Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 22:57:37 +0000 From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: alt.autos.saabanskoda [WAS: What fuel for a classic 900 in UK]
in article MPG.185938231f9f7270989f7anopsam.cis.dfn.de, SkodaPilot at carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com wrote on 05/12/2002 10:17: > In article <lDueSMAmbp79Ewhlnopsam.demon.co.uk>, cggsnopsamere.co.uk > says... >> The one about sow's ears comes to mind but most of us have been there at >> one misguided time or another. Not that there's anything much wrong >> with Skodas nowadays. ;-) <snip>Carl's Skoda evangelism</snip> Is this group now alt.autos.saabandskoda? Personally speaking, I like it :) There's no heritage between the two cars, but (as I have said before) I do still maintain that the Skoda Rally and the Saab 99 look similar. I went for a curry with a workmate for lunch today and the drive there was fun. We were in my '85 900i and pulled off a roundabout behind a 99 (with me jumping around in my seat going "f*ck me, 99") ... and f*ck me (again) a Skoda Rally came in behind us. I just had to overtake the 99 (and grin on the way past ... It's something to do with big rubber bumpers and flat-nose Saabs, ya know) to compare the two in the rear-view mirror. You've enlightened us all Carl. I'm a Skoda spotter now :) Paul 1985 900i 16V 1989 900 Turbo S http://pjgh.go.dyndns.org/saab/index.html