Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:59:12 -0500 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Looking for my next Saab
Paul Halliday wrote: > in article 43DABC45.4030204nospamo.com, ma_twain at ma_twainnospamo.com wrote > on 28/01/2006 00:35: > > >> >>Paul Halliday wrote: >> >> >>>in article 43urrhF1p8koqU1nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net >>>wrote on 27/01/2006 15:17: >>> >>> >>> >>>>On 27 Jan 2006 07:05:27 -0800, Misterbeets <misterbeetsnospaml.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>"better the devil you know" & all that >>>>> >>>>>...than the angel you don't? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Pretty much, yeah. >>>> >>>> >>>If he takes that attitude, he'll never change his car. SAABs never seem to >>>go wrong enough to get to that point where you say, "sod it ... It's too >>>much!" ... Even after being written off :) >>> > > >>Unless it is a GM Saab :-) I easily parted with a GM Saab. I stil have >>second thoughts about selling my 1985 C900 with the base 8V engine. >>However, I have a SPG C900 now, so it makes parting with 1985 somewhat >>easier :-) >> > > I let my '85 C900 8V go when I got the '89 C900 T8 (Aero style). I really > regret letting that one go. It was a great car all round ... Turbos are fun, > though, aren't they :) > > Paul > > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ > The 8V base engine was somewhat underpowered, but it was the perfect match for winter driving in the C900. I had too much fun driving the 1985 C900 in the winter - it rusted out after 16 years from all of the salt on the roads.
