Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 04:04:04 GMT From: "Harry Davis" <harryedavisnopsamediaone.net> Subject: Re: 2000 corvette
All new Saabs in the US are turbo. "Nutmegger" <Nutmeggernopsameja.com> wrote in message news:_U6g7.7695$2u.56200nopsamnewsranger.com... > In article <zd%f7.2746$R2.3131874nopsamoon.ne.mediaone.net>, keemo_saabe says... > > > >Just drove a 2000 vet , my old Saab died mysteriously in the > >driveway.(battery I think, just went pop) > > Oh no! > > anyways I was running to a wedding > >and couldn't get the car out of the driveway to get the wife's(one car > >driveway!). Asked a neighbor if I could borrow a ride and make it to the > >wedding. Made it on time , Got lost on the way home! > > It didn't come with a compass built in? ;) > > So here is the deal, > >The Vet did handle well and the v8 made me want to just stomp on it all the > >time. > > The vette I drove (don't know the year) just handled ok, but yeah - the V8 in > that small light car made me want to stomp too. > > (my wife kept covering her eyes so I guess I shouldn't get one) bottom > >line My 1993 Saab 9000 Aero with only 109,000 miles young, feels just as > >fast. The vet was an automatic and I left the traction control on but when I > >stomped on it from a standstill or on the highway I didn't feel a whole lot > >more powerful than the Saab. > > I just drove a friend's new GTI and the my Saab felt just as powerful if not > more so. And, yesterday on the way home from the beach, an Audi wagon wanted to > play and I was in the mood, so..... > It was too easy! I'm thinking is THAT all that thing has got? > > >It is great to drive other cars to get perspective, > > I love it, I love driving. > > >I drove a BMW 540 last year and you could keep that car too. > > Hehehe! > > > >So for now I will keep the Saab for a while longer. > > Yay! > > >As I told my wife part of > >the charm of this car is they don't make it any more. I think I would love a > >new 95 have not driven one, I think the build quality is better than the old > >days. I certainly will not replace it with a vet. > > If I was going to buy a new Saab, it would definitely have to be turbo. > > ~J~
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