So, today, I picked up a new addition to the Selberg household. Being that the Polar Bear, my ‘71 Plymouth, was more or less in the shop all of October and extended into November, my wife and I decided that it was time to get a new car. So we picked up a black 2006 Saab 9-3 9.0T. It’s a fun ride… and manual!

Did I mention MK doesn’t drive manual and I’ll be teaching her? That’s right ladies… I give us a month.

Anyway, the Saab has what appears to be all the trappings for a great Bluetooth enabled hands-free system. There’s a numeric keypad arranged in phone order, there’s a built-in microphone, and on the steering wheel are two buttons, one with a phone, another with a moving mouth. This just yells “plug a bluetooth phone in and you’re good to go.”

Except of course that this doesn’t work with any US cars. No bluetooth. And even if there was, it’d only work for a phone that Saab puts in… which is pretty stupid. I mean, you want to use YOUR phone, not some other random phone. That’s the point of bluetooth!

Bah. I’ll have to write up grumbly stuff in the survey they send me.

Oh well. I pick the Polar Bear up tomorrow from the mechanic, then I’ll drive the Saab for a bit and break it in. Give the Polar Bear a good rest for a bit… it’s lived outside in Woodinville for too long. Maybe that’s why it’s mad at me.