>> Oh yeah, like they're *really* going to let some college kid test-drive
>> a £400,000 car. :-P
> 
> Neither one of those is a £400000 car. Or if was, Saab wouldn't be in
> financial problems :-).
> 
> Mind you, I recall we're about the same age (I was born in late 1981)
> and I just bought a 9-3 TiDS. TTiD costs only 3000€ more in Finland.

I *was* going to buy a Mazda RX8. Almost the same price. [Obviously both 
are second-hand.] It has a 3.0 L Wankel engine, agressive styling, 
bucket seats, the whole lot.

...but then I took it for a test drive. Man, it JUST DOESN'T MOVE!

I have since found out that the road tax alone is £500/year - that's 
more than my *insurance*! o_O

>> Still, the only vehicle I've come across that had a turbo was a busted
>> old Land Rover that was, like, 30 years old or something and rusting
>> apart... Maybe they've improved since then?
> 
> I don't think Land Rover had turbos 30 years ago (not sure though).

Well maybe it just *looked* 30 years old then. It was really, really 
rusty. (But then, it was a Land Rover.) For example, there was a hole 
under the accelerator pedal where you can watch the road go past below.

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