Jul 29
My car got stolen!
My Saab 900 is gone.
Somebody took it from our yard, not 10 meters away from my bedroom window. Didn’t even wake up…
The car was locked, but.. Well… The locks on these old Saabs…
I did have one of those separate locks to go between a pedal and the steering wheel, but apparently it didn’t do any good. The car’s now been gone for five days, so there’s really no hope of getting it back in one piece…
So, that really took the wind out of me and I can’t get to the garage to work on the stroker since I don’t have a car!
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The car was found three weeks later but as I thought that it would be gone forever I went ant bought the Turbo…
May 11
OK. The winter break is over and it’s time to continue the project.
It hasn’t been completely dead though, I’ve managed to find time to do a little bit stuff…
The 900i has turned out to be a very nice car. No technical problems (yet) – even though it has some 360 000 km under the belt.
The only real problem was the saggy headliner – it had to be sorted. I put a note on the Saabclub board that I wanted to buy one and actually got a call the same day.
Well, the headliner cost 30€ but there was a catch… I had to take the car with it. 
So, I had to dismantle the car which took a few days. It looks bad in the pictures, but actually I got a lot of very good parts from it. Especially the lights were very good. But I also took the bumpers, gearbox, steering, some electronics, interior bits and pieces.
All in all many boxes of parts for 30€. And I already sold the opening rear side windows for 40€, so… Not a bad buy.
Jan 20
This is my “new” daily driver (bought January 2008). It’s a pretty common 1988 3D Combi, with just a few extras. It has tinted windows (”smoke”), wind deflectors on doors, opening rear windows, power steering and a rear spoiler. I don’t actually know which came standard with the injection model and which were selected as extras.
Dad checking out something. The chrome wheel arch lists are after market as are the hideous little lights on the bumber extensions. Those will have to go later – when I find flawless extension pieces.
The motor is a standard 8-valve with mechanical injection. One of the most reliable engine setups for a car that could be called reliability itself.
Interior is also in excellent condition, but there are a few issues I will have to change. First is the wooden steering wheel, that will go if I find something better to replace it with (also the wood gear lever knob).
The most hideous seat covers will have to go also. A “bit” too 80’s for me. I have no idea what the condition of the actual seats is, since there’s no easy way to check it – you can’t really say anything untill you have taken all the covers off.
Isn’t that the cleanest boot. I have to say that for a model that is nothing special, just a basic transportation to get from A to B, this has been exceptionally well taken care of. The car has done over 350 000 kilometers – would you believe it?
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The 900i was stolen in August 2008 and was later found in pretty good condition except: broken steering wheel, some dents on the boot lid, radio stolen as well as some small items. No mechanical damage and I got a pretty good compensation from insurance.
But as the car was gone for several weeks I bought the T8 Special for a new driver.