Meet (the artist formerly known as) Saabie Disner!
...don't I wish!
11-25-02
Now that I am all grown up, I figured it was time to buy a respectable ride. So tomorrow I am taking delivery of a 1989 Saab 900 16 valve coupe. Continuing the tradition of only buying cars for sale in my immediate neighborhood, I am excited to get to know my 173,000 mile, fifteen-hundred dollar Sweedish sports coupe. Stay tuned for pics and stories. Send all pity donations directly to my PayPal account.
Owner #2
Expect I'll be doing this a lot!
11-23-03
Bad news for Saabie fans. Saabie was totalled today when a speeding driver (CA plate 3VAA199) came down my street and hit a woman who plowed into my poor car. I was still at work at the time. Normally, I would have taken the Saab to work, but it was overheating and needed a ten-dollar electric fan relay that I was going to pick up the next day. Funny how life is sometimes.
Doesn't look like $2800 worth of damage to me...
OK...Maybe it does.
Unfortunately, since Saab parts are so expensive, almost any accident can total them out, especially when they get to be ten-plus years old with a bunch of miles on them. But it is totally frustrating, because this was a really great, relatively trouble-free ride with a lot of life in it still. I couldn't have gotten luckier with this car really, considering I found it for sale just down the street exactly one year ago. Well, I guess my luck just ran out.
12-03-03
Checking out another Saab tomorrow. This one is an '88 red 900S coupe. Sounds promising. I am totally hooked on these cars and can't see driving anything else in my current situation (broke). Stay tuned for juicy details.
12-07-03
Picking up the 900S tomorrow. Pictures to follow in a week or so.
Say hello to SaabieFred. Purchased with the settlement I just received from AAA. Insurance paid me twice what I paid for the last car, essentially buying me both cars! Running real well so far with 183K on the clock. A couple things to sort out, like the heater and the fact that it won't stay in third gear, but seems pretty solid overall.
05/24/04
Well that didn't last long! Just never warmed up to the red one, although it really ran great and was a lot of fun to toss around. Driving one of these now...
Whoops! This didn't last too long either! See the homepage for details on my new ride...
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