Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:02:30 +0000 From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Any thoughts on safety?
in article MPG.1859683e22c8ea92989f7fnopsam.cis.dfn.de, SkodaPilot at carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com wrote on 05/12/2002 13:42: > In article <47cd173a.0212040302.47257184nopsaming.google.com>, > peter.hamptonnopsambm.com says... >> If I were you I'd mention to you son that he is very lucky to be able >> to drive at all at 15. Here in the UK, you have to be 18 and pass a 2 >> part driving test. As for him not wanting you Saab...does the boy have >> no class....Obviously any Saab is far more cool and some god awful >> Oldsmobile. Fortunatly, they don't sell these or virtually any other >> American car here in the UK as they are seem as far to large ( car and >> engine ), thirsty, poorly made and a bit cheesy. > Actually it is 17 and a 2 part test, but Im not splitting hairs. > > Agreed he should be grateful of a Saab. In the UK, a Saab 900 is a > biggish car, and for a 17 year old, mummy and daddy would have to help > out to get decent insurance for him her, but I agree about cheesy > american cars. The first car that I insured under my own name was a 900 T8. I was 25 though. > Sometimes I do quite > fancy a Pontiac Grand Prix 450. Such a pimp mobile it is stunning, and > rarely seen over here. There's a fair smattering of Trans Am's and Firebirds in my village. Oh, and a Caddy! > >> Whack in a large stereo, some tasteful alloy wheels and hey >> presto...instant Stig Slomqvist ( Swedish Rally Ace from the Sixties ) >> > > Did you mean Stig Blomqvist? > http://home.bip.net/anders.jensen/sid_blomqvist.htm > The man with the taste to drive both Saab and Skoda cars in competition, > and the luck to drive the Lancia Stratos, and Audi Quattro amongst other > wonderful rally cars. Wasit Stig who had that "nasty" looking self-customised 99 with the low roof that looked like a late 80's 900? Paul
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