Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Fifth F1 World Championship
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:27:25 -0700
References: <200207221154.g6MBsjZ21418@panix1.panix.com>

While the Vette and the Viper are both great, the Vipers were several places
behind the two Vettes, a Ferrari (model unknown), a Saleen Mustang and some
Porsche 911s.

I disposed of two C3 Vettes and purchased a C5.  The C5 performance is
awesome.   The C3s felt more like a sports car.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Fifth F1 World Championship


> as a corvette owner, the C5R's victories are quite exciting.  funny how
> american marketers these days don't exploit the racetrack exploits of
> their products when they have something to write about, as in the case of
> the vette and the viper.
>
> -rei
>
>
> > From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
> >
> > Thanks for the news, as it is most appreciated.  Additional news is the
> > winning of the GTS class race which was part of the American Le Mans
Series
> > by a Corvette C5R.
> >
> > Roland Smith
> > Oakland, California
>
>
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> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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