Captain this photo.
Posted on 12/07/2006 1:01:32 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Awesome.
I owned a Mazda in the 1970s with a rotary engine that lasted 1,200 miles before the engine blew up. The second engine blew after 300 miles. The third was going strong at 2,500 miles before I sold it for a good price to a collector. Never had the opportunity to change the oil. Maybe I was required to change the oil everytime I emptied the ashtray.
Oh, well.
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My cousin`s a rural carrier here in town,drives a Jimmy with about
105,000 on it.
He carries brake shoes in the truck with him on his unbelievably large route
and can replace them he says in 40 mins.
Rural carriers have my admiration, cars going by you with inches to spare.
The first set of pads went 10 weeks on a 25 mile town route. I replaced them with a $9.95 from Autozone that lasted 10 months!
I used to do fleet maintence for 6 P-30's like the one I purchased; I could do the front pads (both sides) in under 30 minutes (usually done twice a year/30,000 miles), while the rear shoes took 1.5 hours/side (only done yearly/80,000 miles).
>>'73 Saab that lasted 101 miles
So between your experience and the guy in the article, I could expect a Saab to last about 500,743 miles.
I can think of one 4X4 built in the past 30 years that may well have gotten them out on it's own power. A stock 1978 Chevy K-5 Blazer full time 4X4 automatic that did not have lockouts installed. They were purposely built high off the ground from the factory and IMO is the best all around stock 4X4 ever built by an American manufacture. 350 V-8 with plenty of power too.
I've owned two and nobody is getting the one I have now even though it is a straight shift 3 speed with a granny low. I've taken mine through 2 feet of snow up the side of a ridge and it didn't even put up a fuss. The newer SUV's though you're likely right. The original Blazers were one of a kind. The new ones come no where close.
anal-retentive, cheap bastard...that's probably why his wife divorced him!
Some colonel of truth here.
Some colonel of truth here.
So? It's not a major error.
Captain this photo.
Gotta love those Saabs! That is all I have driven since 1980.
Probably why he hasn't been able to afford a new car since 1989...
,,, good point!
Welcome back. Anything we should know about the next millennium?
(Besides buying Saab stock for the long term investment?)
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SAAB's lost their "uniqueness" when GM bought them in the 90's. This guy's 900 is an SPG for Special Performance Group, kind of a limited edition version. Note that Saabs were originally designed by aircraft engineers. The ignition switch for this car is on the floor between the two front seats, thus ergonomically grouping the things your right hand needs to get going: Key/ignition switch, handbrake, gearshift.
We owned SAAB's in our family from early 70's (including a 2-stroke 95) until the 90's. My brother in law still drives a GM SAAB.
Al Bundy would be proud.
Saab or Subaru, hard to tell from the helecopter pics. Thanks
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