Tuesday Night Quick Snippets

Only three more comments to go until we get to #7,000.
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That fatal accident with the deer that I mentioned last night was quite a bit more gruesome than initial reports suggested:

The 38-year-old was taking his wife and two young sons home from a party when the 14 stone fallow deer strayed into the road.
It was [...]

The Northern Winter - part 2

I could resist this photo that TedY posted a link to in comments. It’s his bullnose 96 2-stroker, which is now stored in his barn. Thanks Ted.
Any reader-supplied captions to the photo would be welcome in comments. My own is below.
For your Saab winter driving and maintenance tips, click here.
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Get ye to Detroit

I mentioned a few weeks ago that the Aero-X would be appearing at the North American International Motor Show in early 2007, in Detroit.
At the time, I mentioned that this may be the last opportunity for US Saab enthusiasts to see the Aero-X for some time. As there were a few peopple interested in [...]

900 ‘vert wins Autoblog poll

I went pretty hard over the weekend on a campaign to get some votes for a classic 900 Convertible in the Autoblog Reader’s Ride of the Week poll. Notices were also posted by SaabKen at SaabCentral and by the owner on Saabnet.
I’m pleased to report that the Convertible ended up winning handsomely and was [...]

Saab 60th Anniversary Editions

Following is a press release from Saab USA about the 60th anniversary editions of the 9-5 and 9-3.
Love that photo! Click to enlarge.

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LOS ANGELES – Saab, the Swedish-born automaker that got its wings from aviation, is celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2007 by introducing two special models that are sure to fly [...]

The Northern Winter

This one’s been published here before, but with the recent big chill in Vancouver and parts elsewhere I thought it might be useful to post it again.
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Whilst we here in Oz, the promised land, sun ourselves over the Christmas period, our northern counterparts (including all my in-laws) will be freezing their behinds off in the [...]

Saab Safety, proven again

I always get scared when I see a headline and an excerpt like the ones in my RSS feed tonight:
Driver killed as deer strikes car - ….The freak accident happened at 7.50pm on Sunday when a Saab car….
I live in a small city, where it’s really easy to run into people you know, or meet [...]

Some 9-5 thoughts

A few more things about the 9-5 have been crossing my mind for the last few days. So it’s time for a letter to GM.
It all started with the numbers below. These are European sales in October 2006 sorted by manufacturer. At the bottom you can see GM sales.

I’m not sure if [...]