Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:52:14 -0400 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Failed Emissions test
Salutations: Grunff wrote: > > Dexter J wrote: > > > I wonder if Matt will pick it up in the static about how weird and > > expensive these cars are to fix and repair after a certain point... Did you > > bother to read though my first long piece on the 'SAAB - to buy or not to > > buy' thread? I was feeling wordy - but it's fun if you know about older > > SAABs.. You particularly might get a kick out of it.. > > Yes, I had read it, and was much amused. I came to Saabs as a > broke student; I needed a car that's simple, reliable, safe, > easy to work on, and most importantly, cheap. This came in the > form of a 1983 900 twin carb (£300). Great car. Cost me very > little over the time I kept it. > > I think the key with cars like Saabs is taking the time to > understand how the car works, even if the owner doesn't want to > do the work themselves (I personally love that part - nothing > better than working on an engine on a hot day with a beer in one > hand, especially after a week in front of a PC). > > -- > Grunff HAH - I figured as much.. I came to them as broke husband in Toronto who needed a delivery car.. The 99 was it.. I worked a fair bit on my cars over the years at a local shop down here in Halifax that didn't mind if I tried to save a few bucks pulling away parts so they could work on the broken bits.. Saved some billiable hours and I gave them all the work there was to do.. Rare arrangement these days.. Sadly the boss retired to Zamboni work and closed the shop down to daily drivers (the zamboni intrigued him and he is in the retirement years) and I now hand it over to Martin or Tom with as much research and experience as I have.. I'm not always right - in fact I bat around 650 - but it's a money saver in these dark days.. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - Real Audio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Stan Rogers Live - Barrett's Privateers http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/167.RAM
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