What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Charlie207]

Love old Saabs. Bob Lutz (former GM head of product and one of the only true car guys in the whole place) had some good comments about Saab in his book "Car Guys vs Bean Counters". Basically, he thought it was horse$hit that GM tried to badge-engineer Saabs from the GM product bin.

I had a few:

1986 900S
1987 900T
1988 900 SPG
1989 900T
1990 900T
1991 900T
1997 9000 Aero
2005 9-5 Aero (only automatic, and it was ewww)

The 1988 SPG, and 1997 Aero were long-term daily drivers and had some fun upgrades.

 

[George B]

Loaded 18 60# bags of cement in it. Once the ALC responded it sat like normal and didn't even feel like the weight was in it on the way home. That ALC system is fantastic. I can't imagine why anyone would want to delete that.

 

[gooffeyguy]

I had a few:

1986 900S
1987 900T
1988 900 SPG
1989 900T
1990 900T
1991 900T
1997 9000 Aero
2005 9-5 Aero (only automatic, and it was ewww)

The 1988 SPG, and 1997 Aero were long-term daily drivers and had some fun upgrades.

My ex wife drove a 79 Saab 900 turbo when we started dating back around 1990 and sold it a couple years after getting married in 1993.

We kept a butter knife next to the console because in the winter the ignition switch (which was on the floor between the seats and behind the shifter) would freeze and the key would twist/break off if you didn't have something to help support it

 

[Charlie207]

I've only heard of Waze mentioned on this site. I thought it was like Google Maps. What is it exactly and what does membership get ya?

Registering an account gives you nothing, it just tracks your stats vs. an unregistered version of the app.
I tell everyone about Waze, even though Google bought them a few years ago, I've found it's a much better app than Google Maps for driving/directions. Plus, you know... police.

When people are reporting stuff you really get a good head's up of what might be on or around the road ahead of you.

The police that I know check themselves in whenever they park on the side of the road, because no one has time to chase speeders at 4am.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Loaded 18 60# bags of cement in it. Once the ALC responded it sat like normal and didn't even feel like the weight was in it on the way home. That ALC system is fantastic. I can't imagine why anyone would want to delete that.

That's only like 5 passengers

 

[avalonandl]

yes and no
mileage will not be correct and some vehicle settings will not work until is programmed to the vin.
vin & mileage need to be programmed in.
other than that a cluster is not even needed to drive it

Thanks, I just want to have an operating oil pressure gauge.

 

[Fless]

I need to replace my gauge cluster as my oil pressure gauge reads Zero or Pinned at 80.

Common problem on these stepper motor took thge tubes.

Can i buy one on ebay and plugnplay??? Not woried about milege Nums b/c I am at 183 K...

I do have a tech 2

Unless I missed it, see what the OP sender is reporting, using the Tech 2 and live data. Might just be the sender, not the cluster.

 

[Doubeleive]

I've only heard of Waze mentioned on this site. I thought it was like Google Maps. What is it exactly and what does membership get ya?

well it's free no charge for it, never has been
it is owned by google now they bought it several years ago
it is like google maps except different, the main difference is I guess you could call it crowd-sourced in that you as a user can make real-time traffic reports
things like objects in the road, potholes, vehicles stopped, cars on the side of the road, construction, traffic jam, animals, you name it.
you can also mark police or highway patrol locations, then as each user passes by the same marked location the app will alert you and offer you a chance the indicate if the police are still in the location or not so the alert is always in real time, if you drive by and the cop is gone you just press not there, same for any other alert set by other users.
it is also a navigation app just like google maps the main difference in navigation is better real time updates and it will offer a alternate route if traffic is jamed up
google maps is more comprehensive, but waze is programmed to automatically update the map as you drive and as a user you can submit changes if something is incorrect.
I personally use it 99.99999% of the time if I go anywhere I have it set to automatically start whenever android auto starts.
it has a small ad format that shows up accross the bottom of the screen but only when you are completely stopped and it instantly goes away when you move again.

so the bottom line is the more people that use it the more accurate it is.

 

[Sparksalot]

I've only heard of Waze mentioned on this site. I thought it was like Google Maps. What is it exactly and what does membership get ya?

Waze is google. It's also always active when installed. deal breaker for me.

 

[Sparksalot]

I had a few:

1986 900S
1987 900T
1988 900 SPG
1989 900T
1990 900T
1991 900T
1997 9000 Aero
2005 9-5 Aero (only automatic, and it was ewww)

The 1988 SPG, and 1997 Aero were long-term daily drivers and had some fun upgrades.

So you really enjoyed the Seinfeld episode where his 900 was stollen and he was overjoyed because the charred remains were from a turbo model.