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 Jan 29 2013, 08:15 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 29 2013, 07:44 PM)  Anyone who wants to avoid paying for a badge. Incidentally Škoda were the only people in Europe able to make the hub for the London Eye.... So you (being the sensible person you are) drive one do you? |
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Jan 29 2013, 08:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 865 Joined: 8-December 11 From: Not Here anymore! Member No.: 8,392 |
QUOTE (badmummajamma @ Jan 29 2013, 08:11 PM) I've got a Saab 9-3 Aero TTiD and it's great - massively over-specced for the money and looks great. A great marque, and a real shame it went out of business. The Top Gear feature was very interesting, and quite right in my opinion. They basically said that Saab didn't charge enough for their cars and lost loads on the R&D that went into them. All of the Saab parts are made by General Motors, who have said that they will continue to make spares for some time to come as there will be an increasingly large market for them as the Saabs on the roads get older. My friend had a 12year old Saab, lovely car. |
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Jan 29 2013, 10:06 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 29 2013, 07:48 PM) Many years since I watched Top Gear. What were they saying? Saab wasn't the architects choice for nothing. The cars were according to Clarkson & May so over designed there was no money in the enterprise. Their list of firsts was impressive. GM took over & the idea was that Saab would use as many GM parts as possibe, but Saab don't think along these lines & adapted the GM parts to their own idiosyncracies. The main one I remember was altering the dimesnsions of the ( Vauxhall I think ) supplied floorpan & re programming the GM sat nav. The company was doomed. |
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Jan 29 2013, 10:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,056 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Bouvetøya Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (Penelope @ Jan 29 2013, 08:15 PM) So you (being the sensible person you are) drive one do you? No. I can afford to pay for a badge & do so. |
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Jan 29 2013, 10:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 1,970 Joined: 29-December 09 From: Dogging in a car park somewhere Member No.: 592 |
QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 29 2013, 10:07 PM) No. I can afford to pay for a badge & do so. 
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Jan 29 2013, 10:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,056 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Bouvetøya Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (motormad @ Jan 29 2013, 10:15 PM) Mercedes, the poor mans Brabus |
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