The “Next Car”
Swade’s enthusiasm for Saabs has had me thinking about the “next car” for when it’s time to let the Mi16 go.
I’m thinking Saab 9000 Aero, or whatever a high-pressure turbo 9000 was called in any particular year.
Pros:
- Big-ish but not stupidly massive
- Roomy
- Safe
- Enough fasts to be interesting
- Small enough engine to be fuel efficient
- “Different”
- Annoys people who look down their noses at Saabs
- Cheaper than similar age Volvo 850 wagons
Cons:
- “Different”
- Expensive to fix? (Possibly spurious — my Pug hasn’t been expensive to fix)
- Turbo = expensive insurance (but I’m mostly past the age where that’s a real issue)
- alleged 1980s style turbo lag (eg: nothing, nothing, nothing… holy cow!)
- not a Mazda6, which is my wife’s current stated preference
Ben, before anyone else’s enthusiasm with Saabs gets you all carried away, go to Total Traction Services and have a chat wiht the Barrett’s about servicing and working on Saab machinery.
It may have you thinking more firmly along the staid sensible lines of a Mazda 6…
Comment by fro — November 22, 2005 @ 5:36 am