Mike wrote:
> My Saab cost me GBP500. A complete new exhaust system cost me GBP400.
> A set of new tyres cost me GBP350. A replacement alternator cost me
> GBP50. That is pretty-much all I have spent on it in the last three
> years. This is definitely the cheapest car, in terms of purchase price
> and repair costs, that I have ever owned. It is also the most
> expensive car, in terms of insurance and road tax, that I have ever
> owned, but you can't have everything! It does about 25 mpg around
> town, and about 40 mpg on the motorway. Overall, it has still been
> cheaper to run than the Spitfire, by about a factor of two.
>
So really it's the complete opposite of a spitfire then, I can see why the
sensible spitfire owner would want a car like this.
I've gone off Saab's ever since I moved in with a Swedish guy who I thought
I knew quite well but ended up being a complete psychopath (I shant use the
expletives I usually use) - he had a real thing for Saab's. We ended up
throwing him out of the house. Im not a violent person normally - but I
really wanted to hurt this guy. Thats how bad he was...
I think I should point out that I also know 2 Swedish girls - and they're
perfectly nice. Im not basing my opinion of an entire nation based on one
guy :)
James
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