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1. ..Jeremy and I were genuinely very sad.
2. The Brits would say, "Saab began as an aeroplane maker..", which is how Jeremy pronounced it.
3. ...but after the Second World War, it noticed that demand for fighter planes... (punctuation)
4. But, as you drove along in winter, snow would build up...
5. And it was only when you got to a corner, you noticed the steering had jammed.
6. Mass production wasn't their bag either.
7. Because in a two-stroke, the engine oil is mixed with the fuel (punctuation)
8. ...there's no oil going in. Now this wasn't an issue when you were driving along on the level - like this - or going up a hill, because you always had your foot on the throttle and you always had the fuel and oil going in. (he talks really fast here)
10. ...you had a problem, because you had to brake with your left foot but, whoaaa, keep the power on a bit with your right foot, so that the engine's still got some oil...
11. And it feels, ah, stupid. I'm driving and stopping at the same time!
12. But then of course you'd arrive at the bottom of the hill with your brakes completely boiled over, and your 65 mile an hour Saab would be absolutely unable to stop!
13. There was the 900 Convertible (delete the "then"), which was as rigid as a week-old salad.
14. In actual fact, the more you drive this, the easier it becomes. The temptation is to just stare at the end of the bonnet in wonderment, that you can have any directional control at all.
15. So, lots of Swedish strangeness and an advertising campaign that didn't make much sense either.
16. Yes, Saab loved to remind us that their cars came from a company that made jet fighters. But it was nonsense.
17. I think it's jet fighter for the road.
18. ...lock the Typhoon in reverse before you can take the key out?
19. No, it doesn't have reverse as such.
20. Yeah, but it doesn't have a reverse gear.
21. ...night panel button here. Now, if I push this, it shuts down all the dials, apart from the speedo. Now, I can see that this would be useful...
22. But on the A38, just outside Darby, why would you want that?
23. I was used to where that was all just broken, anyway.
24. I must say, I went in an F-15 once...
25. ...very, very different, because nothing in here is covered in sick. (vomit, I think he means)
26. ...their marketing men kept at it.
27. Here we have an F-22 Raptor,..
28. So, Saab - checkered (means not perfect) history, bonkers advertising, and lots and lots...
29. And one of the most brillant ideas of them all was this: the 99 Turbo!
30. Now Saab weren't the first to turbocharge a car.
31. ... that was Chevrolet, and then there was BMW...
32. ...to put a turbocharger on a sort of mainstream car...
33. The word 'turbo,' as a result, came to just mean anything that was really good. Oh, it did, did it?
I can't decipher the beginning of the sunglasses portion.
34. You also got 'turbo' razors, do you remember that?
35. There was more too, because you could even buy your turbo...
36. ...cools the charge and makes it denser. It's the job that was later done by the intercooler.
37. All we need to know is that with water injection, this turbocharged pocket rocket could get from naught to 60 in 8 seconds. That's quick even by today's standards!
38. It accelerates faster than a Mini Cooper.
39. ...comes out of the dashboard at an angle.
40. It is. I used to covet this car massively.
41. ...first proper road accident in one of these - while driving....
42. It belonged to my girlfriend's dad.
Well, gotta get back to work. This is difficult stuff. You did great. I couldn't do this auf Deutsch.
best regards,
Erik
posted by 69.130.250...
, Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:01:52, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:10:30
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