By the time I was 20, I had worked on every brand automobile in my parent's garage after school and in-between classes, to finance my college education; I worked on friends, neighbors and professor's cars. I worked on VW, GM, Ford, BMW, Porsche, you name it. My aunt had a 1984 Saab 900 turbo sedan for several years before I finally got behind the wheel of it, to run an errand for her. At the time, I had a 10-year-old Porsche 911 for summertime fun, and daily-drove several common cars that I would purchase, drive for a while, then resell for a small profit. I will NEVER forget that first drive in the 900T; it accelerated, it handled, and it outperformed everything I had driven in the past. The 2.3L 4 cyl. could blow the doors off any V-8 Mustang or Camaro or Mopar of the time, without breaking a sweat. It could also stop and corner better than any of the fore-mentioned. From then on, I've had at least a couple dozen Saabs and prefer to drive nothing but Saabs when I have to go somewhere. that day was the last day that I drove anything else as a daily driver; I've had many many, modern cars since then, but ultimately I prefer to drive any of the 7 Saabs I currently own, which include 3 manual 9-5 aero wagons (2001, 2007, 2009), a 2001 9-3 turbo convertible, a couple of 9-5 sedans and my first love, 1984 900T which I persistently pursued, and finally convinced my aunt to sell to me a few years later. Oh, almost forgot to mention, I retired as an aerospace engineer for Boeing so I really got the "Born from jets" thing.
