More on our hypothetical 9000 driver...
Actually he loves the 9000 and chose it. He just told me to find some cars in a given price range and a given milage and all that. At a certain time. My final list contained the 9000, a 1994 Toyota Carina E 2.0, and a 1998 Octavia 1.8.
Considering that he feels the Carina E and Octavia Mk1 are boring enough to cause death he went to look at the SAAB first. And based on the condition and a spirited test drive, he just bought it.
The Carina E is a good car actually. Fast, powerful, reliable, and economical. (as opposed to most SA built Toyotas which could only tick one of those boxes.) But sitting in one does slowly rob one of the will to live.
The other factor that influenced him was my 900. Cost almost nothing, works all the time without trouble, is so full of character and so wonderfully made.
I also slightly distrust the 9000 based on the fact that I see so many FUBARed up ones driving around. And they WANT to rust. But the main effect of the Fiat/Alfa/Lancia involvement was actually to make them more conventional (much) than my 900 and so easier to work on
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