| If you have already made the decision to buy yourself | | | | caught you attention and which are already standing |
| a Saab, then well done. They are great cars, and I and | | | | out from the crowd. Before you part with you hard |
| my Family have been driving them for years. I always | | | | earned cash, however, you will need to organise taking |
| argue that they may not be the most ostentatious or | | | | each and every potential car out for a thorough test |
| even design led cars on the market, but they are | | | | drive. |
| certainly good-looking vehicles that have an almost | | | | Test drives are all too often under-emphasised in |
| unsurpassed reputation for performance and reliability. I | | | | terms of importance, but I consider them to be one of |
| much prefer the secure and trustworthy feel of the | | | | the most important tools at a car buyers disposal. |
| drive in a Saab to the slightly wilder feel of the market | | | | They allow you to not only experience the general |
| alternatives! | | | | way the car drives (performance, acceleration, |
| So, if you are buying a Saab then you will have a few | | | | comfort and so on), but to identify any potential |
| steps in front of you. First and probably most important | | | | problems and troublesome areas before you put your |
| is to work out your budget, so you know if you want | | | | hand in your pocket and hand over the cash. |
| or need a brand new Saab model, or a used Saab | | | | I advise that you take the car on a comprehensive |
| instead. Personally I would always advice to opt for | | | | test drive about twice before you buy it. Ensure that |
| the used models, even if you only buy one a couple of | | | | you try out fast roads, slow roads, and also different |
| years old (or even younger!), because you will make | | | | road surfaces, so that you have the full picture about |
| such significant savings on the automatic cost price! | | | | how it performs. In a similar vein, it is vital to see how it |
| Even if you are good at bartering down the new car | | | | corners, and check out the breaking and steering fully |
| dealers prices, it is very unlikely that you will be able to | | | | you dont want to buy it and find out its wheel |
| get a better price than you would on a used one! | | | | alignment is severely out. If you know cars, a test drive |
| Once you know your budget (and of course what car | | | | like this can show you areas that will need fixing, and |
| model best suits your needs), then you are probably at | | | | these may even be worth using as bargaining chips to |
| the point where you have explored your local Saab | | | | use in battling down the price. |
| dealers and found a few possible purchases. Each will | | | | All in all a test drive can tell you a whole lot of things |
| no doubt have their own set of advantages and | | | | that you wouldnt have known about your Saab |
| disadvantages, but there will be a few that have | | | | otherwise and that is why they are so vital! |