Fun thread. On the Saab kick, I had a Saab 95 Wagon as my college/ski car. It was a tremendous snow car. Worked like a charm. My dad and I had a father/son project....a Datsun 510 that we bought the I was in high school. We did a lot of work to it, and it was really set up as a track car. When it wartime for me to go away to college, no way in hell was the 510 going. Not sure that it would have loved Northern NE winters. So I sold that 95 in 1977.
In 1982, I bought a used 900 hatchback Turbo. My wife and I fought over it. Perfect for our needs. In 1984 we bought our first new car, a 900 Turbo hatch, bright red, tan leather, 5 speed. My wife's car....or her dog's car. We kept that for about 5 years, putting a quite a few miles on it. Great car. In 1987 she got a new Volvo 740 GLE wagon, with a five speed. That might be the best car we ever owned. I took the Saab.
In 1989, I was bitten by the need to buy a new BMW 325ix. Two door, red. In 1989 the cars did not come with a leather option as BMW felt they would be too expensive to sell. With skinnier studded Hakkas on Steelies, that car was a snow beast. Wow.
in 1994, new job, with a company car. My choice of car, with few constraints. My partner had one of the Audi V8 quarto sedans. I was a year too early to go for an Audi S6 Avant {which we did buy later on}, so back to Saab. I got a 1995 9000CSE. I was driving into downtown Boston every day, and wanted an automatic. That was a GREAT car. Comfortable, handled well, great highway car, great use of space, and really tremendous in the snow.
I tried to convince my daughter to let us get her a 9.3 as her first car, but she wanted the classic ski wheels......an H6 Outback. That thing was tremendous ski car. Began life in Mass, lived most of it's life in Maine, left our family in CO and is probably still running. A 2002.
Had nothing but good experiences with Saab in our family.
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