off all the mad cars I've considered.

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

A Nissan Laural (silver) Medallist... ffs...

Now, if only you knew another used-car dealer from Merseyside that you could get to pop round and haggle with the vendor on your behalf...

For now I'm sticking with the Saab, with fuel dropping a little, and new radio making it a nicer place to be and the alarm now seemingly fixed, I'm feeling a little more love for it.

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For a few quid more you could get a proper 1, a gold meadallist.

I think keeping the Saab is quite possibly a good idea.

Had a one owner, 54000 miles, 93'L' 900S 16v 3dr in the garage for MOT. I don't think I've ever seen a cleaner car, this thing was completely and utterly unmarked inside and out, not even a rusty screw on it, not a mark on the wheels under the wheeltrims. The only giveaway that it had ever been run before was the exhaust manifold.

You could take it to a Saab concourse event and win without any doubt.

Third brilliant classic we've had in this week for MOT. One was a 1951 Jag XK120 that was perfect but needed a quick wash, then the Saab, then this morning a near perfect '85 Jag Sovereign V12 S3.

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Doesn't take much to make 'em full-fat, y'know...

Heh, wasn't a turbo one. Unfortunately it was the most poverty spec 900 I've ever seen, had a sunroof, but no rear wiper, mega base spec.

Oh, just been reading something that I think you'll enjoy immensely (and I'm serious about this..)

Is a 1993 L reg Saab really a classic...?

Nope, but it was cleaner than your Clio, so it's got to have some bonus points. This week, I'm going to call it a classic - next week it'll be 'old tat'. It's Saab's good week, haven't you heard?

Any other time of my ownership, I'd mock you into the ground for the huge wrongness of that comment. But at this exact point in time, you're right, and you know why, you bastard :-p

Hmmmm. Although Saabs have always had cred for the bangerlovers round here anyway.

if it's cavalier based certainly not - ever. 93 was the crossover year....they do make good value beaters though..

Classics are a 1978 design (basically 1968 if you include the 99)..

Well, as it is a 900 of the old variety, originally launched at the end of the 70's and only featuring minor changes for 20 years, yes it is.

A 1994 NG900 isn't yet.

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Ah. A 900i S - non-turbo but with the aero bodykit tupperware?

Very, very few ever had a rear wiper. It was mainly a dealer accessory.

You're not wrong...

"DanB" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Ish.

It's not a Cavalier-900, but the last of the "proper" 900s. They're definitely on the fringes of classic status, but a non-turbo's not really there.

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

And never will be. It's a dreadful car.

You know though, that surviving examples of horrible cars are the mainstay of the classic industry, only becoming great drives the addition of rose tinted string back gloves.

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

I know... It's hilarious.

I enjoyed that too :-)

"An old 2CV is unbelievably crap in every single way imaginable. And I loved it."

Sound familiar does it hehe ;-) ?

That led me to this:

-- JackH

"DanB" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Certainly does.