Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:08:23 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: Maintain Your Identity - Saab
Al wrote: > Ah the purists... > > "There's never been a better train than the Flying Scotsman" > > "The spitfire was the last true fighter plane" > > "The supermarket has killed the corner shop" > > "LP's sound so much better than CD's" > > "Good music died in 1970" > > Whilst I drive a C900 Aero, and love it to bits, I am grown up enough to > realise that time moves on. We own a NG900 too, and I've said it before and > I'll say it again, it has been a superb car, reliable, tough, comfortable, > safe and actually a bit of a head turner with my clients. I work in Civil > Engineering, most engineers I work with drive Focus or Mundeo type vehicles > it's not a rich business. I keep trying to spread the word, Saabs are well > priced on the second hand market here in the UK. > > Yes the NG is a GM car, so what, it's a good car. As was my 1996 9000. > Currently thinking about buying a 1999/2000ish 9-3. > > I am bored with all the negativity here about newer Saabs, read the posts > guys, many of our posters are drivers of NG900's, 9-3s and 9-5s. > > The C900 was actually the car that made Saab, it was the car that moved Saab > from a vehicle driven by quirky eccentric head teachers and vegetarian > college lecturers to a vehicle bought by company directors. Rather than the > obligatory Jags and Beamers of the 80's. > > The C900 was the beginning not the end, and the NG900 was not the beginning > of the end. You're missing the point Al. Yes, the NG900, and the 9^3 and 9^5 are perfectly usable cars. But the real point is how do they compare with their competitors? Hows does a 9^3 compare with a same-year BMW 3 series? Or even an Audi A4? On the other hand, how did the C900 compare with a same-year BMW 3 series? I've spent a lot of time looking at recent Saabs, and driving them, and I'm just not impressed - which is why when I needed newish car, I bought a BMW. -- Grunff
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