
With the UK climate shifting once again toward a temperature more forgiving to brass monkeys, Saab are pushing their 'wind deflector' add-on for the 9-3 convertible.
For what I've seen described as "JUST £349.95" (a bit like "It's JUST a flesh wound" from Monty Python's 'Holy Grail'), Saab lease customers can own this bit of kit which is said to reduce forward wind speed between the front seats, door and driver’s seat by a minimum of 75 per cent.
This is all well and good... if you live pretty much anywhere but the UK. When making an outright purchase for an item that you hope will benefit you repeatedly over time, it's always good to do a rough calculation and work out how much it's costing you each time you use it - like working out the price per day of your lease car, for example, even though you might pay monthly.
So let's do a rough estimate for the value of the Saab wind deflector...
Let's see, it costs £349.95...
Divide by the hours of glorious UK sunshine in one year...
That's roughly £349.95 per hour!
But then, if you have the kind of logic that led you to choose a convertible in the UK, you'll probably think that's a bargain!