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Default Mercedes Topic Drift (was Catamaran bridge...)

Martin Baxter wrote in :

4, maybe about 2 litre. Loved the key between the seats, always freaked
out the new passengers.


One of my high school teachers had a BMW Isetta, the little 2-stroke bug
with one door in the front.

Us boys used to pick it up and leave it by the front door of the school up
about 15 steps, sometimes with a big red bow on it.

It was the ONLY vehicle that could climb the very steep hill behind the
school in the winter. She'd walk up that road even when the snowplow
couldn't!

Some 2-stroke Saabs were around town when I was in high school in the 60's.
That's why I asked....(c;

I know a registered nurse with a new Saab convertible. It's a beautiful
car. Very tight and nicely made. Saab makes luxury cars, now....at luxury
prices...probably 90% Swedish TAXES. Parts are outrageously expensive for
it.