Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:36:10 -0500 From: "geo" <nonopsamom> Subject: Re: Convince me!
"tom reingold" <trn244nopsamnline.net> wrote in message news:3E2819D8.3020700nopsamnline.net... > On 1/16/2003 3:41 PM:Gary Fritz wrote > > > > Trust me: as someone with a 9-5 wagon (Aero) and only *2* kids, a 9-5 > > wagon wouldn't do him much more good than a Viggen. It's tiny. My 5- and > > 7-yr-olds are cramped in the back seat. There's barely room for their feet > > behind my seat. Granted, I do have it back a ways, but still... > > Really now? Another strike against the 9-5! I am on my second 9000, and > the back seat's leg room is fantastic. Just about the only better cars > for rear leg room are American land yachts. Also, the depth of the seat > cushion (i.e. front to back distance on the part you sit on) is much > bigger than the average back seat in a car. > > I've been thinking that I will eventually get a used 9-5. Perhaps I > won't, hearing all the criticisms you've made. I'm with you. I was thinking of a 9-5 wagon but my 9000CSET is looking better all the time. I'll put in a new stereo, have the clutch & timing chain done next year and go another 156k miles and put the rest of the money in an annuity. Natural Light Black and White Photography http://www.phastnet.com/~geos/ -George-