What's Your Wheels?
Monday, November 18, 2013 by Jafo | Discussion: Life, the Universe and Everything
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 #22 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:33 PM
2006 4cyl NA Pontiac Solstice. Pic to follow... if I get around to washing it.
Reply #24 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:45 PM
I have a 2010 Ford Focus, fairly small economic car. I have grown to love the thing, it's a really great car. Drove it to Las Vegas and back, and got 42MPG for the trip. Only problem I have had is with the mass air flow sensor going out twice already, but I haven't had to pay for it being replaced yet.
Reply #26 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:24 PM
I have a 2010 Ford Focus, fairly small economic car. I have grown to love the thing, it's a really great car. Drove it to Las Vegas and back, and got 42MPG for the trip. Only problem I have had is with the mass air flow sensor going out twice already, but I haven't had to pay for it being replaced yet.
I had a Focus Wagon which I foolishly sold. The only reason I did so was because I was moving out of Province. They are great little cars and the wagon had plenty of room in the back. I would trade my gas guzzling Envoy for one any day.
Reply #28 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:58 PM
I live on this island (Kaien Island, northwest coast, BC, Canada):
And it's small. Not far from Alaska, actually. (The snow-capped stuff in the left/background is Alaska) So I have no car. Everything is walkable distance in a few minutes. hehe
Reply #29 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:12 PM
I live on this island (Kaien Island, northwest coast, BC, Canada):
And it's small. Not far from Alaska, actually. (The snow-capped stuff in the left/background is Alaska) So I have no car. Everything is walkable distance in a few minutes. hehe
I am from NS living in Alberta. By the looks of that photo I want to move there.
Reply #31 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:26 PM
Quoting JuniorCrooks, reply 29By the looks of that photo I want to move there.
Talkin' bout the island or the AVI?
They both look great to me but I will settle for the Island.
Reply #32 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:50 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:46 PM
[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="32" id="3419550"]
Quoting Daiwa, reply 30Talkin' bout the island or the AVI?
What AVI?
I believe the reference was to matchbook's avatar Jim.
Reply #34 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:26 PM
2013 Nissan Sentra, what I drive
The bat mobile, what I want to drive
Reply #35 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:27 PM
2010 Chevrolet HHR SS. 2.0l turbo. 300ish HP, 320ish torques (as Jeremy Clarkson would say).
Reply #36 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:25 PM
He'd say "horsepowers" too ...
DPCloud ....the closest I came to 'having' a Batmobile was at one of the GrandsPrix when an older ver was going round the track on a demo and it lost a hubcap where I was [on startline] so I had to go out to retreive it ...
Reply #37 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:36 PM
Big pimpin in a 07 Ford Taurus son. I'm still rocking the cassette player. Bringing it old school. Now if I could only find my McHammer tape...
Reply #38 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:39 PM
My first car [not the actual one - but same model and colour] - a hand-me-down from my parents...1957 Standard Triumph Super 10.
The '10' stands for 10 RAC Horsepower [about 33 normal ones]. 948cc motor that eventually ended up in the Triumph Herald. Built like a tank [and about as sophisticated as one] - complete with crankhandle for when you had an argument with the electrics - [Lucas - prince of Darkness].
wow sydney!!!! 
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Reply #21 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:56 AM
On average I do about 5k .... a year [the metric ones, not miles]...