Dad is/was a Saab guy, and for a long period my folks had matching terracotta Saab 900's. Not sure mum ever fully forgave him for that, she wasn't consulted!!

Dad is/was a Saab guy, and for a long period my folks had matching terracotta Saab 900's. Not sure mum ever fully forgave him for that, she wasn't consulted!! I learned to drive in one, before buying my very own 1986 Mitsubishi Sigma. The Saab 900 weighs 18 bazillion tonnes, and is almost impossible to to roll or skid. The Sigma weighs about 4.2 grams, and will skid sideways if you close the door too hard. Driving on the winding country roads of my youth, some rapid adjustment of driving styles was required! I don't remember it being all that quirky tho.. I know you couldn't take the keys out of the ignition in any of the "on" positions, and I think the driver's side door could only be locked from the outside, making it hard to lock your keys in the car. Something similar with the lights, I think, it was very hard to leave any lights on accidentally overnight and run your battery flat And I think maybe reverse gear was an odd spot compared to other cars.. although it also made it very hard to accidentally (try to) put the car in reverse while shifting.. Given the tech level at the time tho, they were all pretty sensible solutions to issues that people had with other cars, even if they were all "operator error" problems.