Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For a Studebaker, see: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Shutter-to-think/album343/Studee.jpg.html and, Richard, a camry is about as exciting as driving is these days. I feel your pain. bill Richard Coutant wrote: > In the 70's and 80's I was a 'true SAABist', owning literally dozens of > the old three cylinder two-strokes, from a suicide-door model 93 to a > couple of 850GTs and Monte Carlos. Talk about unreliable but charming > cars... I had an 850 with a motor that had been built up for ice > racing, that got about 12 mpg on the highest octane premium gas you > could find, plug life was measured in hundreds of miles, there was > absolutely no way to make it idle, it had a straight two-inch diameter > exhaust with no baffles that would shoot balls of flame like a giant > Roman candle while blipping it at stoplights. I could go on and on. I > carried a full set of spare parts at all times under the back seat. > Once I tried to detune it by retarding the timing and it seized up solid > at about 20 below zero on a January night in Vermont. I pulled number 2 > plug and stuck a flashlight over the hole and there was the crankshaft, > big as life. I remember getting a friend to help me carry the motor up > to the third-floor apartment where I lived, and rebuilding the thing in > the bathtub. I cried when I sold it. They were terrifically photogenic > cars. I shot whole rolls of slide film with my old Spotmatic of the 850 > and my 1947 Studebaker pickup, parked side by side or nose to nose. For > years I had a whole yard (or field) of parts SAABs which my ex-wife used > to refer to as the 'mulch cars' and the children would sit in and play > 'Drive to California'. But there was never anything as much fun to > drive fast on a dirt road. > Sadly, I now have a Camry that I've owned for six years, a V6 five speed > that's a perfectly fine car but about as exciting as owning a > refrigerator. And I don't think I've ever taken a photo of the Camry > just because I thought it was beautiful. > > Richard > > >> From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] wing window now boring >> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:17:41 +0200 >> >> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >