Leave in gear, or not ?

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Forgot to add: I always depress the clutch in a manual too. Partly because it lessens the load on the starter motor but also, as Lee points out, why not? ... you need to depress the clutch to put it into 1st/reverse gear anyway.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Saab's are cool. Well i say that the 9000 i had was cool, not sure about the others

I agree. I didn't mean they're weird in a bad way. I like weird, that's why my car ownership history contains various hydropneumatic Citroens.

Funnily thing is, most of the work done on my S8 is done by an independent Saab specialist, mainly because the garage is local, the owner is a customer and friend of mine, he's a very good mechanic who I trust, and also because I used to get to drive some of his weird Saabs while mine was in for repair.

Of course with Saabs on the decrease now he's moved on to other vehicle makes .... mainly Audi, thanks to me