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Posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:11 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Well...personally I come from a state where basically only certain vehicles will take any kinda winter weather thrown at 'em, and SAAB is one of the top choices. So I'm biased. They even have little niceties like wipers to keep lights clean in heavy, wet snow.
That stated, I think it looks great, and I wannit. K?
It's stylish, but it's still a station wagon.
If'n it ain't a 4x4 with truck suspension, it's not an SUV, and it's too big to be a hatchback.
Is station wagon an insult in some circles or something? :~D
And I misread the question. Body style...I'd call it a wagon. Like Volvos are wagons and Subaru Outbacks are wagons. What's wrong with that?
I don't think SAAB does anything "less powerful."
It's just so.... soccer mom.
Eh...soccer moms drive SUVs now.
Unfortunately...wagons are yuppie-mobiles.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
First impression was "sleek" 'til I realized that the white streak across the top was just ad graphics.
Then I thought "nice station wagon."
Tell big ol' that's from someone who actually owns a mini-van.
Yuppie soccer moms, mebbe.
He is just shaking his head. "Its a SPORT-COMBI!" he says. Whatever the heck that is. Heh.
Mostly ones without kids - you can still stick sporting stuff in 'em, but they give better gas milage, so you can still feel smug.
I still want one. ;-) My next vehicle will probably be something in that category - the wagon like SUVs or SUV like wagons. In my dreams, anyhow. In reality...this van will probably fall apart someday and I'll just have to take whatever's cheapest. *sigh*
Oops...left a few of these out: - -
My wife drives the sedan version of that. Very quick car, very comfortable too. Great vehicle. We drove it to Entmoot, a couple years ago. Had it a few years now, maybe 3.
However, I did see a negative report about Saabs on a recent FR thread. I think it said they are unreliable. My wife's does not have that problem.
The one in the pic is a wagon, clearly. Have seen one in person, they look sharp.
Evenin' everyone!
Ramius, the girls and I are off to watch a bit of LOST.
It has taken Ramius. :-D
See ya in the morning.
I much prefer the sedan, too. Much prefer. There are aspects of the interior construction that strike me as flimsey so I can see where the unreliable claim comes from.
Close, but no cigar. I worked for Obenshain in DC in the summer of '78, attended Tech, withdrew after I was hospitalized with a slipped disk, and entered NYU in the fall of '79.
if'n it t'weren't a Saab, I'd say POS eurostationvagon...
Question please about Outlook Express.
Wife has been having trouble with hers since she tried to link the crackberry. But we've taken that off now. She gets a company computer in a couple of weeks anyway.
That said, she's got about a dozen emails in her outbox. The addresses are bad, but it keeps trying to send them. I can't find a way to go in and delete them. I know I have before on mine, but how?
~She~ said that Microsoft help said she has to go into the harddrive and delete her outbox file.
I don't like the sound of that.
Thoughts?
I have an official PTL and answered prayer...
got a call this afternoon tellin' me I'm off the night shift, and on a 0800-1600 Mon-Fri shift permenantly...
I would like to say that my boss recognized that my talents were bein' wasted on the nite shift, but it pro'ly had somethin' tuh do with the potential lawsuit he'd be facin' from the ADA if he kept violatin' muh rights...
the bastige didn't even have the yarbles tuh call me hisself... had one of his minions call me...
best part is, the slimey, incompetent butt-kissin' co-worker got jammed with muh old shift...
I'll actually feel like a human bein' again... steaduh a zombie...
so I'm off tuh bed... gotta werk in the mornin'... bwaahaahaahaaahaaaa....
don't ask me... I'm drinkin'...
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