Monday Snippets
Don’t leave valuables visible in your car.
It sounds like an old message and a common sense one, at that. People still manage to ignore it and suffer the consequences (I’m not blaming the owners, though, it’s the thieves who deserve a good kicking).
iPods seem to a very popular item so if you can’t take it with you, make sure it’s locked up in your glovebox.
A thief stole an iPod and $3 in loose change after slashing the convertible top on a 2007 Saab in the 400 block of Ocean Drive between 11:30 p.m. March 20 and 5 a.m. March 21. The iPod was valued at $200.
But what price for the top on the convertible and the inconvenience of having it replaced?
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Some years ago I owned an Alfa Sprint, similar to the one I test drove yesterday. One thing I’d forgotten about that car was how bad the seats were. They look fantastic in pictures but in reality it’s like they disappear half way up your back. Not even close to a Saab seat.
Even junkyard moggies know where the good seats are!!
from Flickr
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Two notable things from this Flickr shot:
It’s from Holland and yes, she’s actually wearing clogs. I always see that as something the Dutch used to do, but I believe they’re still popular with the locals.
Secondly, I’d love to see the rest of that 99. It looks a lot like my first Saab and it looks to be in great condition.
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I don’t want to create a political storm here, but I think there’s a worldwide consensus opinion that George Dubya Bush hasn’t exactly done the office of the President too many favours.
Others would be less kind.
But this picture (click to enlarge) shines a different light on the administration. Note the 9-3 in the White House car park. Adds a touch of class, and I can’t help but feel that the Presidency has been lifted just half a notch in my esteem as a result.
Perhaps it’s a representative from the next administration taking measurements for new carpets and curtains?
Sent in by Arild, who appears not to have been restrained for doing so.
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i wonder who the saab driver is at the white house… currently no “affluent liberals” there!
Didn’t scooter libby drive a Saab? I remember seeing some press coverage of him ducking into a NG 9-3 convertible back when he made the news..
Wouldnt it have been easier for the thief to put a window through, rather than slash the roof and then struggle through all the bows, cables and gubbins that make up a modern ‘vert roof?
Swade, below- my commetns from last weeks Alfa 33 post. So I was right about the seats then!
Previous post:
“I ran an Alfa 33 for a few mnoths in 1989. Nice engine, horrid steering and clunky suspension. Torsional rigidity of a croissant.
Your are a big bloke Swade- can you afford the osteopaths bills once you have sat in those awful seats with the short leg, long arm, neck ache, no lumabr support agony design?
Do you really want one of these thing mate? Really?”
As for a Saab at the Whitehouse - less said the better.
JWL - I don’t think your average thief things that far ahead. I went into our local prison a few times to play football against the inmates and lets just say it’s not Oxford or Cambridge in there.
Lance - they were definitely wanting, but may be something that’s possible to overcome. I’m definitely going to have took for something with a bit more grunt than the 105hp base level boxer, though. The Permanent4 has a Recaro interior so that might be a goer, though I wonder if the AWD gear can be removed and have it revert to FWD?
Swade,
Just buy a couple of secondhand Recaro seats and bolt ‘em to the Alfa’s seat runners- shit the bolt’s will probably be stonger than the original fittings anyway…
BTW, you do know what us Poms called the Alfa Sud don’t you - “Awfulsod”
There are reports Alfa is looking for a USA assembly plant. If they build the MiTo in the USA, the 9-1 will be fighting for my dollars in 2011. I suspect I am not the only one who feels this way.