saabwatch 2005

when i was in elementary school my parents bought a maroon saab 900. this was during my dad's buyandsellanewusedcareveryweek phase. we never knew what was going to be in the garage from one day to the next. but this car i fell in love with immediately. and i was hoping that unlike it's predecessors, this one would stick around.

in fifth grade our class went on a 2-day excursion to camp tall turf with our favorite teacher mr. hoo. after braving the swamp walk and haunted cabin folklore, we were rewarded on the second day by a trip up from our parents. since my parents never missed an opportunity to be involved in their children's education, they drove up bright and early. it was around the picnic table of doom that they told me of the most recent casualty of the dekoster used car lot. the saab. had been sold. but not only that. it had been replaced with the most detestable of all family vehicles. a minivan. and i didn't even get to say good-bye.

well, needless to say, i never fully recovered and i held that minivan in contempt for as long as we kept it. thankfully, my dad appreciates the value of a good used saab 900 as much as i do and we eventually came to own a couple more. one of which i would go on to drive from my 16th birthday until i graduated from college. his name was bing. may he rest in peace.

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i first saw my dreamsaab in the parking lot after a whitecaps game in high school. there it was. in all its yellow convertible glory. i'd never seen its equal. turns out, there were very few of these cars even produced back in the mid-nineties. and there is only one in grand rapids. i've been stalking its owner for as long as i can remember. and now, i've decided, with the help of my trusty camera phone, to start saabwatch 2005 right here on this blog. aren't you excited? well, i am. and that's really all that matters here at saradk23.blogspot.com.