Date: 6 Jun 2005 21:35:46 -0400 From: Roo <UseLinkToEmailnospamForumz.com> Subject: Re: Re: Umm...where is my Oil Filter?
"Pooh Bear" wrote: > Dexter J wrote: > > > Salutations: > > > > On Mon, 02 May 2005 18:24:49 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> wrote: > > > > > > On the continent you ask for a 'half liter"? I will > ask some people who > > > lived in Germany how they ordered a beer :-) > > > > When last we walked through this at alt.autos.saab - I'm > pretty sure we > > were reliably informed that they simply order by litre > almost exclusively > > .. :) .. > > In Germany perhaps ? Idid put in the caveat *normally*btw. > ;-) > > I can assure you I've ordered by the half litre ( in > Scandinavia for example > ) but now I come to think of it in Germany it was more like " > drei Bier bitte > ". > > > > I'm of two minds on the metric system having grown up on the > imperial > > measures act - only to have to changed about the time I was > getting > > through high school here in Canada. Made for some > interesting finals for > > many. > > Yeah, I started on imperial and *thankfully* we started using > metric shortly > after starting physics at school. Measures like footpoundals > just make no > sense at all. > > > > Interestingly - I can adjust my 1993 Aero display to report > metric > > temperatures and 24 hour clocks - but at the same time still > measure > > mileage in imperial or US gallons. I much prefer metric for > measurement > > and fasteners, but still like imperial for comparative > calculations. > > I find imperial still handy for 'everyday' things like inches, > feet, pints. > Engineering *only* makes sense in metric. > > I've more or less got better used to degrees C now too. > > Graham The best price I have come across for the SAAB oil filter tool is here: http://www.brickboard.com/CLASSADS/?id=9404 It is the shallow 32mm, 6-point socket... Happy SAAB-ing! -- Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Saab-Umm-Oil-Filter-ftopict118035.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=600409
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