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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:03:12 -0500
From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom>
Subject: Re: The Phattest 900


I drove an '86 8v 900 and it was NOT fast out of the light. I would have never considered racing another car out of a light with the base 8valve engine. Where I could take other cars was in the turns. Now, if I were in my turbo Volvo. . ... saabsternopsameja.com wrote: > - sort of aubergine paint with gold fiberglass body kit > - front *and* rear crossdrilled rotors > - slick red aftermarket calipers > - 16" wheels with Dunlop low-profile tread > - sport exhaust > - alarms out the wazoo > - aftermarket racing pedals, shift knob > - shiny stuff all over the dash > - 127,000 km > > I saw this beauty in the parking lot at Home Depot in Richmond, BC > yesterday. From the chrome grill and other features I think it was > built between '88 and '93. > > As I was driving home to Vancouver on the freeway in rush hour traffic, > guess what pulled up next to me? That's right. We nodded at each other > and when the traffic cleared over the bridge the race was on. Sixty, 70 > mph up Vancouver's Knight street, we weaved through traffic as I tried > keeping up. The damn thing was *too fast*. When we dragged from a > stop light he was 10 car lengths ahead of me in 6 seconds. But! When I > earlier peeked in at the interior there was *no turbo gauge* on the > dash and on the hatch it just said "Saab 900"--just like my 8v, but > unlike my 900 the letters and numbers were only half as tall as the > griffon symbol. No 900S, no "16 Valve". Could this have been an 8v like > mine? Can I make my car as fast as his? From the info I've given, can > anyone tell me what year this car was, what the engine might've been? > > Saabster > 85 900 8v 5spd > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/

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