Anyone got a Saab, and willing to admit it ?

[jaydee]

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And can you help me ?
I've recently got a 9-5 (I needed an estate, it was cheap, it had to be diesel, justifiable to the accountants ) and I can't make the damn thing go round corners Are they all this loose ?
I've tried
-brake straight, power through corner, but the front washes wide
-brake straight, in on a trailing throttle, nail it once you can see the exit (a la early 911), but this has the same effect

The only way to stop it understeering like crazy seems to be to fast into the corner, lift off, brake, back on the power ASAP, but this makes the back end try to overtake (fun in a 205, scary in a ) or to drive incredibly slowly through the corner, having braked early and power on once I've straightened up (as bad as a big 4x4)
Are they all this hopeless, or is it me ? The car was slightly used when we bought it, it's got OEM Bridgestones which are very lightly used (4.5k miles) the pressures are as per the book, there's no evidence of dodgy tracking.

Help I keep getting having to corner like a blue-rinser in a Micra, so what's wrong ???