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From: Elder on 25 Jul 2008 13:21 In article <f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc- d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk says... > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > sucks. > > Ecopower cars are less shite than fullpower cars, and a lot lot less shite than HOT power cars. The idea was with the 2.0 and 2.3 low blow units you got economy of a 2litre most of the time, and the grunt of a 3 litre+ when you needed it, pitching it against the middle and upper beemers of the time. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Elder on 25 Jul 2008 13:23 In article <6esjovF8l4v5U1(a)mid.individual.net>, iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com says... > <jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:8e4b1f54-f28d-446f-b286-29339fde17fc(a)a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com... > > On 25 Jul, 00:26, "DanB" <iridium...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >> <jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >> > >> news:f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc-d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On 24 Jul, 21:40, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: > >> >> Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like > >> >> > they > >> >> > were saying: > >> > >> >> > > We're all petrolheads, but I can guarantee that the average bloke > >> >> > > in > >> >> > > the > >> >> > > street places Saab pretty much up there with the other prestige > >> >> > > brands - > >> >> > > and streets ahead of Vauxhall. > >> > >> >> > The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are > >> >> > just > >> >> > tarted-up Vectras. > >> > >> >> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that > >> >> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the > >> >> platform > >> >> sharing. > >> > >> > Having looked one over at the County Show I went to a couple of weeks > >> > ago, I wouldn't touch one with yours. > >> > >> > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > >> > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > >> > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > >> > sucks. > >> > >> I assume you mean the Saab? > > > > Indeed. > > > > You're a bit of a Vx man iirc? What are your thoughts on the Vectra VXR? > > Dunno about current Vectras, but saw a Monaro the other day. Added to the list of cars to own when they become shite old retros and "future classics", and they find a new cheap patch of compressed dinosaur to bring down the price. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Elder on 25 Jul 2008 13:26 In article <6esk98F8m5eaU1(a)mid.individual.net>, douggie(a)cheerful.com says... > > This thing was a 9-3 estate IIRC, with 'ECO POWER!' in huge letters up > > the bottom of the doors. > > Was it set to run on Ethanol or something? Saab have been into that for > ages too. I remember reading that they were developing a variable > compression engine that moved the cylinder head depending on the boost > and demand for power. It sounded kind of cool. > That is the Biopower, not the Ecopower. Ecopower is just an LPT, Biopower is E85, unleaded, or if you get it fitted, LPG. You can mix any percentage of E85, unleaded and superunleaded in the aero models and the ecu recalculates. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Elder on 25 Jul 2008 13:28 In article <488970b3$0$2927$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk>, thedervman(a)gmail.com says... > I have the poor cousin of the 2.0 turbos in the 9-3 range. Good excuse to > Hirsch upgrade*. :) > Best excuse for a Hirsch upgrade is you get black and god Saab roundels, and only Saab people know what that means. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: Elder on 25 Jul 2008 13:30
In article <6YydnTgFyNHMlhTVnZ2dnUVZ8tbinZ2d(a)posted.plusnet>, me(a)home.com says... > > "DanB" <iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:6es9b2F8ilo5U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:6es87cF8inl5U9(a)mid.individual.net... > >> steve(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like they > >> were saying: > >> > >>>> The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are > >>>> just tarted-up Vectras. > >> > >>> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that > >>> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the platform > >>> sharing. > >> > >> Oh, I think you'd be surprised. > >> > >> The number of (totally un-car) people who've said to me "Oooh, a proper > >> Saab - before they were just Vauxhalls" > > > > S'cos they said it on Top Gear, if you remember, when some new convertible > > Saab came out, May said "If you want a tarted up Vectra convertible, there > > you go" heh, after they'd discussed that it was just a Vectra underneath. > > That'll have educated a fair few people, who'd then love to trot it out to > > anyone they knew with a Saab heh! > > > > -- > > Dan > > Clio R27 F1 #65 > > > > ================================================= > I don't really care what Hammond and co say cos they are knobs. To me a a > Saab will always be better than aVauxhall. > > And me. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 |