Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 21:02:09 +0100 From: "Per Laursen" <per.laursennopsamSPAMil.dk> Subject: Re: How do you convince your wife that a c900 is a wise choice?
A different perspective: When we could see the end of our '84 c900 last year (finally got enough of messing with a new mech problem every weekend), I was considering various options like a Mondeo, Avensis, Zafira (all fairly practical and just reachable here in buy-one-car-pay-for-three Denmark). When informed about my studies, my wife replied that the way I was driving, I'd better look for another SAAB.... Naturally, that didn't need to be repeated :). Still wondering what she meant, though.... Now happily driving my '95 9000 CSE LPT. good luck hunting (and don't you dare mentioning french plastic cars in a SAAB newsgroup again ;) /Per "Andy Hookins" <andrew.hookinsnopsamamnopsamodata.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse news:v7bedm4qcru35bnopsam.supernews.com... > Well, the time has come to buy another car, but opinions > as to what to buy and what purpose to put it to are - shall > we say divided. > > This would be a second car - the 9000 is staying we're > agreed on that. This car will replace our '91 Nissan Micra. > > My wife wants a newer, pretty (for want of a better word), > automatic with the same sort of point and squirt power as > our ~200bhp 9000. I would then use the 9000 as my daily > driver - not an unattractive thought in itself, but I would rather > have something a little cheaper to run. > > My wife thinks that a Rover 200, Renault Megane, Peugeot > 307 or 607!!!, Ford Focus would fit the bill - All of which > seem to be a very different mix to me - what do they have in > common? > > I have a shortlist of 4 cars - and have come to realise that > I have been bitten by the SAAB bug hard. I would like a > c900 T16S or Aero, which are available at a purchase price > that doesn't require financing. (my other choices are a 9-3 > SE, 9000 Aero or maybe a 9-5 something). > > Trouble with the c900 is it's a bit ugly - far too ugly in fact > for my wife's sensibilities. > > Trouble with getting another SAAB is the perceived running > costs - not helped by the fact that it cost around £900 about > 3 years ago when a timing chain guide broke and the whole > set of chains, sprockets, tensioners and guides were replaced > (including balance shaft components). > > Whats a guy to do? > > AndyH > '94 9000 CDE > >
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