Date: 19 May 2004 14:58:37 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveMay2004nospam-creek.net> Subject: Re: radio cutting out in my 1995 900SE turbo convertible.
On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:09:44 +0100, MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > In article <428a1d97.0405182240.28181156nospaming.google.com>, > robertjmnospameyhockeyhockey.com says... >> (I'm still mystified that Saab puts >> the key in the middle of the floor, rather than on the dash like every >> other car maker that I've ever looked at. :-) >> > It's for safety. > Would you rather have the key out of the way in the console, or right > infront of the soft tissue above and below the knee cap in the even of a > frontal collision? Makes sense, happens rarely but when it does you will > be glad of any extra "Safety thought" that saab put in. I've seen it twice in a dozen years as an EMT (in non-Saab cars obviously). Not fun. It's also an anti-theft measure, and an ergonomic one. Anti-theft, because locking the gearshift is much more direct when the key is right next to it, and the "grouping of similar controls" is an ergonomic thing - your hand isn't flailing around a bunch of different places; you get in, put on your seatbelt, take off the parking brake, turn on the key, and put it into gear, all in the same area of the controls. Like so many Saab things, there aer multiple good reasons for doing things the way they are. I think my favorite multi-purpose Saab-ism is on the Sonett - the strut which goes between the tops of the front spring towers, is also a hollow pipe and acts as the radiator expansion tank. Dave Hinz
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