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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 01:12:52 +0100
From: Charles Christacopoulos <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: New Owner!


Wrangler wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been lurking for a while, watching this group as I had had my eye on > an ex-demo Saab 9-3 Sports Saloon 2.2 TiD and wanted to make sure that > no-one was going to go "Oh gawld! Not one of those!!".. which no-one has! > > Anyway, I picked it up yesterday from Oxford Saab... heated seats, ES3-7 > Satnav, Reverse Aid, Arm rest and the in-dash 6 CD changer... Just waiting > for the dealer fit car phone to come on the market so I am hands free (not > plugged into my earpiece) for phone calls and myself or colleagues can use > the Bluetooth on my laptop to VPN into work (which sounds awfully geekish, > but I am a geek by trade!) over GPRS. > > I have to say, I am a happy camper, and what it said on the wrapper it does! > > I have been driving a Chrysler Grand Voyager - which is a wonderful > vehicle - however with the change of job I now have to drive 106 miles a day > (roundtrip), and the 3.3 litre of the Chrysler was not going to go well on > such a journey... i.e.: about £500 a month in fuel... > > On todays travels I reset the Average mpg as I left the M4, and cruised at > 70mph from the M4 J8/9 to M40 J9 and onto home and got a very respectable > 50.5mpg! That and the state of the fuel tank / D.T.E. (taken with a pinch of > salt until I know how accurate it is) works out to about one tank of fuel a > week for my travelling, in comparison to two and a bit in the Chrysler > Voyager... OK, different beasts, but refreshing to know I am back in the > world of economic driving and the car has met my expectations! > > Pretty damn cool... Gawd ... you did drive one of those things. The SAAB has no bling bling man. How can you live without darkened windows? You likes the armrest. Oh man. Why does anyone buy a "supposingly" sporting SAAB with an arm rest. Contradiction in terms. I just had a 9-3 on loan from the dealer the armrest was on the way even with the auto box gearstick. However, do enjoy :-) and let us know when you darken the windows. Charles -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/

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