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Re: 1958 93; what do you want to do with it?
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Posted by Alex (more from Alex) on Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:09:18 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: 1958 93, AsherSPG, Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:38:07
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Of course it will feel old, it's an old car. The question is what you want to use it for. If it is meant as a daily driver on the motorway I'm pretty sure you will feel outdated. Compared to modern cars it will be slow, noisy, not too much comfort, just name all the fields of car engineering where progress has been made in the last decades. Contemporary American aircraft carrier sized classics will run rings around a 93 when it comes down to comfort, space and speed, although I think a 93 will have the upper hand in road holding capabilities when the road is anything else than straight. If you only use the car just for fun during the weekends, who cares about feeling old? Then it is the charm of the old age that should keep you happy, together with the thought that afterwards you can enjoy your modern daily driver again.

About 20 years ago my father bought an immaculate 1963 96 with ± 30.000 km (previously owned by a barber who only used it for going to church on Sundays, yes these stories are true sometimes...), just for living out a dream of owning an old Saab after having drooled over a lot of old 93's and 96's during holidays in Norway; in the seventies these were still pretty much in use as daily drivers there. It occupied the garage for most of the time (Dutch weather and traffic jams keeping it inside), forcing the daily driver 99 to sleeping out in the open. He sold the 96 after a year. It was fun for a while but interfered too much with everyday life. What to learn from this story? If owning an old Saab does not interfere with your daily life and you really want it, buy it and use it when the weather is fine. If you want it for daily use, think more than twice.

Alex

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