Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:13:55 +0000 From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: What makes a Saab Engine so durable ?
in article ato6d7$14jch$1nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de, Grunff at grunffnopsam.com wrote on 17/12/2002 21:52: > Walt Kienzle wrote: >> BTW, while I was there, I drove a new Opel >> Vectra 2.2 rental car. My impression was that it had a lot of wonderful >> (useless and annoying) technology on it, but generally was a piece of junk >> that was likely to break down any minute. Is that generally how Opel cars >> are, or did I get a bad sample? > > Walt, that's a remarkably astute observation; even more so given > the short time it took you to make it. > > They are indeed pieces of crap. It's just a shame that NG900s > have so much in common with them. Still, the Lotus Carlton was something, eh? I'd rather see a Saab with that kind of oomph as a production model though. Paul 1985 900i 16V 1989 900 Turbo S http://pjgh.go.dyndns.org/saab/index.html