Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:33:03 +0200 From: "Jan Soderberg" <jan.soderbergnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Saabs are little bitch cars (BS)
---- I saw one TV commercial with a BMW without their traction >controll sliding its way around a slushy course and barely >managing to hold on while being followed by an identical car >with the electronic traction control looking like it was ready >to jump on the trunk of the lead car and eat it for lunch. Front >or rear drive, computers will make us all better drivers. There is always a limitation in the extent a computer can save you. Systems like the one BMW (or M-B) uses prevents you from building up potentially dangerous speed/yaw rate situation, but if you suddenly run into a situation like that, like an ice-spot or a snow-string the computerized control system woun't be able to help you. - Then you'd be lucky to drive a Saab! (or any other FWD or AWD car for that matter) BTW I'we once raced against a tuned BMW 325 on a track, using a standard 2.3 T Saab. Had some problems in getting the power to the ground in sharp bends (burnt a lot of rubber) , where I lost distance to the BMW, but the situation was the opposite on the straights! Overall the Saab was the fastest. (I still don't judge my Saab as a performance car in the regular sense, but for everyday use, and especially in situations like passing a long truck in a snow storm, there is not much competition) / Jan Soderberg (... BMW 520, BMW 520 Wagon, Saab 9000 CS 2.3 T)
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