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Title: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: BazaJT on 07 October 2015, 18:55:41
Bloke whos Saab I was in other week said he'd never had any luck with Vauxhalls and they were nothing but trouble and how he'd not have another,hence he'd bought a Saab as they were Swedish and oh so reliable and never any trouble ever.Well this morning on his way to work he blew the engine up.Shouldn't gloat at anyones motoring mishaps,but I couldn't help but feel just a tad smug.
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: Toledodude1973 on 07 October 2015, 21:18:17
Rightly so ;)
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: EMD on 07 October 2015, 22:01:40
Bloke whos Saab I was in other week said he'd never had any luck with Vauxhalls and they were nothing but trouble and how he'd not have another,hence he'd bought a Saab as they were Swedish and oh so reliable and never any trouble ever.Well this morning on his way to work he blew the engine up.Shouldn't gloat at anyones motoring mishaps,but I couldn't help but feel just a tad smug.

Quite a few of them do that . Someone i knew bough one of those soft top ones and it blew up on the way back from where he bought it from  :(
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: Ever Ready on 08 October 2015, 08:22:55
Far better with a good old Swedish car rather than a General Motors car ;D

What year of Saab was it? 1989-2010 perhaps? ;D
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 08 October 2015, 09:25:47
Exactly. Not saying that Saab didn't do a hell of a lot of re-engineering of components etc. but doesn't stop a hell of a lot of the components being GM. Unless he happened to be driving a 99, then I suspect his was a Cav/Vectra/Insignia with a hat on.  :)
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: BazaJT on 08 October 2015, 19:06:02
It was a W reg soft top[a 9-3?]
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: minifreek on 10 October 2015, 19:11:36
I can only presume that he didnt realise it was a Vectra in a suit...?
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: BazaJT on 10 October 2015, 20:18:38
He claimed it was pure Saab and built before Vauxhall had any input :o
Title: Re: Shouldn't gloat
Post by: henryd on 11 October 2015, 12:24:50
He claimed it was pure Saab and built before Vauxhall had any input :o

He obviously hadn't been underneath it then!!