The last generation of the 900 series were based on the same platform as the Opel Vectra, Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6 - collectively known as the "Epsilon" platform.
The L was based on the Vectra which shared a platform with the 9-5. IIRC, many mechanicals (suspension and brakes) were the same parts.
I owned a 2003 L-series for 7 years and I'm quite familiar with the above statement. I once had to spend $1200 for new brakes (pads, rotors and calipers). Plus I had to replace the BCM twice ($600 each).
My current DD ('06 ION) is similar to the Chevy Cobalt. Much cheaper for parts.
Me driving my '63 Studebaker Lark Daytona with Avanti power and factory Skytop sunroof.
This was taken on a country road near Mantua, OH, about four years ago. The photographer had his 15-year-old daughter (!) driving his Tahoe in the left lane while he hung out the right window snapping the photo!
The car's in Australia now. Sold it last year.
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"First By Far With a Postwar Car" was their slogan that year. My brother-in-law has a '49 Studebaker convertible, light yellow and a very nice car. He married into the family about five years ago and I think I reignited his long-buried appreciation of Studebakers! Not sure that's a good thing or not.
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They have it at a local coffee shop... Really nice day today, so a lot of cars out..
Mid-80s Porsche 911 turbo Two Acura NSXs 3 Ferraris.. 328 and a Testarossa 2 Porsche Spyder replicas 1 Shelby Cobra 427 replica New BMW 1M coupe Late '70s Suzuki GS550 (4-cyl) 2 mid-90s Toyota Supra Turbos Late model Porsche 928 S4 BMW 2002 Lots of Subarus- WRX, STi, STi converted Forester BMW E39 M5 63 Vette convertible Audi S4 (1st gen) '67 Mustang fastback Vector something or other (Lambo-looking monster) DeTomaso Pantera Newer Maserati coupe Porsche 356C
1974 Ford Pinto Squire in forest green metallic and the requisite wood grain paneling. It was quite rusty and a bit of a hooptie, but to even see a survivor in any condition is quite amazing.
Was out driving with my daughter today (yet another practice session parallel parking. I think she can now teach the other kids how to do it!)
while on some local streets, an early (pre-Bumper) Gremlin passed by, then returned a few minutes later. Had a V8 (that I could hear) and I think a stick. blue. Needed paint, but body looked sound with no rust noticed.
Told my daughter that I wanted it bad. She, as usual, thought I was nuts!
63 and partly cloudy, yesterday... pretty nice weather for the first of December in Cincinnati..
Was 68 yesterday here in Denver ... we need some rain or snow. Ski resorts are struggling, and the lack of precip plus high winds makes for ripe fire conditions.
Oh, wait ... there is a fire burning in Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park; it started in early October and is still going.
E-mailed my Alfa buddy to elaborate on what he said, but he's out of the office until the 11th. Hopefully he gets the message on his smart phone sooner than that.
1986 900 Turbo (recessed lights, CHMSL - one year style), blue, looked to be in decent shape. 1986 Camry (angular body, CHMSL - one year style), looked to be in decent shape. Early 80s Tercel, looked to be in decent shape. That's the west coast.
I have to tell the story...1973...I'm about to buy my first new car(FIRST car was a '60 Stude Lark VIII ! 10 years old when I got it). Back to MY new car at the Mercury dealership. MOM couldn't get the idea of a silver car. "Why would ANYone want a SILVER car???" She was thinking chrome, not silver color . Anyway, we walk into the dealership and she points to a white car on the showroom floor..."Why can't you get a WHITE car?...like THAT one?" The 'white' car was a de Tomasso Pantera...$9999.00 :surprise: Next to my $2300 Mercury Capri(made in Germany back then), that Pantera might as well have cost a million bucks!
I saw a wide body Cobra yesterday, probably a clone, a company (ERA) the next town over, makes them. It sounded good as it drove by, even though I had the windows up.
yep Cobra clones are a dime a dozen and really cheap to buy these days. Of course, not all clones are created equal. Buying a clone that someone put together in his garage is..well...worrisome.
This has probably got to be the lowest-mileage 240D I've ever seen. I have driven two of them, but they were both automatics, and they had to be some of the slowest vehicles I've had the pleasure of driving. I had the accelerator down halfway expecting it to accelerate modestly, and I wasn't surprised.
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The last generation of the 900 series were based on the same platform as the Opel Vectra, Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6 - collectively known as the "Epsilon" platform.
They took it from being a quirky turbo hatch with personality to a fairly generic sedan.
Worked for a very short period, but Saab got stuck selling HEAVILY discounted leases and nothing else. Residuals went down the drain.
My brother owned a Vectra in Brazil, I really liked that car. Far better than the Fiat he had prior.
I owned a 2003 L-series for 7 years and I'm quite familiar with the above statement. I once had to spend $1200 for new brakes (pads, rotors and calipers). Plus I had to replace the BCM twice ($600 each).
My current DD ('06 ION) is similar to the Chevy Cobalt. Much cheaper for parts.
http://www.studebakerskytop.com/billpresslerpics7.jpg
Me driving my '63 Studebaker Lark Daytona with Avanti power and factory Skytop sunroof.
This was taken on a country road near Mantua, OH, about four years ago. The photographer had his 15-year-old daughter (!) driving his Tahoe in the left lane while he hung out the right window snapping the photo!
The car's in Australia now. Sold it last year.
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"First By Far With a Postwar Car" was their slogan that year. My brother-in-law has a '49 Studebaker convertible, light yellow and a very nice car. He married into the family about five years ago and I think I reignited his long-buried appreciation of Studebakers! Not sure that's a good thing or not.
Mid-80s Porsche 911 turbo
Two Acura NSXs
3 Ferraris.. 328 and a Testarossa
2 Porsche Spyder replicas
1 Shelby Cobra 427 replica
New BMW 1M coupe
Late '70s Suzuki GS550 (4-cyl)
2 mid-90s Toyota Supra Turbos
Late model Porsche 928 S4
BMW 2002
Lots of Subarus- WRX, STi, STi converted Forester
BMW E39 M5
63 Vette convertible
Audi S4 (1st gen)
'67 Mustang fastback
Vector something or other (Lambo-looking monster)
DeTomaso Pantera
Newer Maserati coupe
Porsche 356C
'06 BMW 330Ci ZHP....
Not a bad line-up for 10 AM
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Cars and coffee kind of thing? I just wish such things existed around here.
Hot rods and Model A pickups don't really do it for me (but those were there, too)..
BMW 850i
Clapped out Jetta from the '90s..
Early '80s VW pickup (that one is actually cool)
Alfa Romeo Milano
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A Cruise-In would consist of a bunch of pickups with mounted plow blades.
while on some local streets, an early (pre-Bumper) Gremlin passed by, then returned a few minutes later. Had a V8 (that I could hear) and I think a stick. blue. Needed paint, but body looked sound with no rust noticed.
Told my daughter that I wanted it bad. She, as usual, thought I was nuts!
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I was outside today mowing the lawn (still growing!) in a tee shirt. In December. just not right.
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Was 68 yesterday here in Denver ... we need some rain or snow. Ski resorts are struggling, and the lack of precip plus high winds makes for ripe fire conditions.
Oh, wait ... there is a fire burning in Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park; it started in early October and is still going.
Will they be back next Saturday for the cruise? Forcast should be definitely colder in this area.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Still running? Impossible.
Those were cool, though.
Don't those have aircraft style brakes?
What are 'aircraft style brakes'?
He's still in this building so I'll have to ask him for more details about that. Must be the type of mechanism used.
I should also find out what he's driving nowadays, I'm sure something eccentric.
anti lock brakes? :confuse:
Also, a mid 70's F150 with a rattle can turquoise/white paint job.
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I don't know if its a good thing or not that I actually knew that stood for Center High Mounted Stop Light
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It sounded good as it drove by, even though I had the windows up.
I don't know if I have ever noticed the continental kit before - around here, fake wood paneling and stick on flames were the rage.
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This has probably got to be the lowest-mileage 240D I've ever seen. I have driven two of them, but they were both automatics, and they had to be some of the slowest vehicles I've had the pleasure of driving. I had the accelerator down halfway expecting it to accelerate modestly, and I wasn't surprised.