Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:01:53 -0500 From: "Phil Costa" <pccostanospamrama.com> Subject: Re: My new used SAAB
I've had a 91 900 that I purchased in Dec, 1990. Best car I've ever owned....and maybe the last. "Tom Reingold" <trn07040-nospamnospamast.net> wrote in message news:33easlF3scrqeU1nospamvidual.net... > James Sweet wrote: > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnospamfitter.com> wrote in message > > news:41D1B7AC.137E821Fnospamfitter.com... > > > >> > >>randyJG wrote: > >> > >>>Just purchased my first SAAB yesterday $600.00 body is in pretty good > >>>condition but for a few rust holes in doors. > >>> > >>>It is a 900 5 speed much different than the 9000 I drove a few weeks ago > >>>with automatic trans and turbo. > >> > >>But which model and MY? They are different cars, I have never driven > >>a 900 (any of them). > > > > > > You should try it, the 900's are true Saabs, the 9000's are nice cars, but > > definitly very different, they drive nicely but they don't feel particularly > > "Saab-ish" > > > > > > > Since you use the 900 to define what a Saab is, your statement is a > tautology. It is effectively saying the 900 is the closest model to the > 900. Well, yup. > > The 900 had a really unusual steering system. I liked it. It invited > quick handling. The 9000 doesn't invite spirited driving, but when you > choose to do it, it says, "sure, I can handle that fine". > > They both are excellent in snow. > > Tom Reingold > Noo Joizy