Just got back from a test drive of 1992 Saab 9000s (1992 2.3l 4cyl 5 speed). I was pleasantly surprised on how “sporty” the car felt. The dealer is in Homestead, and the saleswoman took me on a little circuit of open backroads — lots of hills and curves to really test the car. It wasn’t quite as peppy as the Subaru, but it was still quite impressive, even in the corners with crappy all-season tyres. I wonder if all the squealing and hard breaking made the saleswoman a bit nervous?

We’re going to look at another Saab later this week, and we should make our decision soon. Another salesman was a bit surprised that we’d want to sell a 2000 Impreza RS with 46,000 miles for an old Saab. I told him to try and manipulate a child/car seat combination in a two door coupe…..

Posted on 16 September 2003