That BioPower question

A few days ago I asked for some info and people’s thoughts on the the suggestion that Saab make their entire range of gasoline engines BioPower compatible. The big question was whether or not the modified parts used in the BioPower models justify the extra $1,000 to $1,500 they charge for the BioPower vehicles.
Unfortunately, [...]

A spider update

A few days ago I mentioned the fact that a family of huntsman spiders had set up residence inside my Viggen. To refresh your memories, this is a huntsman spider, typically about 10-12 centimeters across.

As of a few days ago, I’d removed one, exterminated another, but a third one was still at large. [...]

Some ‘Swade-to-Sweden’ Top 9s

Egss n Grits has been hard at work this weekend, coming up with a couple of top 9 lists pertaining to me trying to get to Sweden in June for Saab Festival.
Very, very good.
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Top nine ways for Swade to save money on the trip to Sweden:
9. Buy tickets early for a cheaper fare.
8. Lie about [...]

TS Desktop Wallpaper - No 2

There’ll likely be a few early additions to the TS Desktop Wallpaper collection. I’ve been wanting to offer these for a long time now so there’s a bit of a back log.
This one, however, has come in fresh. It’s by Mike Jager, keeper of the Per Eklund fan site and also the Per [...]

9-3SC Cruisin

David R got sick of whatever it was that held up the delivery of his new 9-3 SportCombi Aero. So he flew from his home in New Mexico to San Diego and picked it up himself!

Due to the outrageous amount of incentives Saab USA has been giving to current owners on 2006 models, I [...]

MY08 9-3 Snippets

One gent that a few of us may know of has caught a look at some MY08 pictures and has written to let me know that the SportCombi version with its XWD setup will be offered in a sort of Ovlov XC70 style cladding to take on the aspiring Subaru Outback owners.
There will [...]

TS Desktop Wallpapers - No 1

This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. It’s just been hard getting all the software I need sorted out to do it on one machine.
Think of these as a sort of super Saab O The Week, but less frequent and much more special.
The aim for these is to provide [...]

Another club joins the list

Another Saab club has been added to the list on the sidebar.
I was contacted by Jose, who let me know about the Saab Club of Portugal. Theres a simple club site there and a forum for members and guests to sort out their Saab stuff.
Jose himself has been a Saab guy for as long [...]