Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:25:10 GMT From: johannes <johsnospampspamefitter.com> Subject: Re: Free Saab's
Fred W wrote: > > johannes wrote: > > > > DervMan wrote: > > > >>"Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > >>news:C1F9EA60.75E9%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... > >> > >>>in article 45D41A5A.4841BDB9nospamail.com, Eeyore at > >>>rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com wrote on 15/02/2007 08:31: > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>nobody wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>"Saab Automobile USA is announcing that it will offer a free new Saab to > >>>>>any > >>>>>U.S. customer who covers the distance of one million miles (or more) in > >>>>>a > >>>>>Saab that he or she originally purchased new." > >>>> > >>>>You're a bit late with that one. > >>> > >>>So were SAAB, IMO - they should have made a much bigger fuss over this guy > >>>and his car. A missed opportunity in many ways, which is a shame. > >> > >>Isn't it just. > >> > >>Mind you, Volvo missed a trick when one of their cars ticked over the two > >>million mark a couple of years ago... as I recall... > > > > > > Problem is that "past performance does not indicate future results..." > > Now Saab is GM and Volvo is Ford. > > One only has to drive the cars in question to know that is an extreme > over-simplification. Guilty as charged. Actually said companies have benefited from Saab and Volvo engine Technology.