All right, so I was at the dealership today to bring in my vert aero for some issues (roof won't work, tough starts, etc.) to be fixed under warranty. I know the car is a 9-3 and this is the 9-5 forum but I (being the devoted SAABer that I am) immediately went and looked at the new 9-5s.
This is the second time I have seen the new 9-5s. The first time I saw one (absolutely gorgeous), with the navigation interior, etc, the car cost around 50k. Great. The car was extremely attractive, and I'd honestly pay 50k for it.
Today I saw the 9-5s WITHOUT the navigation units and with the stock radio units. All that I can say is...what was the thought process of the people who designed the non-nav radio?! It is a sea of plastic (ugly, ugly plastic) with just a tiny row of buttons beneath the screen and a huge, empty space between the buttons and the screen. This unit looks like it was made in the 80s (ok, maybe late 80s) and is just plain ugly. Moreover, this thing was in ALL OF THE 9-5s I saw on the lot. The ugliness was in the 9-5s that cost 45k and in the 9-5s that cost over 50k.
I just don't understand the thinking behind this radio unit. You can get a much-better looking one in a regular cadillac, for 35k! I like SAABs and I was instantly turned off by this thing--imagine a person who is just scouting cars. He'd look inside the vehicle and be instantly disgusted by this radio unit. I mean, it just seems so ugly and so out of place...damn SAAB (or GM, not sure who designed this unit)--what were you thinking? Every other part of the car is just gorgeous but the radio kills the whole look, especially because the radio unit is so large.
Rant over.
By the way, what's a 'bio power' 9-5?
This is the second time I have seen the new 9-5s. The first time I saw one (absolutely gorgeous), with the navigation interior, etc, the car cost around 50k. Great. The car was extremely attractive, and I'd honestly pay 50k for it.
Today I saw the 9-5s WITHOUT the navigation units and with the stock radio units. All that I can say is...what was the thought process of the people who designed the non-nav radio?! It is a sea of plastic (ugly, ugly plastic) with just a tiny row of buttons beneath the screen and a huge, empty space between the buttons and the screen. This unit looks like it was made in the 80s (ok, maybe late 80s) and is just plain ugly. Moreover, this thing was in ALL OF THE 9-5s I saw on the lot. The ugliness was in the 9-5s that cost 45k and in the 9-5s that cost over 50k.
I just don't understand the thinking behind this radio unit. You can get a much-better looking one in a regular cadillac, for 35k! I like SAABs and I was instantly turned off by this thing--imagine a person who is just scouting cars. He'd look inside the vehicle and be instantly disgusted by this radio unit. I mean, it just seems so ugly and so out of place...damn SAAB (or GM, not sure who designed this unit)--what were you thinking? Every other part of the car is just gorgeous but the radio kills the whole look, especially because the radio unit is so large.
Rant over.
By the way, what's a 'bio power' 9-5?