Elder wrote:

Doctors, Lawyer, teachers, pilots, people who required precission and
standards along with performance and longevity would buy Saab Turbos.

Really? I though it was the twits who believed the crap about fighter
jets.

In article ,
says...
I have the poor cousin of the 2.0 turbos in the 9-3 range. Good excuse to
Hirsch upgrade*.

Best excuse for a Hirsch upgrade is you get black and god Saab roundels,
and only Saab people know what that means.
--
Carl Robson
Get cashback on your purchases
Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm
Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553

In article ,
says...

"DanB" wrote in message
...
"Adrian" wrote in message
...
(SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are
just tarted-up Vectras.

I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that
makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the platform
sharing.

Oh, I think you'd be surprised.

The number of (totally un-car) people who've said to me "Oooh, a proper
Saab - before they were just Vauxhalls"

S'cos they said it on Top Gear, if you remember, when some new convertible
Saab came out, May said "If you want a tarted up Vectra convertible, there
you go" heh, after they'd discussed that it was just a Vectra underneath.
That'll have educated a fair few people, who'd then love to trot it out to
anyone they knew with a Saab heh!

--
Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65


=================================================
I don't really care what Hammond and co say cos they are knobs. To me a a
Saab will always be better than aVauxhall.


And me.
--
Carl Robson
Get cashback on your purchases
Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm
Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553

(Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

Doctors, Lawyer, teachers, pilots, people who required precission and
standards along with performance and longevity would buy Saab Turbos.

Really? I though it was the twits who believed the crap about fighter
jets.

****. Which category do I fall into? I'm very scared now.

In article , %steve%
@malloc.co.uk says...
Elder wrote:

Doctors, Lawyer, teachers, pilots, people who required precission and
standards along with performance and longevity would buy Saab Turbos.

Really? I though it was the twits who believed the crap about fighter
jets.

Nah, long before the Jets.
They didn't really do the jet thing until the later C900, and the 9000.
But they have been making 99 turbos since about 1974 I think.

At the time of the 900 with it driving over the cliff and disapearing as
a jet there still was a link with Saab aero engineering and Saab cars.

Still, we can hope that Porsche will buy Saab to re-unite it with Scania
and the griffin badges on the older cars can make sense again.
--
Carl Robson
Get cashback on your purchases
Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm
Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

But they have been making 99 turbos since about 1974 I think.

'77 - last year was the 30th anniversary.

"Elder" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
I have the poor cousin of the 2.0 turbos in the 9-3 range. Good excuse
to
Hirsch upgrade*.

Best excuse for a Hirsch upgrade is you get black and god Saab roundels,
and only Saab people know what that means.


And the Saab dealer can do it, which means "it was just an expensive
service, darling" heh.

--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

In article ,
says...
Elder gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

But they have been making 99 turbos since about 1974 I think.

'77 - last year was the 30th anniversary.

Sorry, I thought it was arround before that, I thought the 900 came out
in 79, can't believe it was only out 2 years before the 900.
--
Carl Robson
Get cashback on your purchases
Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm
Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553

The end being the people at the back. Some systems work remarkably well.
I like it icy cold, Charlie likes it furnace hot* and the 9-3 works well
in this respects.

*minor exaggeration for Usenet purposes.

A devastatingly effective minor exaggeration, I must admit.

--
"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

DervMan wrote:
"Elder" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
I have the poor cousin of the 2.0 turbos in the 9-3 range. Good excuse
to
Hirsch upgrade*.

Best excuse for a Hirsch upgrade is you get black and god Saab roundels,
and only Saab people know what that means.


And the Saab dealer can do it, which means "it was just an expensive
service, darling" heh.


Saab dealers now fit Gods?

Dearie me, I bet Sven Harris from Sales would love that.

"I don't care about your steenkingly cup holders, my car, eet has a God,
feeted by the dealer. Only Saabs can be feeted weeth a God. Eets
Devastatingly awesome"

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"