Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:39:12 GMT From: "Skid" <skid2nopsami.com> Subject: Re: HELP!!! a newbie to the "saab world"
"Hale" <halenopsamam.mail.com> wrote in message news:ExvS8.169329$nZ3.79030nopsamnsc53... > Bob wrote: > > > > FWIW, I've met several > > folks who've remarked "I drive a Saab because I was in an accident > > that should have killed me, but because I was driving a Saab I walked > > away from it". Like I said, FWIW. > > > That's really not far from truth. At my house it IS the truth. I've just bought my third Saab, a '99 9-3 SE. I drove an '86 900 for six years and 170 thousand trouble-free miles before a drunken politician ran a red light on election night (he lost) and slammed into my driver's side door with a big Buick. Knocked the Saab completely off the street and into a building. My car was totalled, I didn't have a scratch. We replaced that Saab with a '92 9000. It gave us a solid decade of faithful service until May 16, when a woman talking on a cell phone ran a stop sign and T-boned it with a Chevy van. The Saab was bentnd the car was totalled, but the interior stayed intact and my wife was unhurt. That's twice a Saab gave its life to save one of us. I did check the one we just bought to make sure it didn't have a target painted on the side. My wife still won't take the shortcut to her office. But every morning we compete to see who gets to drive the three-year-old Saab. The loser has to settle for a 2001.5 Passat GLX (an Audi A4 in sheep's clothing.) Between the feeling of security, the comfort of the seats and the pure fun of driving a turbo, there's nothing like a Saab. The latest figures from Highway Loss Data > Institutes show above average accident rates for Saab 9-3 and 9-3 conv. but > below average injuries. > Check it here: > > http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ictl/ictl_0901.pdf
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