Re: [Leica] Leica does it again

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Nick and Austin

And to make it worse, the new Mini does not have the charm
of Lucas Electric systems with the Heisenberg uncertainty of
working or not working.  It used to be a crap shoot when starting
a British car.  And we never even got Las Vegas odds!

I remember, years ago when getting into my British sports car
my girl friend at the time giving me a lecture on Schroedingers
cat vs. the car;  "Is it dead or alive?"

Jerry

Nick Roberts wrote:

> --- Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > > the new Mini is
> > > an abomination.
> >
> > Nick,
> >
> > WHAT?  Why do you say that?
> >
> > Austin
> >
>
> Why? Because it's my opinion, that's why.;)
> They've taken the cute lines of the original and
> wrecked it. Oh, sure it's more practical, but it's now
> ugly beyond words and has lost the very Britishness of
> the original. It's managed the near-impossible task of
> being both bland AND ugly. For a car that was both an
> icon and a real engineering milestone to be reduced to
> this is particularly sad.
>
> Nick
>
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