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Published on November 18, 2013 By Jafo In 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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on Nov 19, 2013


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.

on Nov 19, 2013

Talkin' bout the island or the AVI?

 

What AVI?

 

on Nov 19, 2013

[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.

on Nov 19, 2013

2013 Nissan Sentra, what I drive

 

The bat mobile, what I want to drive

on Nov 19, 2013

2010 Chevrolet HHR SS. 2.0l turbo. 300ish HP, 320ish torques (as Jeremy Clarkson would say).

on Nov 19, 2013

Gargabee
2010 Chevrolet HHR SS. 2.0l turbo. 300ish HP, 320ish torques (as Jeremy Clarkson would say).

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 ...

on Nov 19, 2013

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...

on Nov 19, 2013

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].

on Nov 20, 2013

on Nov 20, 2013

 wow sydney!!!!

on Nov 20, 2013

and now...back to reality.... 

 

on Nov 20, 2013

sydneysiders
and now...back to reality....
 ...lol!! this one makes more sense, but the other is great for those "sleep driving" nights through the city! 

on Nov 20, 2013

Nice Mercedes Syd!

on Nov 20, 2013

oldie but a goodie   

 

the one in #39 is said to go on one tank of petrol in 100 years...  link...    

on Nov 20, 2013

sydneysiders
the one in #39 is said to go on one tank of petrol in 100 years
 interesting...I wonder what the oil companies will do. 

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