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Car Forum / Saab Cars / November 2005Anyone fancy a pint?
I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have more in common with each other than our choice of car... If we ended up in pub together, do you think we would get on with each other better than if it was full of BMW / Volvo / train drivers?? I remember walking to school as a kid and noticing that 8/10 Saab drivers would have a beard, glasses and often a pipe. I don't have any of those, but I do love my Saab ;) >I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have >more [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > but > I do love my Saab ;) I have a dodgy goatee and glasses, but we've already proved this week that I'm one of the old men on the group :-( I don't smoke so I cant help with the pipe. Was getting excited for a mo' thought we were gonna get together somewhere, I mean it wouldn't be entirely a bad idea would it? esp. if a pint was involved. Al > >I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have > >more [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Al So, everyone's up for getting a pint? I guess logistically, the best place would be for all of us to meet in the U.K. (London) because there are now some 24-hour pubs which would work with our schedules. I don't know if it would be economically feasible for just 1 pint from the East Coast of the U.S. :) It would be hiliariously funny though! :) I think we would all enjoy it!! SG Salutations: <snipped for length - not for spite> > So, everyone's up for getting a pint? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > SG Split the difference - do it Halifax Nova Scotia. Blue water Rock Lobster running $8.99 (Canadian) a pound right now - so we can soak up all that Golden Brown with something decent!.. .. :) .. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Messrs Presley Berry - Promised Land http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/211.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time > <snipped for length - not for spite> > Split the difference - do it Halifax Nova Scotia. Blue water Rock Lobster running $8.99 (Canadian) a pound right now - so we can soak up all that Golden Brown with something decent!.. Now you're talking.. Really fancy Canada as place to be.. Hot in the summer, Snow in the winter. Do they give out the skidoos when you get off the plane, or do you have to pass a test first?? Salutations: >> <snipped for length - not for spite> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Snow in the winter. Do they give out the skidoos when you get off the plane, > or do you have to pass a test first?? You of course know that Nova Scotia means 'New Scotland'? .. :) .. As to skidoo's, like SAAB's - an innovative engineering solution provided to a grateful public by a country up to it's backside in snow 6 months a year. Except no lesser substitute is my opinion.. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Louis Prima - Angelina Zooma Zooma Zooma Live http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/159.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time > Was getting excited for a mo' thought we were gonna get together somewhere, > I mean it wouldn't be entirely a bad idea would it? esp. if a pint was > involved. > > Al Al - beer is seldom a bad idea.. ;) but I'm stuck in a snow drift in Scotland :0 > Al - beer is seldom a bad idea.. ;) but I'm stuck in a snow drift in > Scotland :0 A nice single-malt is never a bad idea... > > Al - beer is seldom a bad idea.. ;) but I'm stuck in a snow drift in > > Scotland :0 > > A nice single-malt is never a bad idea... Hey Dave - thanks for dropping by. Didn't think you'd stay away for long when there was talk of a drink ;) So how do you measure up to this rapidly forming Saab stereotype: Facial hair (at least some of the time) Glasses Smoker or ex-smoker Biker or ex-biker Likes a drink (or two) Doesn't take life too seriously (Johannes a notable exception;) > <nospamspeedypancake@hotmail.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Likes a drink (or two) > Doesn't take life too seriously (Johannes a notable exception;) I meet a few of the requirements: 1. Facial hair 2. Reading glasses now 3. Used to race bicycles - but that probably does not count 4. Doesn't take life too seriously - I have earned a reputation as a balloon sculpture expert in my community (churches and schools). >> Al - beer is seldom a bad idea.. ;) but I'm stuck in a snow drift in >> Scotland :0 > > A nice single-malt is never a bad idea... mmmmmmmm now you are talking! Al >> A nice single-malt is never a bad idea... > mmmmmmmm now you are talking! Heh. I had a guy in Oban, Scotland, buy some US Silver coins from me on eBay last month. In turn, I took the exact amount of money he sent me, and bought a bottle of Oban Scotch with it. Funny how things go in circles. Come to think of it, I also sold some coins to a guy named "James Potter", and was able to complete the entire transaction without making the obvious comment. He's probably as sick of _that_ as we are of "Get it? SAAB story? Guffaw..." Dave Hinz > I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have more > in common with each other than our choice of car... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would have a beard, glasses and often a pipe. I don't have any of those, but > I do love my Saab ;) I know a few Saab and Volvo owners who are in many ways similar to myself (I have some of each, the best of both worlds.) There's certain personality traits that seem to gravitate towards Swedish cars, I seem to be compatible with most of them. >I know a few Saab and Volvo owners who are in many ways similar to >myself (I have some of each, the best of both worlds.) There's certain >personality traits that seem to gravitate towards Swedish cars, I seem >to be compatible with most of them. It seems to be "Cold country" cars. A lot of Skoda owners (the real enthusiasts) have similar opinions of other car makers and owners, a love of driving, some level of mechanical self sufficiency, and a love of quirks in vehicles such as have a switchable hot air supply to back seats from the blower in front, that is so good the handbrake got too hot to touch on the unpadded metal part.  SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > It seems to be "Cold country" cars. > A lot of Skoda owners (the real enthusiasts) have similar opinions of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is so good the handbrake got too hot to touch on the unpadded metal > part. Yeah that sounds pretty much like myself, though I've never seen a Skoda other than in pictures. >> It seems to be "Cold country" cars. >> A lot of Skoda owners (the real enthusiasts) have similar opinions of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Yeah that sounds pretty much like myself, though I've never seen a Skoda >other than in pictures. The new ones are just cheaper rebadged VWs, but the older ones were very odd. They kept the rear engine layout for long because behind the iron curtain it was difficult to get western goods, and there was no budget to design a FWD transaxle. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com >I remember walking to school as a kid and noticing that 8/10 Saab drivers >would have a beard, glasses and often a pipe. Beard -Check Glasses -Check Pipe -Nope quit smoking ciggies and cigars about 6 months ago. SignatureCarl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com >>I remember walking to school as a kid and noticing that 8/10 Saab drivers >>would have a beard, glasses and often a pipe. >> > Beard -Check > Glasses -Check > Pipe -Nope quit smoking ciggies and cigars about 6 months ago. ....Oh how I hate stereotyping, but a check in the mirror reveals (though a cloud of pipe smoke) that I also have a beard and glasses... My nearest Saab-driving neighbour also wears glasses and has the beginnings of a wispy beard - but she doesn't smoke a pipe (afaik) :o) ....Oh how I hate stereotyping, but a check in the mirror reveals (though a > cloud of pipe smoke) that I also have a beard and glasses... > My nearest Saab-driving neighbour also wears glasses and has the beginnings > of a wispy beard - but she doesn't smoke a pipe (afaik) :o) LOL :) > I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have more > in common with each other than our choice of car... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would have a beard, glasses and often a pipe. I don't have any of those, but > I do love my Saab ;) Saab 9-3SS drivers are mostly business people in white shirts with their jackets on the hook. 9-5 drivers are more rural set. 9000 has entered banger territory and tends to get raced. I do wear glasses, but that's hardly a choice. Smoking in the car is a disgusting habit. >> I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have >> more [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Smoking > in the car is a disgusting habit. Er? what happened to the pint? Al >> Smoking >> in the car is a disgusting habit. > > Er? what happened to the pint? Drinking and driving is quite wrong, too :) For the record, I'm a bearded (through sheer laziness, rather than any intention), non-spectacled C900 driver. I'm not fat ... Nooooo! Just rounded, which is glandular and nothing whatsoever to do with the fine curries my city is famed for, nor my love of beer :) Paul <---- Enjoying a pint of the black stuff ... Mmmm ... Guinness! 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ > >> Smoking > >> in the car is a disgusting habit. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ Think I see a pattern emerging here.. ;) >>I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have more >>in common with each other than our choice of car... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > and tends to get raced. I do wear glasses, but that's hardly a choice. Smoking > in the car is a disgusting habit. What about the Classic 900 drivers? Are they more practical? I like the cargo capacity and easy of loading heavy objects in the back. I have carried 10 foot pipes inside the car. I also like the visibility with the big curved windshield. The performance in snow and ice is also great. Add the SPG package it the new 9-3s have nothing on a Classic. The only thing I would add is the short shift kit - and I have it :-) Could we say Classic 900 owners are real drivers while the 9-3 owners tend to be posers? I have my flameproof suit on :-) > >>I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have more > >>in common with each other than our choice of car... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Could we say Classic 900 owners are real drivers while the 9-3 owners > tend to be posers? I have my flameproof suit on :-) A classic 900 is a rare sight around here, even fewer turbos. I suppose most of them have been 'recycled' for lack of a better word. Only nerdy fanatics keep them going. Youngsters looking for a cheap car can't afford the insurance, they prefer souped up Vauxhall Novas or Peugeot 205. But there are still plenty of 9000s around to take over the baton. >> >>I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have >> >>more [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > plenty > of 9000s around to take over the baton. Nerdy fanatics?!? 9000 anywhere near as good as a C900?!!!!!?? Oh PULEASE! Al '87 C900 Aero 98 9000 Anni' > >> >>I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have > >> >>more [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > Oh PULEASE! That debate can go on until the cows come home and there is peace in the middle east. or at least until someone decides to actually arrange to have a pint with a few of our "beardy fanatics"! > > >> >>I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have > > >> >>more [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > That debate can go on until the cows come home and there is peace in > the middle east. > A classic 900 is a rare sight around here, even fewer turbos. I suppose most > of them have been 'recycled' for lack of a better word. Only nerdy fanatics > keep them going. Youngsters looking for a cheap car can't afford the insurance, > they prefer souped up Vauxhall Novas or Peugeot 205. But there are still plenty > of 9000s around to take over the baton. It's pretty much the opposite around here. I see lots of classic 900's but only a few 9000's. Plenty of newer stuff though. For the record: Glasses- Yes, Beard- Yes (Goatee), Pipe- Yes, sometimes (though I find buying a pack of smokes to be more convenient that carrying a pipe to get a nic fix). And my pint of choice would be a Guinness. (Although in my mind a pint and a beer are two very different things!!!) Why is American beer like making love in a canoe? They're both #$#@ing close to water!! - Monty Python Saabs are quite popular here in New England (Maine), much more than in the other parts of the country I've been to. There are quite a few c900's, tons of NG900s, a few 9000s (like me!), and plenty of 9-3s and 9-5s, although it seems like 9-3s outnumber the 9-5s 2 to 1 here. I've seen the occasional 9-2x (I've seen around 5 total), and have yet to spot a 9-7x. As for anything vintage, I've counted 4 Sonnets (I went to school with a kid who's dad collects them... maybe he's on this board? Chris M?) Speaking of vintage Saabs in Maine, there's one in Scarborough/Gorham right between that road that connects rt.114 and rt.22 by Lampron's gas station and where there's a Scarborough fire station (think it might be Westbrook St.) Its a blue sonnet3, but I haven't stopped to look closely at it. >> A classic 900 is a rare sight around here, even fewer turbos. I >> suppose most [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > It's pretty much the opposite around here. I see lots of classic 900's > but only a few 9000's. Plenty of newer stuff though. >> I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have >> more [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Smoking > in the car is a disgusting habit. ....I wouldn't recommend smoking a pipe while driving - especially in a car with an air-bag. When I was young (and foolish I hear you say) I did try smoking my pipe while riding my motorcycle. I only did this once as the wind sucked all the embers and tobacco out of the pipe and down the back of my neck. It was an interesting experience, but again I don't recommend it...! > >> I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) have > >> more [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > sucked all the embers and tobacco out of the pipe and down the back of my > neck. It was an interesting experience, but again I don't recommend it...! That's got to work better than those quit smoking nicotine patches.. I'll be chuckling about that image of you smoking a pipe on a motor bike all morning. >> >> I sometimes wonder if we (the people who visit the saab newsgroup) >> >> have [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > chuckling about that image of you smoking a pipe on a motor bike all > morning. ...at that time, 'Bob' it wasn't uncommon to see old blokes riding their BSA Bantams, Tiger Cubs, and motorcycle combinations smoking pipes, roll-ups etc with varying degrees of success. Oh, and many of them wore no crash helmets. Unimaginable today of course!
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