Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a 2005 Saab 903. It's about as modern as cars get. On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Ken writes: > "I had a Saab 96L two-stroke. A gas tank and an oil tank. It quit > one > > day in northern Oklahoma (middle of nowhere X2) and the gas station > guy > > said, we have a doctor here who is a Saab collector - I'll call > him. He > > showed up and repaired the "clutch" no charge...there is a God. There > > are other stories." > > > - - - - - - > > Saabs have come a long way since the days of the relatively > reliable, rally > winning two stroke. The two strokes, by the way, are now illegal in > New York > because they won't meet the emission requirements. But for years the > company, under GM ownership, stagnated and produced quirky cars that > underperformed their rivals. I own and drive the only modern Saab > made in > years, a Saab 92X. The only trouble is that it is really a rebadged > and > upscaled Subaru WRX. The car has neck snapping acceleration and > lets me > relive my sports car addiction without letting the neighbors scoff > at my > inner child. Saab is now owned by Spyker, a Dutch firm, financed by > Russian > billionaires, that produced 38 cars last year. Maybe Leica should > be sold to > the Russians too. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information