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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:25 pm
by lutonlagerlout
as i sat here typing in my study,i noticed a lot of saabs going by.then i thought"christ ,theres loads of 'em?"
apparently today is worldwide save our saabs day
SOS
the funny thing is the last 3 motors i have had have been saabs,and stockwood discovery centre is a 100yd walk from my front door and i knew nothing about it
i preferred the older pre GM ones to TBH
had a saab turbo 900,quality car ,built like a tank,then a 9-5 aero flying machine,now a convertible <cough-cough birds car>
all lovely cars to drive and reassuringly expensive for spare parts
LLL
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:32 pm
by ambient
used to have 900 turbo ex saab dealers rally car proper saab not like todays gm ones
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:33 pm
by DNgroundworks
they dont do it for me im afraid :p
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:14 pm
by mickg
ditto for me too :p
once you have had a BMW its had to get anything else for quality, reliability and comfort - but I must add it does come at a price, but in my opinion its well worth it 
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:33 pm
by centralcrushers
imho cant beat mercedes. used to have a c200 sport, cost NOTHING to keep going, bought it with 85k on it, by the time i wrote it off had 140k on it, sailed thru mot every year no probs. only reason its not going strong now is cos of my stupidity!
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:44 pm
by DNgroundworks
I tried to buy a BMW 328 cc sport but couldnt get insured, now i wouldnt mind a short wheel base shogun commercial, drove one the other week, a mate of mine owns a mitsubishi dealership, go like sh*t of a shovel!! and tows like a train! Think these are tax deductable aswell?
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:07 pm
by rab1
my mum had an old 9000 turbo from new, f reg. this thing was a tank on wheels, bmw 3 series rear ended her doing 40 while she was parked, saab was fine bmw was a write off. brother wrote it off in 99, took out 3 other cars and a wall. ???
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:50 pm
by mickg
I got rear ended in my X5, the rear bumper on the X5 was pushed out of place but the fiat that hit me was a front end write off
cost over £1400 just to fix the bumper and 1 new bracket
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:30 pm
by Dave_L
£1400 for a bumper and crash can replecement doesn't suprise me one bit!
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:32 pm
by GB_Groundworks
DNgroundworks wrote:I tried to buy a BMW 328 cc sport but couldnt get insured, now i wouldnt mind a short wheel base shogun commercial, drove one the other week, a mate of mine owns a mitsubishi dealership, go like sh*t of a shovel!! and tows like a train! Think these are tax deductable aswell?
mums got the automatic long wheelbase shogun she hates it, plastic fantastic she calls it. she's had 4x4 last 30 years when we were at school she had 110 county haha. her last land cruiser amazon was much better.
not driven the short wheelbase one, but mums was shocking in the snow just gone and doesn't tow anywhere near as good as the toyota or out defender.
dad got her a v10 touraeg but being a greenpiece member she refused to drive it after one week getting 14mpg plus our irish wolfhound wouldn't fit in it very well.
328 haha yeah for young lad nightmare to insure,
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:11 pm
by lutonlagerlout
my mate imports American spec high performance cars for a living,anyway he lent me a 3 yr old bmw M5
lovely car mind but 500BHP
you touch the accelerator and your doing a ton
you cant pass a petrol station
it just felt too fast for me,with him driving we did 165mph on a "special test track" my stomach was in my mouth
X5 s very nice motors,no disrespect mick but down our way its mainly a footballer's wife type car
you rarely see them without a personalised registration and a baby on board sticker in the back
I think i mentioned it before but cars don't do it for me,so if i had a dream world it would be one of those unimog thingys for work and for leisure ,till then its the cabstar and a 7 yr old convertible 
RIP saab
LLL
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:26 pm
by DNgroundworks
GB - think i was dreamin with the bmw tbh ha ha glad i couldnt get insured now, but i would like some sort of 4x4 for work either a Navara or swb shogun, its not to classy taking a bird out it a transit lol
Mate of mine has a swb shogun reckons it the nuts tows a 2.7 ton kubota round and says it tows great, down to personal opinion, i know a guy that has a navara and he hates it!
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:45 pm
by mickg
X5 s very nice motors,no disrespect mick but down our way its mainly a footballer's wife type car
ha ha it's a builders wife's car up norf Luton
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:50 pm
by msh paving
I've had izuzu troopers 5 of em, 3.1 very fast tows well air con on the 3 jap inports i had,very easy to manover good lock,
now got a 2.5 discovery, heavy sold motor more room than izuzu, tows better will tow 3 ton but not as quick as trooper , average 35 gallon ,would like a newer one but ££ are tight MSH
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I wouldn't buy a brand spanker
throwing money down the drain
if you have the dough then 18 month old gets you very very nice cars for 40% less
my auld fella has moved on to mercs of late (personalised plate cough cough)
i give him a license with cars as he had some truly awful cars when i was a kid
viva hb (which caught light and blew up after he tried to fit a fuel pump)
cortina mk3 (possibly the rustiest car ever)
austin maxi (no comment)
talbot avenger estate (cough cough)
vauxhall carlton 2.2 cdi (the lads reckoned cdi meant c***ish driver inside :;): )
and then finally on to mercedes
i think hes earned it the hard way dont you?
cheers LLL