[TR] My worst car ever

[DLylis at aol.com]

Oddly, the worst car I ever owned, I loved.  1968 SAAB 96.  It  started 
poorly in the cold weather and eventually left me stranded in New  England on a 
cold December evening with a seized engine.  I still  loved it.  It was rare for 
those times and "intellectuals" drove  them.  OK so I'm not that bright.  
I talked a friend of mine into buying one as I liked it so much.  As  you may 
recall the car was a four on the column.  My friend drove a  Chevy pickup for 
his everyday car with a three speed on the column.  His  wife drove the SAAB. 
 
One cold and snowy evening he pushed the front wheel drive to the limit on  
an icy road and lost control.  The car slid off the road and headed  straight 
for a tree.  God was looking down upon him and he got the car to  stop a scant 
foot from the tree.  He threw it into "reverse" (remember the  three speed 
Chevy?) revved it and let out the clutch.  The damage to the  front of the car 
was about $1000.  (1970's)
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO



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