Volvo Week is over, making room for me to post this pair of sporty Swedes, seen in Sausalito, California by Passin’Gas. Both are highly desirable, the one on our right being an early 900 SPG and the one on the left, a late classic 900 Turbo. Given their now declining numbers, these émigrés are visibly happy to be reunited, and unashamed of their public display of affection. The wood blocks underneath the wheels of the later car suggests a less than random meeting, and it’s easy to imagine both are owned by the same caring individual. How many of you care to own more than one example of a given make and model?
Cohort Outtake: Saab 900s – Kissing Cousins?
– Posted on June 2, 2014
Here here! My wife and I are proud owners of two Saab 9-3 sedans. A 2008 and a 2009.
I could tell that was a California neighborhood without reading the words because of the color of the sky. The Bay area in particular has great sky which we saw in Paul’s recent posts from his vacation. The only time I saw bluer sky was in Seattle, but that was after several days of gray. Neat neighborhood, neat Saabs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRVwciEfbY
Perry Como actually sang a song about the blue skies in Seattle. Fitting music for tooling around in a Brougham with pillowy plush burgundy velour seats.
jumper cable positioning?
Possibly too close for that, you do not want the hoods to rub against each other. Another problem is the angle of the street, the worst thing is having a Saab’s hood violently falling shut especially if it lands cockeyed.
Who, me?
Whatever gave you *that* idea?
One might say I’ve been a glutton for punishment most of my life…
That pic has a Hudson Brothers look and feel…
We have two FoMoCo Panthers in the drive, but one is a box (89 MGM) and the other is an aero (93 CV).
When I was a kid, there was a family on the street behind that had a pair of matching 66 Cutlasses, right down to the copper color. The only difference was that one was a wagon and the other was a 4 door hardtop. The fact that they backed both cars into the garage only added to the effect when we would pass by their house.
Guilty. Two box LTCs. An 86 and an 87.
I’ve gone downhill since I stopped being a starving teacher. I have two japanese products but guess that doesn’t count.
A long time ago I owned a succession of 53 Fords. Just not at the same time.
Over the past twenty plus years my family has owned at least six Saab 900s and now that another relative has passed away my Aunt is inheriting a 1986 Saab 900 Sedan.
Someday I would like to own a 70 Dart, a Classic 900, a mid 90s Caprice Estate, and another 94-95 Plymouth Voyager. The availability of parts for those Minivans is lacking as is the support network and they do not have anywhere near the fan base (at least in this country) of the other vehicles on my list so what I want to do is buy at least 1/2 a dozen parts Minivans and have at least one runner.
At one point growing up, my family had three blue two door Volvo bricks. After IKEA opened a store in Seattle, we were able to free ourselves from the Cult of Volvo. Billy bookcases are a much cheaper way to add more square shaped items in any household.
86 and 89 Jetta sit in my driveway now. The 89 was a gift (runs good, need heater core) for all the work I have done on it. Soon it will be gifted to a family member.
I had these two at once and have lived to tell the tale …
I’m not sure how you even found two of them in running condition. (Though more GTA’s seem to have survived than standard Alliances…)
Guilty here. I had two A/G-body Malibus for a couple years (’79 and ’82). Later, between my parents and myself (not the same household but keeping it in the family) we’ve had four Panthers with some overlap between the last three (’91 CV, ’97 CV, ’03 Marauder, ’10 Grand Marquis).
I posted this recently, but thought it was apropos. All 2000 daily drivers.
Not that I’ll stalk you, but classically cool house.
What attracted you to these most-evolved versions of the Legend platform?
goes against my rules of life. Sort of like both pilots not being allowed to eat same thing. Keeps the wife happy when some questionable automotive choices are made and the parts bills arrive.
I used to think those Saabs were butt-ugly but the design has grown on me over the years.
I don’t have multiples of the same car currently but totally would if I had lots of cash.
Yeah multiples have been known to happen hard to do though these are gettin rare
Came across this handsome SPG cousin to my own Saab last week.. 164,000 miles and it’s immaculate.
They need 9000’s Aero wheels
Guilty! This is circa ’03. The ’95 YJ (white) was Jeep #4 and the ’00 TJ (yellow) is #5. I kept the YJ instead of trading it in, since one of my exes sold her car when she moved to TN. Rather than have her buy some cheap POS, I just kept the Jeep which was paid for and had served me well for 5 years and let her use it when she needed it.
Funny story attached to that arrangement: She couldn’t really drive a stick all that well so I told her only use the Rio. Well one day we were getting ready to have a few friends over so she and her friend ran to the store to get beer, snacks, cigs, etc. She comes back with this goofy look on her face. She’s all like “you left the keys in your Jeep all nite. I tried to just get them but the key lock switch is different on that one, I cant work it.” I knew that was TOTAL garbage, this was when we lived in Memphis, that thing would’ve been pinched before I got off the parking lot! I go out there, and my rig is parked halfway in between two spots, on a 60 degree angle. The drivers seat is pushed way up, the mirrors are all out of wack, and when I crank it to straighten it out, the radio is set to some candy pop station! I un-skrag everything and of course when I get in Im giving these two the hardest time about it! Both these blonde airheads are SERIOUSLY trying to convince me that not only did I shrink 4 inches, I forgot how to drive, and gave up heavy metal for boy bands! It was a recurring joke for the next few years!
I want a 900 so bad, but they have all turned to brown dust in Ohio. My bride would be PISSED if I had two, but one would be terrific.