rhs- I owned a Triumph GT6+ back in the late sixties, very rare now. British cars are junk IMO ( Rolls not included).
Chubby Bubbles
July 2, 2017 11:09 pm
What happened to Saab?
My 900-s was awesome [PBUH]. I bought her (alternative choice was a Volvo at the time) because, like the old Volvo, once they developed a model they stuck with it for a good long while. I figured I was paying for underlying quality rather than wasteful superficial re-vamping every year. Boring, but near-perfect to my mind. I could zip around at high speed or haul a sofa or use it to sleep in with its large flat rear bed. She didn’t like 35mph near so much as 85mph. A comfortable near-perfect vehicle that never caused me mechanical grief in over ten years except having to rebuild the alternator, soon before we parted ways.
I shipped my US-bought Saab with me to Europe, and I would have shipped it back except I was moving somewhere where the roads were irregular (AWD/4WD recommended) and the Saab’s low clearance would have been a drawback. Gave it away for next-to-nothing, in part due to crazy EU regs which determine emissions based on year of construction vs. actual testing (can you say, “recklessly pump up the new-car industry and encourage waste”?). I wish I still had her.
I once owned a Saab 99. Damn thing would take a corner and lift a wheel off the pavement. Aircraft style seats (this was a early 70’s model) fuel injection, and it had a neat feature to allow the manual shift car to coast automatically.
But more on point, I’ve been the proud owner of 4 Studebakers in my lifetime, the first a ’58 V8 my brother ran through a barb wire fence one night after a few too many, the second a 57 Golden Hawk (I found in the Auto Trader), a 55 Speedster and a 57 Silver Hawk. My Dad owned a 59 Silver Hawk and a 65 Commander (car I learned to drive in). They always leaked, but a shadetree mechanic could keep one running and boy do they last. Too bad lousy management didn’t see the future coming; they surely had the styling and the product.
I miss the DeSoto.
One of my favorite cars I ever owned was a 1997 Mercury Cougar. Loved it.
How bout…Yugo, Avanti,Sterling,Merkur…
Why did y favorites fail: Triumph, MG, Jaguar?
rhs- I owned a Triumph GT6+ back in the late sixties, very rare now. British cars are junk IMO ( Rolls not included).
What happened to Saab?
My 900-s was awesome [PBUH]. I bought her (alternative choice was a Volvo at the time) because, like the old Volvo, once they developed a model they stuck with it for a good long while. I figured I was paying for underlying quality rather than wasteful superficial re-vamping every year. Boring, but near-perfect to my mind. I could zip around at high speed or haul a sofa or use it to sleep in with its large flat rear bed. She didn’t like 35mph near so much as 85mph. A comfortable near-perfect vehicle that never caused me mechanical grief in over ten years except having to rebuild the alternator, soon before we parted ways.
I shipped my US-bought Saab with me to Europe, and I would have shipped it back except I was moving somewhere where the roads were irregular (AWD/4WD recommended) and the Saab’s low clearance would have been a drawback. Gave it away for next-to-nothing, in part due to crazy EU regs which determine emissions based on year of construction vs. actual testing (can you say, “recklessly pump up the new-car industry and encourage waste”?). I wish I still had her.
I once owned a Saab 99. Damn thing would take a corner and lift a wheel off the pavement. Aircraft style seats (this was a early 70’s model) fuel injection, and it had a neat feature to allow the manual shift car to coast automatically.
But more on point, I’ve been the proud owner of 4 Studebakers in my lifetime, the first a ’58 V8 my brother ran through a barb wire fence one night after a few too many, the second a 57 Golden Hawk (I found in the Auto Trader), a 55 Speedster and a 57 Silver Hawk. My Dad owned a 59 Silver Hawk and a 65 Commander (car I learned to drive in). They always leaked, but a shadetree mechanic could keep one running and boy do they last. Too bad lousy management didn’t see the future coming; they surely had the styling and the product.