Comments on: Saab dreams http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html Saab 9-1, 9-3, 9-4x, 9-5, 9-7x News Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rogan http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53429 Rogan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:23:13 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53429 Alright, it's on. <em><strong>No, it's not. Comments are now closed. I'll nip this one in the bud and learn from my mistake. I knew that including a humorous reference to her disastrous (by any measure) interview with Katie Couric would possibly be a hot button issue, but there's around 1,300 words here, the vast majority of which are about Saab. - SW And, in the spirit of peace, I've gone farther than nipping the bud and I've pruned back all of the unfortunate stumblings ino the political arena. Cars, it's about cars. With civility, please! EnG</strong></em> -Rogan Alright, it’s on.

No, it’s not. Comments are now closed. I’ll nip this one in the bud and learn from my mistake.

I knew that including a humorous reference to her disastrous (by any measure) interview with Katie Couric would possibly be a hot button issue, but there’s around 1,300 words here, the vast majority of which are about Saab. – SW

And, in the spirit of peace, I’ve gone farther than nipping the bud and I’ve pruned back all of the unfortunate stumblings ino the political arena. Cars, it’s about cars. With civility, please! EnG

-Rogan

]]> By: zippy http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53426 zippy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:03:11 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53426 I will be LEAVING Vancouver during the Winter Olympics. SWADE, I almost fell of my chair laughing at this comment "The trials of driving around Vancouver back in 2008 were a thing of the past with all the infrastructure work that so pained our travels a few years ago proving to be totally worthwhile." Wishful thinking for anyone who actually lives in Vancouver. I have booked my fights to Geneva -whilst I am on holiday in the UK- for the 11March so I hope the all-new 9-5 will be there. I shot an email to Saab HQ in Sweden who verified the car will be there. I will be LEAVING Vancouver during the Winter Olympics.

SWADE, I almost fell of my chair laughing at this comment “The trials of driving around Vancouver back in 2008 were a thing of the past with all the infrastructure work that so pained our travels a few years ago proving to be totally worthwhile.” Wishful thinking for anyone who actually lives in Vancouver.

I have booked my fights to Geneva -whilst I am on holiday in the UK- for the 11March so I hope the all-new 9-5 will be there. I shot an email to Saab HQ in Sweden who verified the car will be there.

]]> By: eggsngrits http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53425 eggsngrits Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53425 All: Saab is certainly adrift in the US. It's all about the product, which is a direct quote from Steve Shannon himself. So, it should follow that new product can't come soon enough. All:

Saab is certainly adrift in the US. It’s all about the product, which is a direct quote from Steve Shannon himself. So, it should follow that new product can’t come soon enough.

]]> By: MitchbSC http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53413 MitchbSC Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:01:48 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53413 I see Aero Academy's demise mentioned twice. I was in for service two weeks ago to have a tire patched. Either merged on to an offramp through debris or found one of the finishing nails my 6 year old kid had on the driveway. One of the sales managers caught me, took me aside, and said he *just* heard from a *customer* that Aero Academy was canceled. He was concerned whether I'd buy Saab. I told him 'don't worry', I'll be back. Saab's performance and economy can't be matched by anything else in the GM lineup. Anything that does loses on style. I also informed him that Aero Academy was lost to cut backs about two months ago. Too few went. It required too much marketing dollars and insurance. I'm the rare case where Aero Academy won the purchase decision, as I almost went Audi in 2006. Speaking of 2010. Looks like my 2007 9-5 Aero will be a classic. I got out of air travel for my job and have been driving my 9-5 to a job site 3.5 hours away. Love the car! (Love the mileage reimbursement too.) 28.5 to 30+ MPG depending on octane, speed, and my mood on the accelerator. Too bad it's a lease. 13 of 27 payments left. I wonder if GMAC has "StupidBuy(tm)" for those of us who want to keep our leased vehicles. For what I remember it'll cost, I need to write the US Congress for a bailout. Hey, speaking of pollyticks, sorry to bring a counterpoint to the group-think (yeah, but I'm one-quarter French-Canadian, it happens) : 1. Saab will not have models in queue to meet the mandate of President Obama and Greasy Joe Biden that we in the U.S. return to rural areas in a zero carbon footprint manner to work the collectives. :) . I would've considered Obama until his selection of Biden. What a Loonie. Change? In Canadian coins maybe ... [Note: McCain is a flaming boob too but I can't ridicule the elderly before noon Eastern time.] 2. Canada has kicked U.S. butt every time we've tried to invade. President Palin's invasion would only result in a massive cash infusion to the Canadian economy, albeit at $0.35US to the Loonie in 2010. The US Northwest and Midwest will subsequently request annexation by Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. 3. Loonie. OK, I've said it three times. Nothing? Beetlejuice, then? :) I see Aero Academy’s demise mentioned twice. I was in for service two weeks ago to have a tire patched. Either merged on to an offramp through debris or found one of the finishing nails my 6 year old kid had on the driveway. One of the sales managers caught me, took me aside, and said he *just* heard from a *customer* that Aero Academy was canceled. He was concerned whether I’d buy Saab. I told him ‘don’t worry’, I’ll be back. Saab’s performance and economy can’t be matched by anything else in the GM lineup. Anything that does loses on style. I also informed him that Aero Academy was lost to cut backs about two months ago. Too few went. It required too much marketing dollars and insurance. I’m the rare case where Aero Academy won the purchase decision, as I almost went Audi in 2006.

Speaking of 2010. Looks like my 2007 9-5 Aero will be a classic. I got out of air travel for my job and have been driving my 9-5 to a job site 3.5 hours away. Love the car! (Love the mileage reimbursement too.) 28.5 to 30+ MPG depending on octane, speed, and my mood on the accelerator. Too bad it’s a lease. 13 of 27 payments left. I wonder if GMAC has “StupidBuy(tm)” for those of us who want to keep our leased vehicles. For what I remember it’ll cost, I need to write the US Congress for a bailout.

Hey, speaking of pollyticks, sorry to bring a counterpoint to the group-think (yeah, but I’m one-quarter French-Canadian, it happens) :

1. Saab will not have models in queue to meet the mandate of President Obama and Greasy Joe Biden that we in the U.S. return to rural areas in a zero carbon footprint manner to work the collectives. :) . I would’ve considered Obama until his selection of Biden. What a Loonie. Change? In Canadian coins maybe … [Note: McCain is a flaming boob too but I can't ridicule the elderly before noon Eastern time.]

2. Canada has kicked U.S. butt every time we’ve tried to invade. President Palin’s invasion would only result in a massive cash infusion to the Canadian economy, albeit at $0.35US to the Loonie in 2010. The US Northwest and Midwest will subsequently request annexation by Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

3. Loonie. OK, I’ve said it three times. Nothing? Beetlejuice, then? :)

]]> By: Smoke_Jaguar4 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53412 Smoke_Jaguar4 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:02:52 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53412 Surprise news for 2011: The next 9-3 will feature a mild hybrid approaching 300 HP and 40 MPG combined. Surprise news for 2011:
The next 9-3 will feature a mild hybrid approaching 300 HP and 40 MPG combined.

]]> By: Tedjs http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53411 Tedjs Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:47:51 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53411 Hopefully in this timeline I am passing my ’07 9-3 on to my wife and enjoying picking out a new Saab model of my choice since there is plenty of new product to choose from. This would also mean that: GM used a large chunk of the money it received in the 2008 economic bailout (or rescue) plan to revitalize Saab (after the bill finally passed on October, 3rd 2008). I made a lot of money after buying GM stock for $1.98 a share on October 2nd, 20008 after nearly a week of record drops in the U.S. stock market. Gasoline stabilized to a reasonable level in early 2009 as a result of a sound energy policy that came from the new administration that was elected in late 2008. Erin Burnett (formally an anchor on CNBC) became the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury due to her uncanny ability to explain economic policy to Americans in plain English. Hopefully in this timeline I am passing my ’07 9-3 on to my wife and enjoying picking out a new Saab model of my choice since there is plenty of new product to choose from.

This would also mean that:

GM used a large chunk of the money it received in the 2008 economic bailout (or rescue) plan to revitalize Saab (after the bill finally passed on October, 3rd 2008).

I made a lot of money after buying GM stock for $1.98 a share on October 2nd, 20008 after nearly a week of record drops in the U.S. stock market.

Gasoline stabilized to a reasonable level in early 2009 as a result of a sound energy policy that came from the new administration that was elected in late 2008.

Erin Burnett (formally an anchor on CNBC) became the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury due to her uncanny ability to explain economic policy to Americans in plain English.

]]> By: Drew B http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53404 Drew B Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:56:26 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53404 And no doubt President Palin has well and truly proved that a pit bull has more brains than a hockey mom, regardless of whether it's wearing lipstick. And no doubt President Palin has well and truly proved that a pit bull has more brains than a hockey mom, regardless of whether it’s wearing lipstick.

]]> By: MarkoA http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53403 MarkoA Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:04:44 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53403 Very nice! So you kicked Steve Shannon to Buick. All righty! 2010.. I know I´m not driving a new Saab anymore, my main car is of different make. Saab was not able to offer XDW eLSD diesel combi with raised suspension. I drive Subaru. On some nice sunny afternoons I take my fully restored 900 T16S Aero for a spin and enjoy the h**k out of it! International Saab club meeting is in Finland 2011. Long live Saab. Gävla GM... Very nice! So you kicked Steve Shannon to Buick. All righty!

2010.. I know I´m not driving a new Saab anymore, my main car is of different make. Saab was not able to offer XDW eLSD diesel combi with raised suspension. I drive Subaru. On some nice sunny afternoons I take my fully restored 900 T16S Aero for a spin and enjoy the h**k out of it! International Saab club meeting is in Finland 2011. Long live Saab.

Gävla GM…

]]> By: ctm http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53400 ctm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:22:25 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53400 Sarah "evolution is evil" Palin... I think she can see dinosaurs from her porch in Alaska. <strong><em>Yep, those oil deposits are full of dinosaurs. Dead for centuries, but they are there! EnG</em></strong> Sarah “evolution is evil” Palin… I think she can see dinosaurs from her porch in Alaska.

Yep, those oil deposits are full of dinosaurs. Dead for centuries, but they are there! EnG

]]> By: Troll96 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/09/saab-dreams.html#comment-53397 Troll96 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:26:33 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=8328#comment-53397 Perhaps the diary could also have added the following... Sales of the 2011 9-3 are expected to take off following Saab's decision to eliminate the back seats in favor of supersized front seats for aging baby-boomers. Newly-retired boomers are the only demographic still loyal to the German/Swedish/Mexican/American car maker. Saab was left with little choice after designers concluded that only small pets and double amputees could fit in the back of the downsized vehicle. Ever socially-conscious, Saab has been awarded the Eco-2011 prize after the breakthrough discovery that all of its Bio-Power vehicles could achieve 50 mpg running on recycled melamine. Huge stocks of surplus melamine became available in 2009 after the export market for Chinese processed foods collapsed. Perhaps the diary could also have added the following…

Sales of the 2011 9-3 are expected to take off following Saab’s decision to eliminate the back seats in favor of supersized front seats for aging baby-boomers. Newly-retired boomers are the only demographic still loyal to the German/Swedish/Mexican/American car maker. Saab was left with little choice after designers concluded that only small pets and double amputees could fit in the back of the downsized vehicle.

Ever socially-conscious, Saab has been awarded the Eco-2011 prize after the breakthrough discovery that all of its Bio-Power vehicles could achieve 50 mpg running on recycled melamine. Huge stocks of surplus melamine became available in 2009 after the export market for Chinese processed foods collapsed.

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