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Date: 7 Aug 2001 02:12:00 -0700
From: skieltynopsamritech.com (Shawn)
Subject: Re: How many miles on your Saab??


Tom Reed <treednopsamir.csustan.edu> wrote in message news:<Pine.SOL.4.02.10108061454330.3727-100000nopsamir.csustan.edu>... > On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Nutmegger wrote: > > > Tom Reed says... > > >Unfortunately that car is no longer with me: it was running fine a couple > > >months ago when I managed to spin it out and roll it over. > > > > Cripes, they don't roll all that easy! > > I had been awake for about 15 hours and driving for at least 2. It was > late evening (9pm), and I was driving on a narrow country road. I looked > down at the dash and must have looked a bit too long because when I looked > back up I was drifting onto the (gravel) "shoulder". The car got loose, > flew over to (and off) the other side of the road, where it climbed a > canal bank, took out at least 50ft of a barbed wire fence, spun out, and > rolled back down the canal bank. The fenders were crumpled, the hatchback > thrown open and bent over to one side, I lost a bumper and a mirror. The > windshield and rear window were shattered. But for all that the passenger > compartment held its shape (the front right hand corner of the roof was > pushed down slightly, but not enough to interfere with the head of anyone > who might have been sitting there [which no one was]). > > > >It's ok though, because then I bought the 9000 (which I prefer anyway). > > > > I do also, but I also really, really miss the SPG. > > I think the 9000 make a lot more sense: the steering geometry especially. > I always hated driving the 900 through a parking lot. The gears seem to > be spaced out better in the 9000 (in the 900 there seemed to be a big gap > between 2nd and 3rd -- though the 9000 doesn't seem to like to pull from > low speeds in 2nd as well), and the power seems to come on a lot more > smoothly. Of course the 40hp increase doesn't hurt either. > > What do you miss about the SPG? > > > Tom R. treednopsamir.csustan.edu > > "The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, > but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman." > --Alan Perlis Oh - jw (way back on this thread) - i had a Subaru go 290K - I just went to look at new ones - and they aren't any fun to drive. So I went back home to fix my Saab -- I really never intended to own a Saab - but my friend made me buy his by practically giving it to me. 1989 900 - 186.000 miles - I'll be disapointed if it doesn't go 300,000.. Shawn

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