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Old 05-24-2009, 08:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
metroschultz
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CPT SLO - '93 GEO Metro plainjane
90 day: 53.91 mpg (US)

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I loved mine

I've owned several Saabs in my life.
2 Sonnets
...1 didn't survive going end over end at 125 mph +++ on Rte 150 in Richmond.
...1 got sold after my wife blew the engine and I replaced it with the one from its totaled predecessor.
1 SAAB 99 EMS, best damn car I ever owned until we got the Avalon. In 1979 I ran it out of oil on the Jersey turnpike,(front seal blew out, and I didn't see it coming) and sold it to the wrecker driver for more than I paid for it.
2 SAAB 96, good car, funny looking, crappy mileage, safe as he!!. I had a video from the dealer of a 96 being rolled down a mountain in Sweden, then a driver gets in, turns the key and drives off. Traded them both on the first Sonnet
1 SAAB 95, got it cheap cause I was working at the SAAB dealer and the man who owned it didn't want to pay dealer price for a clutch. Sold long time ago.
I wouldn't mind having any of them back. Even the stroker 95.
They were all great cars even if they don't survive an "endo". BTW I walked away from that and had no real injuries. Just goes to show you the strength of the vehicles, not necessarily the intelligence of the driver. What did I know, I was 19 for crying out loud.
!!! Get off me.!!!
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