Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill - You're right about the wing window. I drove a 1965 122S, too, though mine was a sedan. Loved it despite that floor-mounted stick, but it wasn't half as much fun as the 900. :-) I suspect my 900 ended up in the junk yard. Rust is a real enemy in the Boston area and mine was finally so far gone that my dealer began talking in terms of restoration rather than repair. That's when I knew it was time to let it go. Can't drive the new Saabs. The inside space has shrunk so much there's no room for my long legs (I'm 6'5" tall). Ditto for Volvos, BTW. Modern cars seem to be converging on a common bland design. Not much of interest in any of them for me but generally more reliable, safer, and quieter than the cars we remember so fondly. Boring, too, and hard to love. Dick >Richard and Don: But the 900 did not have wing windows.... I drove >my plain vanilla 1980 900 (in alabaster -- the best color saab ever >made) to something over 360,000, and it was still running when last >I heard anything of it, a year ago. > >The car with the wing window is a 1965 122s Volvo station wagon... > >my current saab is not nearly as much fun. > >bill > > > > >Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>Don - Actually got 285,000 miles out of her - made it past the >>moon. It was a plain vanilla 900 but more fun to drive than >>anything I've owned before or since. >> >>Regarding the retirement of yours, what can I say, except I feel >>your pain. ;-) >> >>Glad you didn't get "retired" at the same time. >> >>>Dick, >>>After only sixteen years your Saab should have just been broken in, >>>250,000 >>>miles on a pre-GM Saab is no big deal. All my Saab's have been retired by >>>stupid truck drivers who decide that stopping at a red light would be >>>stupid. >>> >>>Don >>>don.dory@gmail.com >>> >>> >>>On 9/24/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>Nice use of the blur. Boy, wing windows, haven't seen those in >>>>decades. I assume you had this car a really long time. Must have >>>>been tough to sell. I almost cried when it was finally time to send >>>>my 16-year old Saab to a "better place." >>>> >>>>Dick >>>> >>>>>Someone said do more color. Colors are beginning to change here in >>>>>New England. >>>>> >>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Shutter-to-think/album110/Rushing+by+wing.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>>I sold this car. >>>>> >>>>>M3, 21. >>>>> >>>>>Enjoy the rush. >>>>> >>>>>Bill >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick