A couple of weeks ago, I decided to bring the Saab home from the country house so I could take the BMW to the shop to fix a few small issues. While the BMW was in the shop, we decided to take a little road trip to meet some friends in Gaspésie. We decided to use the Saab. The car felt slow on the highway, but was otherwise pleasant to drive. I recharged the air conditioning and it seems to hold a charge (we'll see for how long). We agreed to sell the car so we could get a newer winter car with less rust. When we were back home and had the BMW back, I put up an ad to sell the Saab. I received dozens of inquiries (maybe because there are few turbo Subarus available for 3500$), and a few people came to see the car. Despite the fact that I was clear about the condition of the body and undercarriage, people seemed turned off when they saw the car. One person who was looking at the car pointed out something that was not attached near the turbo. I thanked him and attached the item. It turned out to be the wastegate actuator, which had lost its little snap ring (the proverbial 10-cent part). It turns out that I had no boost from the turbo for my whole road trip to Gaspésie, and who knows how much longer! After driving the car with the turbo functioning properly and having patched some rust holes with bondo, I have decided I will keep the car for at least one more winter. It looks rough, but not terrible, and with full boost (I think), it's now a quick car as well. Also, I was tired of answering all the questions from potential buyers. While the car is still in this sort of nice condition, I will put it away at the country house again.
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The Saab after some touch ups and a quick wash
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As for the Civic, Pat has been so busy at work, and was also sick for a week (not COVID), so he has not even touched the car... this season is sort of a write-off when it comes to track driving. I am almost tempted to take the Saab to ICAR just to get a few laps in. Hopefully, the car can be ready for at least a couple of track days this year.
As is normally the case in summer, there are a bunch of cool cars on the road these days.
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Nice E46 on BBS wheels
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| JDM Silvia |
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| Oscar behind the wheel as we ride a ferry |
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Cool Beetles on the ferry
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How to make a minivan cool
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M3 and Z3M
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| Z3M in a nice colour combo |
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| A surprisingly clean base-model Eagle Talon |
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Track-focused Miata in Trois-Rivières
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A Viper in Deschaillons
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Psychedelic but well-executed C3 Corvette
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Ferrari Monza SP2 at the dealership
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Cool cars at a Euro repair shop on Jean-Talon
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NSX at the dealership
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Great variety at EK Performance, including a 991 GT3 RS and a 90's Lotus Elan
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They also seem to work on Italian cars
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| 8-series in an interesting colour |
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Old and new Mercedes. I pick old.
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| Nice spec for this Rolls |
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Cool duo of convertibles in Old Montreal
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I like the wheels on this 911
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Clean 944 S2 convertible. It's a shame it has that cheap plastic reflector.
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I don't usually like spoked wheels on newer cars, but they work on this Jag
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Porsche Taycan... looks like a smaller, lower Panamera
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Clean Corrado VR6 at Canadian Tire
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A rare Saab Turbo X
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