I would very much love to keep my 99s unfortunatley being young and foolish I have not yet bought a property to keep my 99s. As my landlord keeps reminding me, I do not have room to keep spare cars, particularly ones that are not running.

As for my 77 EMS I am not too sad to see it go. The body in knackered (full of rust and dodgey repairs) and the gearbox in similar nick (pops out of all gears). At least i can say it is leaving my ownership in better nick than when I got it having been licenced, partly rewired and tidied up (painted grill, mirrors and wipers) And the car is going back to my mechanic (as a part trade) who sold the car to me in the first place.

I will regret letting go of the 72 99 but the damage is too great and if repaired it will never be the same (cut n shut). I am unable to justify imposing on a friend to store it for me indefinately. You are more than welcome to take the body free of charge, but I suspect (I know!) the shipping will be prohibitive (about $700 australian to Vic)

I think I have been very fortunate in having owned two very nice 99s (99T 5 door) and my 72 99, particularly when I am still relatively young. And I will do it again in the future.

What I will miss the most I think is that wonderfull gear change the 99 4spd has. Even my stuffed EMS can be almost flat shifted at 5500rpm with only a blip of the clutch and barely a crunch.

Justin

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• I am buying a 900..... :-(, Justin, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:59:49
  • Re: I am buying a 900..... :-(, AustraliaA, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:03:47
    • Antipodean 96s, JohnC, Fri, 2 Nov 2001 02:28:56
      • Re: Antipodean 96s, AustraliaA, Fri, 2 Nov 2001 02:55:30
        • Cheers mate n/m, JohnC, Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:08:07
        • Re: Antipodean 96s, KsKid, Sat, 3 Nov 2001 11:53:46
    • Thanks AustraliaA.......(long), Justin, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:20:27 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Dont..., Karl.no, Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:06:57
    • Headlight Irony, JohnC, Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:13:01
  • hehe! welcome to the dark side justin! is it a turbo? nm, sab, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:59:35
    • Not yet....but you know how it goes :-) n/m, Justin, Tue, 30 Oct 2001 01:03:36
  • John C has a point. Any parts 99 for sale?, DougM , Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:13:29
    • No parts for sale on this BB but............ :-), Justin, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:34:08
      • There's always ebay or similar for selling old Saab parts.n/m, DougM , Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:47:24
  • ah well..., JohnC, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:26:52
  • Re: I am buying a 900..... :-(, DougM , Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:15:25
  • Re: I am buying a 900..... :-(, chris, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:28:51

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