i think it is great. i can’t wait until i can get a new car. i love my little toyota corolla, but it does feel a little “college-y” next to my boss’s covertible lexus.
sara
]]>Also, Saabs are pretty “ghey”. Nothing wrong with being gay or anything, but if you’re hetero, you might want to consider that. Go for a BMW.
]]>Just do it :-)
]]>As for teh font, I have no idea ;)
]]>So, Smaaht kid, tell me what typeface is used on the instrument panels? That’s what I really want to know…
]]>If not, here are two tidbits that hoefully get you stoked about being a Saab owner:
Saabs kick ass in the racing world, and always have….ever since their lowly two-stoke models, Saab cars have ruled their class in the rally world, and the ice racing circuits; bulletproof suspensions, strong integrated chassis components, and a drive train that is second only to the new Subaru’s in production line turbo equipped engine (Subaru is geared more towards all out performance though, whereas Saab is oriented on usable power and efficiency)….an interesting note is that both Saab and Subaru share their roots based in airplane engine manufacture and development.
The 93 designation was born in 1955…you won’t be driving a republican grocery getter, you’ll be driving a piece of history, with a lineage steeped in muscle car attitude and practical luxury.
Despite the “large” displacement of Saab’s 4 cylinder engine, it is EXTREMELY clean running. Recently Saab conducted several expositions around the most recent updates to the Euro clean air regulations where they took several of their venerable two-stoke cars, routed their exhausts directly to the intakes of their current turbo and euro-only diesels, and measured exhaust gas emissions. There was no change in particulate or other emissions from the new engine series, in fact particulate measurements fro the Saab’s exhaust were lower than the inherent particulates found in the air of Rome and Cairo.
]]>And then it was pointed out to me that I was reading the tach, and that I was in fact doing 5500 rpm.
I am indeed grateful that none of the local gendarmes were witness to this event.
]]>And you say “gauche” like it’s a negative thing…
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