Date: 20 Nov 2001 03:13:54 -0800 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) Subject: Re: Purchasing a Saab
"Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> wrote in message news:<3BF9CD71.47EAnopsams.com>... > Geo wrote: > > > > "Nutmegger" <Nutmeggernopsamunkmail.com> wrote in message > > news:FA1I7.22643$xS6.35416nopsamnewsranger.com... > > > Just Bob says... > > > > > > >> By the way, I didn't know that GM also built fighter aircraft. > > > > > > > >Thank God they don't. > > > > :) > > > > >The bombs wouldn't release, the landing gear > > > >wouldn't deploy, and the engine would stumble whenever you pushed the > > > >throttle wide open. > > > > > > You didn't mention poor design or bad placement of fuel storage. > > > > > > >I bet the air brakes would even squeal. > > > > > > I bet the motors would leak oil. > > > > > > > They perfected that technique on the Saturn. Now forever out of my life > > thank god. > > > > Natural Light Black and White Photography > > http://home.att.net/~geost/ > > -George- > > > Have I got this wrong? Saabs are built by GM, aren't they? Well, by definition since Saab is now owned by GM. However, Saab engineering and manufacturing in Sweden is quite separate from GM building yank-tanks. Johannes