Five blogs of Dave

Last year, Spyker filed a lawsuit against General Motors accusing GM of interfering with a proposed deal with with Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Company. Spyker filed on behalf of Saab, the bankrupt car company, and paid the legal cost in exchange for rights to a settlement or judgment. Spyker accused GM of trying to eliminate a potential rival in the mainland China by refusing to approval a proposed agreement between Youngman and Saab for funding of car development not using GM technology. ...

Due to unexpected events, I have bought a new car. It's unfortunate that only a few new Saabs are available, all of which have been sitting on the lot for more than two years. My local dealer had only one white 9-3.

In 2005, I bought a Saab 9-3 by European Delivery. This was where one could make arrangements to buy a car with their local dealer in the United States, pick up the car in Europe, and have the car shipped to a local Saab dealer. Saab customers in Canada and Australia ...

The long saga to build a new garage for my Saab is finally over. It was completed last June.

The saga took almost three years to complete; 2009-2012

The idea to build a garage began in 2009. I did thinking and sketching on my own, as well as researching the municipal codes. Architects were interviewed in late spring of 2010 and one was chosen around July, 2010. The original goal was to get a building permit by around February 2011, but the approval process was ...

I've had the pleasure of driving four new Saabs over the past few decades. Saab number 4, a 2005 Saab 9-3 (Linear), rolled down a parking lot incline last month. It is uncertain whether the car will be totaled but it is looking more like this will be the case.

Because of work commitments, I won't start looking for a replacement until Wednesday. I pondered at certain cars but it seems that if they are correctly priced, they get sold quickly. If you are in the market for a car, ...

Recently, on a quest to learn more about Saab parts, I ventured into the subject of Mobil 1 motor oil.

Motor oil is an often debated subject. Since much of the chemical composition is a propriety trade secret, it's hard to have a definitive discussion about oil.

Saab recommended that a long life synthetic motor oil be used which met a standard called GM-LL-A-025 (GM-LL-B-025 for diesel engines). Such oils are common in western European countries but there are few oils ...