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Post by matthew1 »

Spotted on S Broadway yesterday, here in Denver...


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Post by BlackBart »

That’s a Saaaab! I had a friend who went out to Minneapolis for school with his old Saab. He found a mechanic named Scab Dover.


Here’s my exciting ride for the next few days!

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Post by Sveedy »

^ Oh Fun ! Are you moving ? Or just thinking of getting a ride with a tad more interior space.
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Helping my son move cross country. Arrived at 2AM (thanks American) in the wrong town, drove 85 miles, then today we tore things down and boxed. Tomorrow the kitchen, load the truck, and clean. Then drive two days...WHEEE!!
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A decade ago my wife and I flew to Denver to visit family for a holiday weekend. At the airport we learned EVERYONE had rented all their cars. We were considering what we could do when my wife said we could rent a cargo truck. So I called Arvada truck rental place and yes they had trucks.
We got a taxi across town to the truck rental place and drove the truck for a day. Then we rented a PT Cruiser from a west side place for a couple days. The trip back to the airport was by shuttle van.
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I always feel like the magic only lasts a month, then the mail comes.
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Post by abscate »

No more Saaab stories….

Ran into a young guy with a tuned Saabat the gas station. We had a really good local dealer here inAlbany, the Carl Brothers. I bought a 1996 red convertible from them in 2000 or so , drove it for 5 years. It turned into aRaceBeetle when I saw a rollover on the MassPike and realized I shouldn’t be highway driving it with children
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Post by matthew1 »

Today! A friend of a friend owns this JDM import. It's a 1990 Toyota Sera. I had NO IDEA the doors scissor upward :shock: , so when he took me out to show me the interior and up they went, I almost passed out!


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BlackBart wrote: 12 Jul 2022, 20:27 I always feel like the magic only lasts a month, then the mail comes.
I had a very good job then.
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Post by foggydogg »

MGA Twin Cam, it's on BaT but this is one of the best driving videos I've seen in a while.

It made $80k on there in '19, we'll see how it does this time. Went over $40k almost immediately.
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