cents. (maybe i should have just sent him two pennies for his now doubled gas fund!)

 

a few more ----- in the MPG area...

 

Do tell about the Camero/Firebird off the right there...

 

really hard to tell but i'm going to guess that it's not his car and it looks like a '68 camaro

 

Cool looking house.

 

Cool looking house.

I agree!

 

Is this a joke?

 

Nope.

Review other posts by this user. You will know this is real. VERY real.

 

Enjoy your tree killer, you sadist. SAABs aren't for everyone.

 

Nice ride.

Hopefully you don't drive more than 100 miles a month...

 

The Denali is really nice, but you'll miss the turbo sooner than you'll think. I know first hand. I got a newer Audi A6 in the beginning of the year after a kid took out my 9000. A few weeks in, I missed the acceleartion and feel I had from my previous saabs very badly. I should have resisted, but sold the Audi and got another saab (dumb andrew!). Lesson from this dumb story? Don't let a few things like acceleration , "feel", and "it's not a saab" seem more important than they are. At the end of the day, you've got a nice new ride that has more utility and will probably give you less maintenance problems. Good luck!

 

Denali sounds like the perfect car for our buddy!

 

eh, i dunno, something bigger would have been nice.

Paul

 

Are you gonna put a grille guard on? I only ask because fleeing minorities have a tendency to scuff up that poor GM finish quality.

 

i dont mean to be rude but at first i thought this was a joke but realize its not so my question is, do you have a lot of kids? do you have a job that requires you to haul a lot of stuff? how can you really justify this as cheaper when you will be spending 2x more in gas for the thing. to each his own and i hope your happy with it. i just dont understand it.

 

No kids. Yes to hauling stuff. 9-5 doesn't have ground clearance that Yukon has so it's harder to go up in the mountains for photography. It's actually only 2/3 the mpg of my 9-5. It's cheaper because it's cheaper to maintain.

but there are sooooooo many other options available with those same examples you mentioned instead of a big gas guzzling tank. unless he has a lot of kids or a job where he needs to haul stuff it still doesnt make sense to me.

Yeah but not in my price range. That and I'm familiar with the GM trucks and know how to work on them.

Why do you insist on driving away members?

ChevyCorvette541, don't listen to him. Stick around.

From the first page I was surprised on how civil everyone was being. Now it looks about normal.

Parts are probably a little cheaper and easier to find, however its reliabilty will be a lot worse and will end up hurting him in the long run.

Reliability??? Based on the experience of my ENTIRE family a GM suv/truck is 10 times more reliable than either of the Saabs I had. 1st Saab I put over $3-4k in and sold for $1,400. 2nd Saab I put $1,000 in less than 1 month after purchasing. My last GM truck I sold with over 218k miles on it for over $3k and it still ran great and the only thing it ever needed was a thermostat which was CHEAP.

the ride height puts him closer to heaven.

LOL! Now that is funny!

Wat?

Our Tahoe has never once given an issue.

The 9-5... 2 serpentine belts, a couple A/C lines (same one, replaced twice). fuel pump, power steering hose.... I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff.

Just sayin'

Exactly my point

Didn't look at a 9-7X Aero?

+s
More room
MORE Power (395 hp, 400 lb-ft tq)
Better 0-60 times + top speed
Sun roof
Sub PLUS Bose, PLUS nav, PLUS XM...
Steering wheel radio controls
Memory Seats
Rear seat DVD player.
AND we kept the 9-5, too.
HUGE discounts ($14k off list)
TONS of aftermarket go faster stuff if you're so inclined
New (warranty)
Smaller than the Denali

-s
Lower MPG, but that's the price of admission.
Smaller than the Denali

Kidding aside, we were seriously looking at either the GMC/Tahoe or the Acadia, but the deals Saab was offering was just incredible. Couldn't pass it up.

I wouldn't mind a 9-7 Aero at all, they look awesome. However, they're only slightly out of my price range.

Nothing makes one feel welcome to a forum like one of the main people running the forum essentially saying, "GTFO n00b, you aren't one of us."

:!:

Yeah I'm not a snobby liberal environmentalist. Sorry. Oh, was snobby too bad of a word for you guys? I'm sorry, it's a common word just like the other one you guys got your panties in a bunch over.

 

insurance is probably less expensive, parts are more readily available and way less expensive, if for some strange reason the motor goes on him it's way easier to find a good one cheap. plenty of reasons i would think

 

insurance is probably less expensive,

I doubt that. The 9-5 should have been CHEAP to insure.

The Denali should still be pretty high on the theft hot list. All of the higher end Gm SUV's are.

 

but there are sooooooo many other options available with those same examples you mentioned instead of a big gas guzzling tank. unless he has a lot of kids or a job where he needs to haul stuff it still doesnt make sense to me.

 

There are a lot of cheap bolt ons for power mods. I get the Summit Racing catalog, and the stuff you can get for these motors is amazing.

Perhaps some cheap power mods will help him get over the loss of a boosted car.

 

I don't suppose this means you're going to spare us from your asininity, does it?

Why not go bother the Denali forums?

 

!

 

He drives away more potential valuable contributors to this site than my driving him away.

It's a question of net utility.

Your car is gone, so leave. This is not a Denali forum.

 

He drives away more potential valuable contributors to this site than my driving him away.

It's a question of net utility.

Your car is gone, so leave. This is not a Denali forum.

Nothing makes one feel welcome to a forum like one of the main people running the forum essentially saying, "GTFO n00b, you aren't one of us."

:!:

 

I have no problem with showing off the denali, but the comment earlier warrants an infraction in my book.

 

Parts are probably a little cheaper and easier to find, however its reliabilty will be a lot worse and will end up hurting him in the long run.

 

Yea, ok.

You said in a thread a couple of weeks ago that you are thinking of selling your Viggen because you can't get it running right.

 

Gotcha.

My 9-5 has been bulletproof as well.

 

jeez that was big surprise

 

LOL.



A racist comment, AND an SUV.


Perfect, and not surprising.

 

LOL.

A racist comment, AND an SUV.

Perfect, and not surprising.

Chingo Bling would not mind.

 

goodbye buddy. miss u!

 

My Saab replacement.
Denali vs 9-5
+s
Cheaper
Cheaper to maintain
More room
Tougher
Not as fragile
4wd
Ground clearance
6 doors
V8
6+1 CD player
Cargo space

-s
MPGs
0-60 times + top speed
No sunroof
No sub (Bose stereo though)
Maroon
No steering wheel mounted radio controls
No memory seats

Didn't look at a 9-7X Aero?

+s
More room
MORE Power (395 hp, 400 lb-ft tq)
Better 0-60 times + top speed
Sun roof
Sub PLUS Bose, PLUS nav, PLUS XM...
Steering wheel radio controls
Memory Seats
Rear seat DVD player.
AND we kept the 9-5, too.
HUGE discounts ($14k off list)
TONS of aftermarket go faster stuff if you're so inclined
New (warranty)
Smaller than the Denali

-s
Lower MPG, but that's the price of admission.
Smaller than the Denali

Kidding aside, we were seriously looking at either the GMC/Tahoe or the Acadia, but the deals Saab was offering was just incredible. Couldn't pass it up.

 

On the other hand, when a member is a narrow minded fool, it makes other people uncomfortable.