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Terry named this 'Sabrina' .... bit of a play on words, I expect.

2007 SAAB 9-3 Aero Cabriolet.

Price was too good to refuse, being 70k AUD off the '07 listed price.

Quaintly...although SAAB is Swedish....this one's German...and the Engine was made in Port Melbourne [Australia] just a 'couple of miles down the road' from me.

Fitted with a Hirsch performance chip the 2.8l V6 Turbo Intercooled produces 202kw [276 hp] at 5670 rpm - or 90% of the 400 nm of torque from 1600 rpm onwards.  They typically don't 'rate' in pursuits such as 0 to 60 times as the first 2 gears of 6 are torque-limited to protect the transmission from ...er .... abuse.

SAAB's are massively underrated and/or overlooked by people looking for performance motoring - and more fool them....keeps their prices down...;)

For the best-of-both-worlds we've kept 'Natasha' - the '91 SAAB 9000 Turbo [a Giugiaro design] too as it does seat 5 and with a hatchback it can carry all the 'crap' needed when loaded up with 4 Race Officials heading off to the GrandsPrix, etc...;)

So....

What's your ride? ....;)

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 50
Careful what you wish for. Keeping a Jag running requires the equivalent of the GNP of several small nations.

It's been said that you can't own just one Jaguar.......you need a second one to drive while the other is in the shop.

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 50

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 48
I wish this Jaguar F-Type Coupe was my wheels!

Careful what you wish for. Keeping a Jag running requires the equivalent of the GNP of several small nations.

I have a neighbor with a Jag, he has had great luck.

 

But I'll never leave my Chevy. Besides, I could never afford a Jag.

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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top

Luck is indeed the operative word.  They can be nightmares.  Maybe that's changed in recent years, but not so's you'd notice. ;)

Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Almost identical [if in RHD] of my second car... a 1964 Triumph Spitfire 4 Mk1 .... 1147cc engine ...63hp .... the first of two I had.

The second [its replacement after a write-off] was a 1966 MkII with a Mk111 engine...1296cc bored to about 1320...75hp.  It was originally white but spent most of its life in undercoat...;)

Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top

BTW....I have a head for numbers....

The Standard was GWL-912.

First Spitty was HYW-087

Second Spitty was JTB-301 [never returned the plates].

Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I had a little red one.   <3   And was surrounded by a herd of elk on a mountain road in BC once, which towered over me and my car.   FEAR!


They were just curious. And Behemoth.   lol

Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Truck is for work and the car is for play.

Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Car number 4 was a change of pace...

1970 Chrysler Valiant VF Hardtop....OK, so it still has 2 doors....but it's a tad bigger....225 cu.in slant 6 and 3 sp torqueflite tranny ...2 bbl....about 160hp.

Built like a tank....it took out a Leyland P76 without almost a scratch.  [mine didn't have the venetians and this pic is of a 'Regal']

Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Number 5 ....another Chrysler....this time a '73 VJ Charger ....245 Hemi and 3sp Torqueflite .... around 165hp.  It was same colour as this....'Sandstone'.

Never was the same after it was stolen [I got it back again....minus the wheels, etc].

Of course...there's a trend here....got this one about '84 ....still had never owned a car that was less than 10 years old already...;)

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Next one was bland....'82 Toyota Corolla....1300cc manual [in red]....bog-standard and boring...but about as reliable as you can get.

Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Number 7 ....a red '87 Corolla....1600cc 5sp manual - at last something with air-con.  First foray into FWD cars.....not exactly enough grunt to induce real torque-steer ...;)  In-laws still have it...until they give up driving....[getting on]...;)

Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Number 8 ....which I still have....and dollar for dollar the cheapest car I've ever owned.

1991 [92 reg] SAAB 9000 Turbo.  200hp from 2.3l 4 with a 4sp auto ...all the fancy bits...even 5 star ANCAP without an airbag.

Pic is NQR ...think sunroof and gunmetal colour...er....and RHD...;)

22 years old and still going strong...about 220,000 km.

Reply #63 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 54
a 1964 Triumph Spitfire 4 Mk1

I'm experiencing some serious jealousy here.

Reply #64 from Elemental Forums Top


I roll in a 2013 Toyota Prius.   It's pretty badass.   I gas up half as often as I used to and when I do I pay half as much at the pump.  Gets me to work and back to pay the bills.

 

Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 63



Quoting Jafo,
reply 54
a 1964 Triumph Spitfire 4 Mk1


I'm experiencing some serious jealousy here.

It was the Spitty that inspired me to get into 'rag-tops' once more.....with the 9-3 Aero.  Needless to say there's quite a difference in the two....the only advantage going to the Spitty was I used to do EVERYTHING on that car myself.  The Aero's 6 computers would be enough to get me nervous tackling it.

A bit of a comparison....the Spitty's gearing was 4000rpm in 4th = 64 mph .....and if you were going downhill it 'might' manage 95.

The Aero is at 2000rpm at about 64 mph [6th] .....and is now rated at 155 mph.

The Mk 1s and 2s were a bit 'pedestrian'....but by the time they got to 3 and 4 they were quite 'neat'.  Whoever thought up those early tail lights should have been shot.  They'd break/fall off if you just looked at them too hard.....and the external weld seams were both cheap AND ugly.... and who thought it would be a good idea to put the fuel filler in the middle of the car right next to a PLASTIC back window?...;)

Reply #66 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 65
the only advantage going to the Spitty was I used to do EVERYTHING on that car myself

And you had to.  But what fun.

Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've had this a while now. Important stats for me, 44mpg around town, 80mpg+ at 50mph...

 

Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I managed 44 in the Spitty once....on the highway....eons ago...way before unleaded, etc....twin 1 1/2" SUs with the chokes removed.

The Aero isn't 'quite' that good...;)

Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yep....as long as GM keeps away from them all will be fine...;)

My 9-3 is GM vintage....the car's made in Germany and the engine in Holden's [GM] works in Port Melbourne...;)

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

yep... sounds like you got the gem...

 

watched that show 'Auction' the other day.... it was on the Motorclassica at the Melbourne Exhibition Building.... 

out of all the magnificent cars there... my pick was simple..  :d

 

 

 

but the silver Porsche was lovely too...

Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top

[quote who="Jafo" reply="68" id="3423458"]
I managed 44 in the Spitty once....on the highway....eons ago...

WOW! 44mph in one of those is scary!! Lucky you lived to tell the tale!!  :grin: ;)

Reply #73 from Elemental Forums Top

About to celebrate my 5th year anniversary of being free from the "joys" of car ownership. :D

 

All that wasted time and money when I could be playing on the computer instead... ;)

Reply #74 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting BoXXi, reply 72
WOW! 44mph in one of those is scary!! Lucky you lived to tell the tale!!

Smartarse....;)

Flat out....on the flat...I did see 92mph once......but...

....Smiths mechanical speedo.....could have been anything....;)

Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 74
....Smiths mechanical speedo.....could have been anything....

Indeed! Not the most reliable of instruments...... :)