Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:30:19 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHGG -nt
in article MKE6d.163397$hZ3.32899nospamnews.blueyonder.co.uk, Al at alistairdorenospamo.com wrote on 29/09/2004 21:16: > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com> wrote in > message news:4159C4A5.CCDD0733nospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com... >> >> >> John B wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:52:34 GMT, Malcolm William Mason <mwm1nospamedu> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Cannot buy an Opel in North America and Audi is so "tarted up" that... >>>> >>>> What do others feel about the world market? >>>> >>>> What could replace Saab? >>>> >>> >>> At the risk of being heavily flamed: I've had the opportunity to drive a >>> few >>> BMWs, and they're really not bad cars. Pretty reliable, comfortable, fun >>> to >>> drive. The 325xi (or 328) would be a serious contender to replace my c900 >>> if I >>> were limited in my selection to non-Saabs. >>> >>> John >> >> The new designs are a bit controversial. As much as I dislike the z4 and >> the >> new 1 series, I think the new 5 series looks really cool. BMW drivers is >> another matter. You rarely see them in the inner lane of the motorways >> unless >> something is amiss e.g. like using a space saver tire, or if they want to >> turn >> off the next junction. Even then they're more likely to queue jump at the >> very >> last moment and then throw the anchor out like hell the match the queue >> for the >> junction. > > The only way you'll ever catch me in a beemer is if my wife decides to take > the piss and hires a beemer hearse for my last journey. > > Beemers are good solid well engineered vehicles, but the thought of being > associated with the kind of people who drive them is just awful. > > If I couldn't drive a saab, I guess I quite fancy a Scooby or maybe a > Hummer..... I'm having a TransAm for my funeral car - you can get the coffin sideways on the boot and handbrake my corpse into the ground! That, and a hired troup of wailing Arabian women and Joy Division's 'Atmosphere' as the background music :) Perfect funeral. So, is there a "wailing Arabian women-R-US" anywhere? I need to get my executor in check. If SAAB did not exist, I'd own an Audi Quattro Coupe (80s model) or a VW Scirocco GT2 (which my wife was driving when I met her ... What a babe), or of course a Porsche 944. I see where you're coming from with the Scooby though ... Not as vicious torque curve as the C900 though. You'd probably find it a little tame. Have you seen a SAAB 9-2 yet? Scooby Impreza engine with SAAB styling ... It's has, erm, mixed reviews. Paul