Archive for September, 2007
Saturday Snippets
The study of economics is a worthwhile pursuit, though the average economist tends to assume too much. They work with models for a living, see, and have to estimate and predict conditions and all sorts of stuff.
Have you heard the one about an economist stuck on a desert island with nothing but tinned food [...]
SaabUSA want your stories
Saab USA want you to tell them their stories. They’ll use these stories to inspire other would-be owners and new purchasers by placing them in various future Saab publications like the Saab Magazine and maybe even a publication given to new owners in the future.
It’s a great chance to share your Saab experience with [...]
Another 2008 9-3 heading home
I’ve just received another note about a 2008 Saab 9-3 arriving at a dealership and being ready to pick up. This 1.8 BioPower model is going to live with Bjorn, from Norway.
And isn’t Titan Grey looking a treat!!
Unfortunately there was a slight mix up at the factory and Bjorn’s optional foglamps were missing when [...]
E85 gaining ground in Hungary
Ivan! Where you been?
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It’s becoming well known that for E85 to grow as an altenative fuel is going to take both consumer and government support. Most people sing out when they hear about government support, stating that the fuel should be left to itself so the market can decide. Government support doesn’t [...]
Future Saab 9-5: have you say - manual gearboxes
You might find this surprising, but an employee at SaabUSA recently told me that they hadn’t considered Bluetooth as big an issue as what we’ve discovered it to be here at TS, primarily because few people have talked to them about it. And he’s right.
The round table discussion at the recent Saab [...]
Is it time for Per Eklund to hand in his keys?
Michael Jordan won six NBA championships in eight years with the Chicago Bulls. If he hadn’t taken a diversion into baseball it might have been eight out of eight - who knows? Air Jordan retired as the king of the sporting world. He’d led the Bulls to the promised Land, watched them [...]
Winding Road drive the 2008 Saab 9-3
Thanks to Alex for letting us know about this one!
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Winding Road are the latest magazine to publish their thoughts on the 2008 Saab 9-3. This is the cover for the November 07 issue.
If you’ve not seen it before, Winding Road produce a downloadable magazine. As such, I can’t cut and paste quotes from [...]
DIP’s DIY: now with RSS
If that headline doesn’t make any sense to you, try this…..
Dmitry (in comments as ‘Dip’) is a guy i’ve featured here a few times before. He’s a Russian living in Canada and has had plenty of DIY experience. I covered his 900 Convertible restoration on the website (and the crash, too).
I’ve also linked [...]
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