I can't just not drive this car. The roads were dry today, so no salt spray, but there was still plenty of hard packed snow. So I drove the 900 on summer tires to the nearby supermarket to get some groceries. At first I had to clear snow from the car as it was covered in about six inches of snow.
This was yesterday I have been driving the 9-5 because it has winter tires on.
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Drove slow and got there without sliding. Roads were empty, temperature outside was 8 below zero (Celsius). After I come out of the supermarket and put my groceries on the Saab, I return the shopping cart to the corral, and as I return to the car there is a man standing there, kinda waiting for me. Odd, but rural Bavaria is extremely safe, so I wasn't alarmed. As I got closer to the car the guy asks me something in German, but with a thick, odd accent. I asked him to repeat and speak slowly as my German is Scheiße. He seems surprised and asks me if I am German, I say no, American. He then switched to a much better English, told me he's from Hungary (his Ford Focus next to my Saab had H plates), said he's a fan of Saab but they're rare and expensive in Hungary. He asked me if I wanted to sell mine, to which I told him yes but for 2,000 Euro (which is too much for a non turbo), which he kindly declined. He says he wants to buy a classic 900 in Germany, and will have the car trucked to Hungary. I wished him luck.
Picture from tonight, car still snowy
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