– May 23, 2011

Please hurry up and book your accommodation for Ekenäs and Pargas nights as time for the
tentative reservation we made is running out. If you choose to stay at the camping looking for a
cottage, it is especially important that you book it now as the camping operator prefers to sell them
to people staying longer time!

Here are the proposed alternatives one more time:

03.08.2011 Ekenäs (Tammisaari)

Accommodation alternatives:
Sea Front Hotel, Vitsippsgatan 2, FIN 10600 Ekenäs www.hotelseafront.fi
Motel & Restaurant Marine, Kammakaregatan 4-6, FIN 10600 Ekenäs www.motelmarine.fi
Ormnäs Camping, Ormnäsvägen 1 FIN-10600 Ekenäs www.ek-camping.com

04.08.2011 Pargas (Parainen)
Accommodation alternatives:
Hotell Kalkstrand, Strandvägen 1, FIN 21600 Pargas www.strandbo.fi
Solliden Camping, Norrby FIN 21600 Pargas www.solliden.fi

Questions And Answers

– May 10, 2011

Some questions and answers about the Pre Tour:

Q: For the meeting itself, as it is for two adults it is 290.- €, then it is ok, and I will reserve the Ellivuori Hotel that is also ok.
A: OK

Q: But for the pre-tour I have some questions. Do we have to pay 45.- € per person, then 90.- € for Solvalla night where?
A: Right you should pay together with the 290:- to our club for the first Solvalla night only, 45€ per person. However, you have to reserve the accommodation directly with Solvalla from www.solvalla.fi/saab. The reason is that this is a boarding school type of accommodation at Solvalla and they have no possibilities to issue invoices to all pre-tour participants individually but will make it in one shot to our club.

Q: For the other nights do we have to reserve ourselves or does the pre-tour organisation team do it for us, and then we will have to pay on site at the moment? Please let me know.
A: At the pre-tour page at www.intsaab2011.fi we have tentatively reserved a number of accommodations for each night at preferential prices with various hotels and camping. However, you have to choose from the list and make your own reservation for each night directly with the hotel or camping. And you settle the bill as the hotel stipulates.

Mind you these tentative reservations that we have made so that we can stay at places close to each other will also expire by 16th of May. So, you have to book the accommodation before that date, or risk that the hotel is fully booked and you have to stay somewhere further away from the main group.

Please note:

The PreTour is already full, no additional participants will be accepted.

The main event is also fully reserved (we have 417 registrations and can only take 400). Any new registrations will be placed in a que and only accepted if there are cancellations. We would advise those registering after today (May 10th) to not pay their registration fee. We will notify you directly if there are cancellations (please make sure you fill in your email-address).

Hi Pre-tour participants!

– March 28, 2011

Hi Pre-tour participants!

We Pre-tour organizers are absolutely delighted that those participants who have had to cancel their trip have told us so in written. This has enabled us to maintain a meaningful queue list and accept people eager to take part. I hope that you continue this code of good conduct – thanks!

Perhaps we take this opportunity to present the five persons who are responsible for the tour: We are all belonging to the unofficial FSSV subgroup under the Saab Club of Finland umbrella. The group consists of saabists who speak the second official language, Swedish as their mother tongue. Our uniform is red and yellow so that we can recognize any other FSSV member at SAAB events.

Jörgen Björkqvist

Jörgen Björkqvist (31). Single, an engineer living and working in Pargas. He is very experienced with older SAABs. Take a look at Jörgen’s homepage you find at http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jb/ and admire his SAAB capabilities. Jörgen is also the webmaster for FSSV homepage http://motorsidor.proboards.com/index.cgi His choice of SAAB is 95/96, which doesn’t exclude owning a few 99 and 900, of course.

Marcus Henriksson

Marcus Henriksson (30). Family: wife and a young boy. Like Jörgen they live in Pargas. Marcus is a truck salesman selling Volvo in Turku. He is a relative recent SAAB converted. He borrowed Jörgen’s 96 and made it to the INTSAAB2009 in Latvia with his wife. He was so pleased with the borrowed car and the company of other saabists that, he purchased and customized a 96 of his own. His SAAB got ready just in time for the INTSAAB2010 in Interlaken last August. Marcus was most eager to be one of the organizers of this tour.

Gustav Juslin

Gustav Juslin (35). Not yet legally married. He is a self employed entrepreneur living in Lohja. His main occupation is what he has become renowned for; tricky timber cutting in places where no harvesters can be used like parks, gardens and around houses, power lines etc. Being polyvalent, Gustav has also specialized in old house maintenance and repairs. He has a long Saab history with strong genes he got from his saabisting father and uncle. He is also an occasional historic rally driver. Saab 95/96 is what counts!

Robert Holmström

Robert Holmström (39) lives on the southernmost tip of Finland in the town Hangö (Hankoo). Family consists of wife and a daughter. He works for the local parish looking after the maintenance of their real estates. Robert’s father drove a SAAB 96. He restored the same car for the first time in 1988-89. A renewed restoration is presently under way. Other cars include besides numerous 96s a 95 and a SAABO. In daily use he drives a 9-3.

Carl-Eirik Nikander

Carl-Eirik Nikander (67) married with three grownup siblings who have left the nest. Two of them are members of the Finnish Saab club with 96s of their own. Retired B. Sc. (econ) living in Borgå. Since many years a board member of The Saab Club of Finland occupied with international liaisons. He is also a columnist to Saabisti, our club magazine. Several restored 95/96, latest diversion an OG 900 to top things up.

C-E Nikander

Yesterday Finland Today -Pre Tour

– October 25, 2010

”Yesterday Finland Today” pre tour information.

In connection with the INTSAAB2011 meeting in Ellivuori 05-07.08.2011 a pre tour will be arranged. Starting point is Espoo Car Museum near Helsinki Tuesday 02^nd of August. The programmed tour finishes in Uusikaupunki with a visit to the SAAB Museum on the 5^th of August. After the museum visit the participants head for Ellivuori in the afternoon.

During the entire tour a competition will be arranged with price giving in Ellivuori.

The tour is intended exclusively for our foreign participants to the INTSAAB2011 meeting. However, due to organizational reasons, we have to limit the number of participants to approx. 40 cars or 80 persons. The registration to the tour can be made exclusively on the net from this site, by filling in the registration form. Register for IntSaab2011 and the Pre Tour on the registration page. (Pending and approved registrations for Pre Tour can be seen at the bottom of this page).

A limited amount of rooms have been tentatively reserved for the three nights of the tour at reduced rate. When you book the accommodation you should always mention “Saabisti” in order to secure a place from the quota.

Participation registration closes at the latest 15^th of May 2011 or earlier when the tour is fully booked. Notice thereof will be given on this page.

Tour itinerary

02.08.2011 Espoo (Esbo)

12.00-15.00 registration and distribution of road book, car batch, tickets etc. A 25 €/ person fee will be charged at the registration desk. Children aged 12 or under; free. Refreshments and snacks will be served during visit of the oldest Finnish car museum.

Address to Espoon Automuseo is Bodomintie 35, FIN 02740, Espoo www.saunalahti.fi/automuse/sijainti.html

Registration for late comers will move to Hotel Solvalla after 15.00 hours.

Accommodation alternatives:

Hotel Solvalla Sport, Nuuksiontie 82, FIN 02820 Espoo www.solvalla.fi
Booking www.solvalla.fi/saab
Price per person in shared double room is 45 €. Price includes 02.08. teas and snack during the question and answer session in the restaurant, a 1h sauna and the next morning a sturdy breakfast.
Check in time 14.00 check out 11.00.
Exceptionally this hotel stay should be paid in advance to the account of Saab Club of Finland upon booking of accommodation:

Please pay to:
Suomen Saab-klubi
IBAN FI67 5383 0420 0916 19
SWIFT(BIC) OKOYFIHH
When paying, remember to write name of person(s) and “Solvalla”

The nearest camping is not a very classy one and at some distance from Solvalla:
Suncamping Oittaa. Kunnarlantie 31, FIN 02740 Espoo www.suncamping.fi

03.08.2011 Ekenäs (Tammisaari)

Accommodation alternatives:
Sea Front Hotel, Vitsippsgatan 2, FIN 10600 Ekenäs www.hotelseafront.fi
Motel & Restaurant Marine, Kammakaregatan 4-6, FIN 10600 Ekenäs www.motelmarine.fi
Ormnäs Camping, Ormnäsvägen 1 FIN-10600 Ekenäs www.ek-camping.com

04.08.2011 Pargas (Parainen)

Accommodation alternatives:
Hotell Kalkstrand, Strandvägen 1, FIN 21600 Pargas www.strandbo.fi
Solliden Camping, Norrby FIN 21600 Pargas www.solliden.fi