Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken writes: "I had a Saab 96L two-stroke. A gas tank and an oil tank. It quit one day in northern Oklahoma (middle of nowhere X2) and the gas station guy said, we have a doctor here who is a Saab collector - I'll call him. He showed up and repaired the "clutch" no charge...there is a God. There are other stories." - - - - - - Saabs have come a long way since the days of the relatively reliable, rally winning two stroke. The two strokes, by the way, are now illegal in New York because they won't meet the emission requirements. But for years the company, under GM ownership, stagnated and produced quirky cars that underperformed their rivals. I own and drive the only modern Saab made in years, a Saab 92X. The only trouble is that it is really a rebadged and upscaled Subaru WRX. The car has neck snapping acceleration and lets me relive my sports car addiction without letting the neighbors scoff at my inner child. Saab is now owned by Spyker, a Dutch firm, financed by Russian billionaires, that produced 38 cars last year. Maybe Leica should be sold to the Russians too. Larry Z