[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: I drove an interesting car Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by EGD [Email] (#663) [Profile/Gallery] (more from EGD) on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:46:51 In Reply to: I drove an interesting car, No Snaab, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:57:57 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

You're not a geezer -- you're just nostalgic for something you can't ever have anymore.

Sure, there's a lot of BS available for new cars these days (rain-sensing wipers come to mind) but much of the new stuff enhances safety and I'm all for it (side curtain airbags, EBD, stability control, etc.).

And new cars, even with all the superfluous crap, are light years better than the stuff cranked out even 15 years ago. My primary objection to a lot of the BS in new cars is that it comes 'packaged' with a lot of the good stuff so I have to pay for it even though I don't want or need it.

And some of the worst automotive experiences I've had came with one of the simpler cars I owned -- an '80 VW Rabbit L with unreliable electronics. My '04 Mazda6 wagon, though, is by today's standard a stripped car -- V6, manual tranny, power windows, and no options whatsoever -- and it's been bulletproof for 91K miles.



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• I drove an interesting car, No Snaab, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:57:57
  • 2.7 liter four...., Mike Lynch , Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:07:07
    • Re: 2.7 liter four...., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:14:43
      • Re: 2.7 liter four...., trama , Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:55
  • Re: I drove an interesting car, EGD , Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:46:51 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Thanks for the complement..., Ric, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:55:30
      • Re: Thanks for the complement..., No Snaab, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:28:17
  • would love to see Saab go more simple..., James, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:04:26
  • Re: I agree with you, BobS, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:07:46
    • Re: I agree with you, Noel, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:27:17
      • Little things and ignorance and batteries, BobS, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:51:45
  • Basic cars still exist.., AlS, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:11:09
    • It will have to last forever..., vvk, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:45:53
      • so right you are. nm, AlS, Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:13:38
  • There is a car for every purpose, Wasabi, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:51:47
  • More basic is nice., Noel, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:50:17
  • Well put. ...., soccersaab, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:46:41
  • I absolutely agree... BTW, I'm only 23. n/m, JustinB, Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:16:36

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