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CarThrottle Asks: What’s The Best Summer Car?

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

It’s 92 degrees and sunny here in Raleigh, North Carolina. The antique air-con in my 900 SPG doesn’t have a chance of keeping up with the heat, so I just roll down the windows, peel back the sunroof, turn the fan up, and bask in it. I generally tend to think of the 900 as [...]

An Audi, A Saab, and a Three Piece Suit

Saturday, July 10, 2010

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Apologies to third-wave Ska/Punk band Streetlight Manifesto for the title paraphrasal, but it seemed appropriate. I was driving around with a long-time friend of mine in North Raleigh when we came across what has to be the best night-time photoshoot location anywhere. I can’t say exactly what it is, except that it’s a service bay [...]

How To: Change Your Brake Pads

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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As a self-proclaimed DIY kinda guy, there’s one thing I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never done: changed my own brake pads. Illogical, sure. But I’ve always thought of the brakes on a car as being a bit too important for a relative noobie like myself to dig into without risking massive consequences. But in the [...]

Life With An Old Car, Part 2: The Cheepnessss

Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Life With An Old Car, Part 2: The Cheepnessss

Some of our readers may know that for a while, I ran another website called SaabSnaab. (Yeah, isn’t that clever?) Sadly, SaabSnaab has since lapsed into non-existance while I figure out what I’m going to do next for my own site, but in the mean time I think that CarThrottle is a reasonable place to [...]

How To: Install New Shocks With Minimal Injury

Monday, March 1, 2010

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How To: Install New Shocks With Minimal Injury

The reason old cars feel old and tired is that everything has a lifespan. Rubber bushings crumble and fail, hinges loosen and sag, plastics become brittle and rattly – sort of like humans. Time may heal all wounds, but it’s not a great beautician. The best way to give an old car a new lease [...]

The Ultimate Sleeper – Saab 99 Quattro Turbo

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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The Ultimate Sleeper – Saab 99 Quattro Turbo

Sometimes, as I go through the internet I find something that’s so damn cool it must be shared. This is one of those cases; I actually stumbled across this gem of a car on CarDomain’s most excellent blog, and went in search of more information on this wicked custom Saab. All the images are from [...]

Random Capture: Saabs and Snow

Saturday, October 24, 2009

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Saabs and Snow go together like peanut butter and jelly. It’s a Swedish thing. They’re just designed to perform well in bad weather – which makes them pretty rugged road rally cars, if you so desire. Team D, an amateur rally team from the north, decided that an ’85 900 Turbo was the perfect choice [...]

How To: Replace Your Water Pump In A Few Easy Steps

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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How To: Replace Your Water Pump In A Few Easy Steps

So recently, it came to my attention that my water pump on my ’88 Saab 900 SPG was going bad. It wasn’t exactly a difficult diagnosis. The car was leaking coolant like a sieve, it was trying it’s damnedest to overheat at every given opportunity, and the pump itself was making an awful grinding noise, [...]

Life With An Old Car, Part 1

Friday, June 5, 2009

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If you’ve been following my writing on CarThrottle, you know I obtained an old Saab 900 Turbo a few months ago. You haven’t heard all that much about it since then, and here’s the reason: this car has kept me very busy. I know, I know: insert “Saab story” jokes here. Well deserved. I’ve gathered [...]

A Portrait Of My Driveway In 5 Years

Monday, May 18, 2009

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So, one of my favorite automotive mind-stretchers is hypotheticals. “What if…?” What would you buy if you had $500,000 to spend on automobiles, right now? What’s your favorite great car from an awful brand? (It’s a toss-up between the Genesis Coupe and the Buick GNX) What would you drive if you were Conan O’Brian? You [...]