Driving through Hollywood last Saturday, I smelled coolant. When we came out of The Grove, I saw a bunch of coolant on the ground under the Saab. I popped the hood, didn't see a hole or leak immediately, so dumped all the bottled water I had in the car and made it home.

The above pic is what I found. The heater hose had a slit. Of course, no local shops had one of these things, so I ordered one from RockAuto. It's a pair of molded hoses, bound together in the middle. Old one on the left, channellocks for size perspective.

The hoses use those stupid spring clamps instead of worm clamps, which was lots of fun to both release and attach. And the heater core ends had to be reached from under the car. But all in all, not a horrible job. Took about half an hour.