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[BlueMR2]

GeniusOfLove said:

Who fancies a summer project. As in every summer for the rest of your life.

https://www.swva.co.uk/vehicle/cdx3qvwpk4h9xklgwuc...

Lot 1 and no reserve, sounds like an ideal buy for you, before people arrive for the bulk of the auction .

[Hippea]

Seeing this made me miss Saab




https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2093355

[pneumothorax]

BlueMR2 said:

GeniusOfLove said:

Who fancies a summer project. As in every summer for the rest of your life.

https://www.swva.co.uk/vehicle/cdx3qvwpk4h9xklgwuc...

Lot 1 and no reserve, sounds like an ideal buy for you, before people arrive for the bulk of the auction .

Here we have a car for sale that had rabid rust problems when new and now , at over 30 years old has been sympathetically stored in a shipping container accompanied by it's own micro climate of condensation. Thankfully the vendor has given sage advice re not attempting to start the old girl up. Someone should snap that up, bung some carpets over it and make up some sob story and get Johhny Smith around to put some oil in the bores and give it a jet wash.

[Timref81]

Hippea said:

Seeing this made me miss Saab




https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2093355

Lovely things, agreed, but two points to make.

1. I'm not convinced that showing doggo on the front seat sans blanket is a good idea. Surely muddy paws and sharp claws are not a great match for light leather.
2. Pictures two and three. Does he think he's David Bailey or what?

[Rusty Old-Banger]

The Saab is lovely. A lot of money for a 4 pot diesel, I think, but a lovely car nonetheless.

ETA A "Record" button??

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Tuesday 16th June 08:22

[anotherswifty]

It does remind me too what a shame it was the prototype 9-5 estate (of that gen) never went into production.
That one does look well cared for, shame it’s a smokey four banger although it’s probably fine for most purposes - esp making you feel like a Viggen pilot with the HUD

[Timref81]

Rusty Old-Banger said:

The Saab is lovely. A lot of money for a 4 pot diesel, I think, but a lovely car nonetheless.

ETA A "Record" button??

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Tuesday 16th June 08:22

It's so when you're alone, about to drop a fart so loud that it would would make Westminster Abbey crumble, you can record it to playback when the missus and others are in the car and blame her. Bonus points for shifting the balance to her side of the car, to make it even more plausible

[nobrakes]

Timref81 said:

Rusty Old-Banger said:

The Saab is lovely. A lot of money for a 4 pot diesel, I think, but a lovely car nonetheless.

ETA A "Record" button??

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Tuesday 16th June 08:22

It's so when you're alone, about to drop a fart so loud that it would would make Westminster Abbey crumble, you can record it to playback when the missus and others are in the car and blame her. Bonus points for shifting the balance to her side of the car, to make it even more plausible

Straight out of VIZ.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Actually the more I look, the more I like it (although I'm a Saab fan having had an Aero estate - an absolute rocket ship). This really does seem fully loaded too. DTS stereo, DVD, heated and cooled seats, green needles, and this display on the dash - no idea what it shows but I want one.

[Timref81]

nobrakes said:

Timref81 said:

Rusty Old-Banger said:

The Saab is lovely. A lot of money for a 4 pot diesel, I think, but a lovely car nonetheless.

ETA A "Record" button??

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Tuesday 16th June 08:22

It's so when you're alone, about to drop a fart so loud that it would would make Westminster Abbey crumble, you can record it to playback when the missus and others are in the car and blame her. Bonus points for shifting the balance to her side of the car, to make it even more plausible

Straight out of VIZ.

Tat it may be, but whilst may elder brother read that I never did. Surely mind, if other(s) are expressing surprise at a car stereo having a record button, would Viz not also think it odd?

If you're making light of it 'could be straight out of...' then apologies

[TommoAE86]

Rusty Old-Banger said:

Actually the more I look, the more I like it (although I'm a Saab fan having had an Aero estate - an absolute rocket ship). This really does seem fully loaded too. DTS stereo, DVD, heated and cooled seats, green needles, and this display on the dash - no idea what it shows but I want one.

Airspeed and horizon line? :P

[biggbn]

Hippea said:

Seeing this made me miss Saab




https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2093355

I'd really like the petrol v6 turbo version of this. Lifelong Saab fan but think this is the only 'traditionally good looking' car they have built.

[anotherswifty]

biggbn said:

I'd really like the petrol v6 turbo version of this. Lifelong Saab fan but think this is the only 'traditionally good looking' car they have built.

The 9000 too, shirley ? But fair point, these two are the most conservative, probably deemed necess to attack the ‘exec’ market.

[biggbn]

anotherswifty said:

biggbn said:

I'd really like the petrol v6 turbo version of this. Lifelong Saab fan but think this is the only 'traditionally good looking' car they have built.

The 9000 too, shirley ? But fair point, these two are the most conservative, probably deemed necess to attack the exec market.

For my eyes 9000 was a really dull euroblob and I didn't like the one I owned to drive either. Each to their own though...

[anotherswifty]

TommoAE86 said:

Airspeed and horizon line? :P

Very much this, playing on the aero theme again. Artificial horizon looks for climb/descent. Maybe tweaked for car use to show roll when cornering, the number might be an accelerometer in gee s, although 10 would have your eyeballs out so I doubt you d even need a number past 2.
ETA - it does say mph, so a lovely nod to the scrolling speedo in the DS or CX Citroens. (fellow stable mates in the quirky car dept. RIP.)

Edited by anotherswifty on Tuesday 16th June 14:03

[carinaman]

Ideal for the Mach Loop.

[nobrakes]

Timref81 said:

nobrakes said:

Timref81 said:

Rusty Old-Banger said:

The Saab is lovely. A lot of money for a 4 pot diesel, I think, but a lovely car nonetheless.

ETA A "Record" button??

Edited by Rusty Old-Banger on Tuesday 16th June 08:22

It's so when you're alone, about to drop a fart so loud that it would would make Westminster Abbey crumble, you can record it to playback when the missus and others are in the car and blame her. Bonus points for shifting the balance to her side of the car, to make it even more plausible

Straight out of VIZ.

Tat it may be, but whilst may elder brother read that I never did. Surely mind, if other(s) are expressing surprise at a car stereo having a record button, would Viz not also think it odd?

If you're making light of it 'could be straight out of...' then apologies

VIZ reference was complimentary. Spitting the rec button on a car stereo in an advert - a real anorak spot, too; pure barge thread.

[W00DY]

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2092941

[SE2]

Regards the record button on the NG 95, I would imagine it lets you rip CDs to an internal hard drive?

[Rumdoodle]

GeniusOfLove said:

Apropos of crap cars and weirdos, are any threadists going to the Festival of the Unexceptional next month?

You rang? I'm driving up from Oxford and aiming to avoid big queues, so either very early or get there around lunchtime.