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1,000,000 Mile Saab - flintster55 - 12-08-2006
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- ScottyB - 12-08-2006
ah yes....back when they were really saabs
- Apoc - 12-08-2006
Pretty much everyone in my wife's hometown (in Vermont) drives a nearly identical car. They're built like brick shithouses, last forever and are appearently very good in the snow.
I guess that makes sense being from Sweden and all.
- Evan - 12-08-2006
Apoc Wrote:They're built like brick shithouses.interesting simile. when I hear the word "brick shithouse" that doesnt conjure images of strength and stability
- Apoc - 12-08-2006
Never heard that before? Evidently it's much more common in the UK and Australia. Weird... thought it was common here as well.
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Heavy set; stocky; well built. As in ÔÇ£He was built like a brick shithouseÔÇØ.
Term comes from the large brick built outside toilets once common in working class areas of the UK.
- WRXtranceformed - 12-08-2006
That is so freaking cool!
The way I drive my cars, there is no way in hell I could get any car I owned to last a million miles. Of course, I get rid of them so often I barely see 30,000 on any vehicle I own =p
- BLINGMW - 12-08-2006
I'm really surprised that's an article with a large news organization, he must be someone's buddy there. There's plenty of Volvos and such out there that make it a million or more.
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- Feersty - 12-08-2006
Volvo and Saab both Swedes, interesting.