The bad news is that I’m stuck in San Francisco and will be delayed 24 hours getting home.

The good news is that I’ll finally get a business class flight as compensation for being so delayed.

If there’s a dealer in San Francisco reading this, I’d love to come in and visit today but I don’t know where you guys are. Please email me at swade99-at-gmail.com.

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In addition to my chat with John Libbos this morning, I also took a 9-7x Aero for a short drive with thanks to Saab of Troy. John and I were late hooking up this morning as we were looking for each other in different parts of the hotel. As a result, our time was limited and I only got to do a few blocks in the 9-7x.

It was a very interesting drive, despite the brevity.

The 9-7x is a very comfortable vehicle to ride in and they really have done a good job setting up the interior. I couldn’t drive it far enough to check out the suspension tweaks they’ve done.

The engine: it’s definitely not a Saab setup, but it’s fun in its own, big way.

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I got a few photos of it, but once again we were so pressed for time that I didn’t get anywhere near as much as what I wanted.

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We also visited the GM Heritage collection.

They have about 850 cars in the full collection, but the display only houses around 180 of these at any one time. It’s quite an impressive sight when you walk through the door and you’re met by all these gleaming old cars.

I’ll get to publishing some individual shots when I get back home.

There were only three Saabs on display. A Saab 92, a racing Saab 96 and a Saab 99 Turbo. All of them were gleaming and are a credit to restoration work that’s been done.

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Further to the travel delays, things are going to be pretty quiet here for a few days.

When I get home I’ve got some family stuff to catch up on, as we have a weekend trip planned with the Canadian relatives. So get into the archives and fossick around a little. Or even better, go get into your Saab and go for a good, long drive.