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Old Aug 6th, 2022, 13:42   #3147
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A S**b 96 might be an interesting counterpoint to the Amazon.
Or do I get banned for suggesting such a thing...?
I owned a Saab 900 convertible (first of the sort of GMs) once:



... and what an absolutely horrible car it was. It steered like a boat towing another boat, and was full of quirky (i.e. very daft) engineering where Saab had ignored the Opel/Vauxhall economies of scale and perfectly adequate solutions to make the motor car its own way. The worst bit was the Saab solution for the convertible top gearbox:



... a very poorly designed and executed arrangement that frequently failed. Probably the worst car I ever owned - Saab will not be missed.

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