DanB wrote:

Hmm, I dunno, like I said on MSN t'other night, you've never said any Saab
has been anything but ****, and if you had that opinion after getting in a
nearly new one today, I can't see that 260bhp, stopping for fuel every 300
miles tops (at £80 a time) and getting new front tyres every 5k miles
tops - assuming you don't power understeer into ditch first - is going to
make you happy :-)


Oh and you'd have a car, based on a Vectra, but where the Vectra version of
yours (the VXR) is far better to drive, and far more able to use the power.
Could you handle that embarassment ;-) ? I mean, I know you don't like the
VXR inside, but aside from Clarkson, who did that silly review, everyone
reckons that they're actually really rather excellent. Evo had one as a
long term tester, than even did track time. It never went wrong, and it
kept up with some very exotic machinary cross country.

On the other hand....

The Vectra is still a Vectra and I'd prefer my Vectra with a
semi-prestige Saab bagde and for all the bad points about the 9-5
interior and it being rather dated to look at, you have to give them
credit for not using shiny, brittle plastic everywhere and fitting
sensible, comfortable seats.
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