@Britishvillaininatl I’ve always thought a manual 7 series would be great.

@pip-bip this needs to sound like a lawnmower having a seizure.

@Roadkilled That explains it. I am pretty sure that its been gone for about 40 years.

@pip-bip g night.

@pip-bip

https://www.skenemanor.org/

@pip-bip The local Tanzania FC fans were none too happy that an unsuspecting traveler had taken a wrong turn into their village.

@pip-bip Some people are born into greatness; others are pulled into it by a V4 and a pair of skinny front tires.

@pip-bip

Yet another Saab story.

@BJ said in Hour rule:

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

May have undermined their car-endorsement prospects right there, I'm just sayin'.

@pip-bip — Aside from the nice car, everything about the colors and composition and lighting in that shot makes me feel inordinately good about things.

@pip-bip
Dakadakadakadakadakadaka....no that's not right...Dåkådåkådåkådåkådåkådåkå....

@Just-Jeepin

I'm just not up voting anymore Saabs.

That's it. I'm drawing the line.

I've never liked them and I've just been politely tolerating and up voting the posts. And I suppose as a result, encouraging them.

But no more.

Edit:

Okay. But just this one last time.

@pip-bip

It's for people who want to slam a beer. At the top of the stroke, the intake port is exposed and the beer goes in. At the bottom of the stroke, the exhaust port is and the beer goes out.

@pip-bip

Good night from outer suburban Atlanta.

@Vondon302
As do I. Land Rover saw fit to keep the Series 3 Wagon brakeset in place when they created the Stage 1 rather than also using the Range Rover brakes...

@pip-bip imagine only being remembered for your wheels.

@BJ I'd say the Swedes and the West Germans both captured the spirit of the decade better than anyone else. Ask me to picture a generic "80's car" and it's probably going to be a Saab, a Volvo wagon, a BMW, an Audi, or some form of diesel Mercedes, just seems like those 5 brands were unusually dominant

@Cé-hé-sin If you approach with enough speed you could

@pip-bip Some of those wheels still look good...

@pip-bip
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@pip-bip 😒

@pip-bip
Hated selling my Viggen, but Uncle Sam needed his money and the deadline was days away.

I saw a silver Viggen convertible for sale at an autobody shop this morning on my way back from the beach. I wanted to stop and check it out, but I really have no place to keep it without selling off something else.

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@pip-bip thats SWB when spelt upside down

@pip-bip red 99 pls.

@pip-bip
I feel like this is @David-Tracy adjacent

@Just-Jeepin HOLY MOTHER OF NEED that’s my dream fair weather DD. Can’t wait to see what it goes for.

Edit: dammit it’s automatic

@pip-bip
That looks like someone shoved a SAAB front clip on a generic Hyundai, GM or BMW sedan.

Back in the 2005 or so an acquaintance of mine was looking for a car to compete in the Monte-Carlo Historique with a friend of his. The trick was to choose a car that was rapid but comfortable for driving long distances, reasonably good on ice and snow and, to a certain extent, unusual, to guarantee the entry was accepted by the organisers. And it also had to be old-ish.

I suggested a 99, EMS if poss, and to my utter amazement he found one in quite good nick, which they promptly bought. IIRC it was sort of metallic pink. Apparently – according to this friend – a lot of the chassis of the 99 was very easy to upgrade with Saab 900 bits.

I think they did manage to go to the Monte in the end.

@WBizarre I'm not a huge cabrio/convertible fan, but the 2nd and 3rd gen in this morph are handsome cars.

@pip-bip I really love these, owned one briefly but it was a basket case and I was in way over my head. Even still, it was a great drive, I'd love to find another.

I always found the original 9000 design extremely handsome. A bit Italianate (that's the Giugiaro bit) and at the same time very clean and restrained (and that's the Björn Envall bit).

I read somewhere not so long ago that there was quite a culture clash when the Italdesign guys met the Swedes, who seemed to take umbrage at the sharply tailored suits and general Latin demeanour of Giugiaro and his crew

Which is strange because nobody has ever seemed to have a bad thing to say about Giorgetto (unlike, say, de Silva). I suspect the very Scandinavian (perhaps Lutheran?) concept of lagom, where socially fitting in is paramount and standing out is considered anathema, had something to do with that.

@Just-Jeepin I should bid on that. It’s far nicer than my beater SAAB convertible. Which by the way is having a few things looked at at my SAAB mechanic. This is how you know you’ve gone to the right place:

Also random XM
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Engine bay of the silver OG900 was empty lol.
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@pip-bip I NEED IT

@amoore100 my dad's first car was a Dodge Colt and he said it was fun to drive. Also saw a Mitsubishi Colt rat rod this summer

@pip-bip oh

This is amazing and it makes me feel feelings I've never experienced before...

@mhr555 Hah, fair! I guess I was just pointing out that the Acura would undoubtedly drive the best since SH-AWD was more than a gimmick and the power sent to the rear wheels is actually perceptible, unlike in most Haldex-based systems where whether or not your rear wheels are getting power is based on a checklist that takes three business days to get to the rear axle 😆

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@pip-bip Those loading angles look super awkward

@Plymouth-Superbird-2nd Volvo for me. The Saab is very cool, but I would prefer the non-wagon version. The Wagon Volvo is cooler than the car it is based on.

@Nauraushaun no, was on a bus between Belgrave to lilydale stations

@pip-bip I was playing Dirt 2.0 last night and there are some tasteful cars similar to this to race. As close as I'll ever get.

@pip-bip

@pip-bip My dad was a Saab fan. Had a 93 like that, only rusty, and a 96. This was after the oval-window VW.

@pip-bip Low Saab SLaab or Slowb?

@WhoIsTheLeader said in old Saab dealer:

@pip-bip Sad but understandable. Could be a veritable treasure trove of good parts to keep more Saabs on the road though.

As long as they're removed soon enough. After a long enough time, the earth is going to claim just about every bit of those cars, and the mice will take the rest.

@Just-Jeepin Looks similar to my old one, although at least mine was a turbo. And it was only $900. That price was probably aided by the fact that the seller advertised the color as "snot green".

@pip-bip Probably a promising future export market for TOGG and NEVS.

@HFV said in People's Choice: Wedge → Box:

Saabs should be liftbacks. Especially 2 door Saabs

that makes them 3 door Saabs! 😄

@e90m3 Hey, the first quarter of this year's game we embarrassed uGA. Sure, we got blown out after the half, but we had them sweating for a fair few minutes. That's more than anyone expected of us.

@EssExTee sadly the website and twitter are seldom updated.

Was that really born from jets? Because the jet still looks pregnant.