Comments on: Some things you can’t ignore

By: happylobster

happylobster — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 04:55:10 +0000

I’m a native Brooklynite, straight outta Coney Island, transplanted to Philadelphia with no hope for decent pizza. Amazingly, I found it at a *chain*. Before completely dismissing Philly pizza, try Bravo’s. It is *not* Famous Ray’s (its eggplant parm pizza is my personal favorite), but it’s at least adequate if you find yourself down here.

By: The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:33:54 +0000

Lucy, I take it you’ve never had Talayna’s pizza in St. Louis? It’s great stuff, the deep dish would be a 45 minute wait. The place was(hopefully still is) filled with stained glass from an old Lutheran church, AFAICR.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:16:52 +0000

I certainly agree that Sbarro’s is disgusting beyond belief. A few years ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up at one in Israel. If any pizzeria ever warranted such treatment, Sbarro’s is it.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:12:06 +0000

the firm consensus of leading scientists that New Jersey pizza is ‘pizza,’ while other fake, nasty, evil attempts at pizza (e.g. ‘Chicago-style’) are the opposite.Surely you jest, Jersey boy.

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 06:05:57 +0000

Yeah, I’m no fan of the Saabaru. At least my car is still recognizably a Saab . . .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:26:54 +0000

Hey, Kevin Hayden is making fun of us.

http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 04:33:51 +0000

I think the Saab community has gotten a lot more welcoming of the newer 900s now that GM is making Saabs out of Subarus.

There are still purists who claim that it’s ‘not a real Saab’ unless it has a 45hp lawnmower engine, but that’s just nuts.

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:30:48 +0000

Yep, a 1996 900S softop. It’s post GM so there are purists who would say it’s not a real Saab, but its heart (and its ignition) are in the right place.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:44:21 +0000

Lucy: Oh yes. After all, southern Jersey may as well be Philly. And you don’t want to eat pizza from Philly. Yuck…

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:22:17 +0000

Vivek, you’re right: I should have been more informative and said that I was from, and was talking about, Northern NJ, close to NYC. That might make all the difference.

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:18:23 +0000

Also Swedish police cars! That’s supposed to be why the turbo was put in — to chase villains!

Do you have a 900 convertible?

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:51:14 +0000

Fun fact- the 99 was used by the police and ski patrol in Aspen during the 70s, since they were front wheel drive and worked well in snow.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:42:22 +0000

“Inferior and droopy”? Sir, I demand you apologize for this slander!

NY pizza is the one true pizza. Jersey pizza is an acceptable substitute within a certain radius around NYC. Y’know, like bagels.

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:14:48 +0000

You speak the truth!

I had an old 900 for years, did the repair work myself, and thought the 99T would be the same except smaller and lighter. Turns out you have to scare up parts from junkyards in Sweden.

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:28:05 +0000

The finest cars ever to drain a bank account . . .

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:37:28 +0000

I’ve got a shop here and a bunch of mailing-list resources, but sometimes you just need a 2-minute consultation and nobody’s handy.

After the smack-assault earlier, I was like, Wah? Oh, she’s into Saabs, it’s okay.

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:19:32 +0000

That’s weird. Well, if you were willing to make a long distance phone call, you should give Mary a ring at East of Sweden, she might be able to help you out . . .

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:59:02 +0000

Saabnet bans whole swaths of ISPs for weird reasons, and I’m in a blackout zone. Otherwise yeah, the message boards there used to be top-notch when I could see ‘em….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:36:40 +0000

Not for nothin but some of the best pizza anywhere can be had at Eli’s in Attleboro MA. I swear to God that stuff is pure delight.* Fuck chain pizza; it’s never good no matter where you live.

*swearing to God dependent upon Eli’s having not changed hands and the cook not having died or quit in the past six years which is the last time I ate there.

By: Vestal Vespa

Vestal Vespa — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:18:51 +0000

Actually, I had Detroit pizza at Tomasos in Iowa. It’s good. I swear. I live in Colorado so I KNOW bad pizza.

As per SAAB repair- I have a mechanic in Boulder at East of Sweden who takes good care of me and Servo. But as for older models, I’d go to saabnet.com and have a look at the message boards. They are very helpful and enthusiastic.