Reply to: MOT survey

[malvolio]

I don't want a Volvo, too staid .

You wouldn't say that if you driven my T5R....

Come to that, zero experience of other makes is not a qualification for saying Saabs are the best. They were often good cars, but they had some shockers along the way.

[malvolio]

What in, an Austin A35?

No, a Humber Hawk. Been driving for about four years before that on the farm, and passed my bike test the year before.

[northernladuk]

Inneresting.

Wasn't hard to spot. Had all the hallmarks from the very first troll post in prof but nothing was done. If they want to let him play in General then fair enough but trolling prof is not on so bit hacked off they won't deal with it at that point.

[Sox Machine]

I don't want a Volvo, too staid and as far as BMWs and Audis go, I just don't like the driver profile.

Inneresting.

Wouldn't contemplate driving anything else in the same class from any other manufacturer because he never "liked the driver profile" of BMW/Audi/Volvo drivers etc...

[Largely Ginny]

V4 or 2 stroke?

V4 - in fact it was one of these.



My very first car, I inherited it from my grandfather and I've been driving Saabs ever since. Peak Saab for me was a 1987 Saab 900 turbo convertible - like being carried around everywhere on a Parker Knoll armchair, wonderful drive. In all I've owned 12 different Saabs and even nearly changed my name to Saabrina after a particularly heavy night at the Mildmay Arms a few years back.

My 2010 9-3 2.0T now has 170k miles on the clock and is a source of some anxiety as I know she will have to be replaced but what with, I haven't a clue. I don't want a Volvo, too staid and as far as BMWs and Audis go, I just don't like the driver profile. The only other car I've ever driven in anger was a Toyota Camry when I worked in Australia - nice car but again discontinued (I think) and besides they were never available here in the first place.

[Largely Ginny]

Hmmm... Passed my car test 54 years ago...

What in, an Austin A35?

[vetran]

I'm amazed you haven't been nuked yet, gricer.

I think of WTFH as one of those partially blind aged tomcats playing with a crippled mouse. Wait till Cojak falls out of bed!

[jamesbrown]

I'm amazed that a car over 25 years old no longer needs an MOT - they're surely the ones that are more likely to have bits fall off on the M4 at 70 mph.

I used to drive a 1973 Saab 96 back in the mid 90s & that needed a MOT but was exempt from road tax. Not sure when this law changed.

I'm amazed you haven't been nuked yet, gricer.

[Paddy]

I'm amazed that a car over 25 years old no longer needs an MOT - they're surely the ones that are more likely to have bits fall off on the M4 at 70 mph.

I used to drive a 1973 Saab 96 back in the mid 90s & that needed a MOT but was exempt from road tax. Not sure when this law changed.

V4 or 2 stroke?

[vetran]

You could argue it would be would be prudent to start doing mandatory MOT/Health checks on any driver that has held a licence for over 40 years rather than the car. We are forever seeing news articles of old drivers only handing their licences in AFTER they've caused or had a bad accident.

I would recommend computer tests with steering wheel, gearstick and pedals (arcade style) in Tesco etc. that at first the Elderly, then medical risk,then high risk youngsters then finally all drivers can take every 5 year or as appropriate.

By the way being male and under 25 puts you in the highest risk group but starting with them would cause a riot.

Also an enforced eye test for over 50s would be a good idea maybe build it in the simulator.

[malvolio]

Even more likely to fall apart on the M4 then

Hmmm... Passed my car test 54 years ago...

[SueEllen]

Even more likely to fall apart on the M4 then

People with those sort of cars are the ones who break down in the middle of the non-motorway road, ask for help to push it to the side, roll up their sleeves and start fixing it.

[northernladuk]

It's 40 years before you become MOT and tax exempt these days.

You could argue it would be would be prudent to start doing mandatory MOT/Health checks on any driver that has held a licence for over 40 years rather than the car. We are forever seeing news articles of old drivers only handing their licences in AFTER they've caused or had a bad accident.

[Largely Ginny]

It's 40 years before you become MOT and tax exempt these days.

Even more likely to fall apart on the M4 then

[Uncle Albert]

It's 40 years before you become MOT and tax exempt these days.