Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 08:57:22 +0100 From: "Simon Watkins" <siwatkinsnopsamIEIO.org> Subject: Re: Saab dreams deflated
"Ryan" <cateranopsamswinds.net> wrote in message news:b507111c.0204131955.21890d5enopsaming.google.com... > Well, I came extremly close to buying a 1999 9-5 today, but my wife > didn't like it, said it was too small, not big enough for our "family" > to go on trips, even though I doubt more than 4 of us will ever go > anywhere again (Family of 6 but 1 has moved out and another is on her > way) said it was too much like a sports car and asked me if I wanted > it because it made me feel young to drive it, so now I am looking at > larger cars like an Audi A6 (Even though its smaller, it seems larger > and thats what I have to get her to think) so it looks like I'll never > have a Saab now, even though I will drive the new car 90% of the time > and an Audi will never get the gas milage of a Saab, oh well, I'll > always deam of one. > > Ooy! It was a nice one too, a Black 9-5 with tan leather all the > options, WHAT NOW?!? Anybody have any suggestions, I honestly think > that I am going to have to get a car with a bench seat so she can have > her purse by her feet on those rare occasions when she drives it. > > So what now?? If I can't have a Saab, what should I be looking for, it > has to be a "Family" car, it has to be large enough for 5 people to go > on a long vacation (Even though 5 of us never will) and has to have > lots of leg room up front I guess, oh yeah, and get good gas milage, I > drive 50 miles a day for work. Ryan, I think your wife is deluded :-) (just kidding). Take a look at http://www.saabnet.com and in Non-Technical Saab Chat, read a recent thread called "Practical Proposition". I have a family, and the amount we regularly get into a 9-5 saloon/sedan for long trips would not fit in any other car in its class. How can she consider the A6 more spacious? Have you looked at the Saab Wagon? Simon