Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:43:50 GMT From: Nutmegger<Menopsamcretroad.com> Subject: Re: 9-5?
Marc Escuro says... >>> You mean the S60? >> >> No, I meant the C70, is that now the S60? >> I can't keep track of them all, but found it on the web. >> http://www.autofan.com/may99/2/gallery.htm > > Aaaaahh.... I don't see that many of them here in the Bay Area. Ever >since Volvo started renaming their entire line, I'm lost. I know the S80, >S60, and S40. Then there's the V70 and the C70. Is there another one I'm >missing? I don't know. > >>> Well... Ideally, I'd like 3 too -- my current 9-5, Mercedes CL500 (test >>> drove it and fell in love...I just can't afford it), and the Cadillac >>> Escalade. >> Quite the variety there. Like a friend of mine who races Alfa Romeos, drives >> an >> Audi and an Explorer. I tease him about it. > > An Explorer?? I'd tease him too. ;) Sorry, I'm not a big Ford fan -- >unless it's a Jag. That is precisely why I do also. I will never own a Ford vehicle. > >> Yes, but it is hot too. I liked the silver I had best on my 900. > > Yeah... Its' hot... Especially when you have the Charcoal interior like >I do. :) That is like what I have now, and the leather burns my legs in the summer time. >> How many do you see out there? When I got my first Saab, there weren't THAT >> many around, but more than I've seen in other states. Now, I can't go out >> without passing at least 4 or 5. > > When I got my car last year, there really weren't that many around. I >was also told by the salesperson that there weren't many Black 9-5 Aeros on >the west coast. In fact, there wasn't one in the Bay Area at the time. >They actually had to get my car shipped in from Seattle. So, for a short >time, I think I was the only Black 9-5 Aero in the Bay Area, if not the >state. Oh, how sweet! :) > I still haven't seen many Aeros on the road. I've only seen one. >I see the occasional >silver one. I do see more 9-5's, but generally the base or SE model. But I >still haven't seen a 9-5 with the pedestal spoiler (like mine). :) That looks very sharp, I like it. >>> Plus, I don't have to be one of the thousands in >>> Silicon Valley with a 5-series BMW. >> Oh, they are around here lots too, all the ivy league schools. Young kids >> driving them, (graduation presents) thinking they are so cool. > > HAHA!!! I see a few of those people around Stanford. :) I'm class of >1997, and it took 3 years before I got this car... So I'm not exactly old... >;) Hey - I had to wait until I was 28 to get mine! >All I got from graduation was a watch. :) I got a gold bracelet. >A friend from high school got an XK8 when he graduated from Boston U. Ugh.... Must be nice, huh? ~J~
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