Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/26

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Subject: [Leica] wing window now boring
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Sep 26 13:17:45 2006
References: <1be504db0609251232x7e7269a1y62b50288145df39@mail.gmail.com> <5535DB39-A4C1-47BE-8B2D-E850DFA00DB1@pandora.be> <p06230920c13deb2b176b@[10.0.1.2]> <238C9170-2F03-4167-9322-A3598AEEE538@pandora.be> <4519889E.30609@verizon.net>

I wouldn't dare to compare the post 94 Saabs to something as genuine  
as a Bonneville.



Op 26-sep-06, om 22:07 heeft bill harting het volgende geschreven:

> We've traded those maintenance bills for boring reliability... this  
> was the same story when I long ago sold my Honda Super Hawk, which  
> performed perfectly, for a Triumph Bonneville... I wasn't a mile  
> from the shop before something fell off (not me). But I loved that  
> bike...
>
> bill
>
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>> And when I complained about the outrageous bills for just about  
>> nothing, the dealer asked innocently 'But Sir, are you not a true  
>> Saabist then?' :)-
>> Op 25-sep-06, om 22:23 heeft Richard S. Taylor het volgende  
>> geschreven:
>>> Ah yes, $2,500 - 3,500 per year, reliable as clockwork.
>>>
>>>> Loved my '96 Saab 900. Didn't love the maintenance bills...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Op 25-sep-06, om 21:32 heeft Phil Swango het volgende geschreven:
>>>>
>>>>> Richard Taylor wrote:
>>>>>> I drove a 1965 122S, too,  though mine was a sedan.  Loved  it
>>>>>> despite that floor-mounted stick, but it wasn't half as much  
>>>>>> fun as
>>>>>> the 900.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> A friend of mine still has the 122S he bought new in 1965.  But  
>>>>> I'd hate to
>>>>> tell you how much money he's spent keeping it in decent shape.   
>>>>> And now it's
>>>>> not starting, so more $$$.  I have to hand it to him, though,  
>>>>> he's one loyal
>>>>> customer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a 1986 Saab 900.  I really liked it but needed something  
>>>>> different so
>>>>> I sold it to my neighbor.  He fell in love with it and drove it  
>>>>> for another
>>>>> 5-6 years until it was totalled in a rear-ender.  The girl who  
>>>>> crashed into
>>>>> it was their babysitter.  ;-(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Phil Swango
>>>>> 307 Aliso Dr SE
>>>>> Albuquerque, NM 87108
>>>>> 505-262-4085
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
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