matth76 1 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 HiYesterday from a rolling start (after coming round a roundabout) I entered a dual carriageway and accelerated hard. I was in the outside lane. In the inside lane a car's length in front of me was a very new saab 9-3 convertable. I could hear it accelerate hard too. There was nothing in front of the saab and nothing in front of me in my lane. We both put our foot down and I was pretty surprised how well it stayed with me. I started overtaking it but it wasn't going much slower at all. After 70 the gap got much bigger and I really pulled away..they were still trying as they went into the fast lane trying to keep up but couldn't. There weren't any other markings on the back of the saab other than '9-3' to say what engine or model it was. Are these quite fast cars from rolling starts (mid range accerlation)? Anyone else had run ins with these cars? Link to post Share on other sites
dellert 0 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 From a standing start i lost to one of these up to 90 then i started reeling him in! Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 One of them is a hot version with 230 bhp i think! theres others which are 170ish and 150bhp Link to post Share on other sites
goonersteve 0 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Think it's 247bhp with 258lbft, but 0-60 is only 7.9secs Link to post Share on other sites
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