And in rolls the SaaBeeru ... by Bradcr

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Weekend project time- first off is a spring (not the season) and summer tire swap. Decided to go to a 5/7kg setup from a 7/9kg. It was perfectly fine on the road trips I've been taking, but a few of the local Seattle freeways are a little jarring; 5/7 is still double the stock springs and should put it right where I want it. Fortunately, I've had no bouncing and the MDUs are holding up quite well, the only touch of surface rust I could find was in the very bottom of the coilovers. Considering these have been driven about 70% on snow with salt, not too shabby.

And compare to my DBA 4000s that went on new at the same time :

Step 2 is just as big- back to stock downpipe, back to stock intake, and I'll be heading in for baseline dyno pulls on the 22nd. The new exhaust will be built over those next two weeks, now along with a fresh intake and the SaaBeeru's first protune

A Saab 9-2X is essentially an 05-06 Impreza wagon built by Subaru with different body panels, suspension, and a slightly different interior. Engine and drivetrain-wise, the cars are identical, and the Linear models are same as base Imprezas and Aero models like I have are the same as a WRX.
It was part of a deal GM had with Subaru when GM owned Saab, and was dissolved prematurely, so the cars were built for just over a year. To my knowledge, they were just US and Canadian market cars; the couple Russian and Swedish examples I've seen are imports, so there's a chance there's not a single one in Germany.