Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil and Arche, I have to make a confession about false accusations against Lucas. I owned a 2000 Cadillac Catera, a rebadged Opel. I was the second owner, since it was a GM program car which had been on lease in the Detroit area. When I bought it, it had what appeared to be a brand new Delco battery installed in it. After a number of times of encountering a low battery after the car sat unused for a week or more, each time blaming the Lucas components whose labels could be seen under the hood, I finally bit the bullet and swapped out the Delco battery. No more problems. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Leeson" <pjleeson@mchsi.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Bosch is Junk-what works well? > Bosch is fine. > NipponDenso is fine. > Delco is fine. > > I think installation, and the elements play a large role. > Californians likely will never see real rust! > > Now, Lucas is what I'd call bad. > > Phil > > > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 9:17 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > >> >> Just out of curiousity, what automotive electrics do people think have a >> generally high rate of reliability? >> >> My 91 toyota truck with 250K has behaved impeccably, but the '84 Nissan >> I had had wiring that was poorly fitted and vulnerable to corrosion, as >> I found out in the Kansas City airport long-term lot, in a snowstorm and >> trying to get home from being gone a week. The leads to the fuel pump >> (at the tank) had eaten away. >> >> >> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> >>> Subject: [Leica] OT: Bosch is Junk >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 2:03 AM >>> At 12:23 AM 2/23/2009, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >>>> I had a car where the battery was under the rear seat. >>> Not a big deal. >>>> The Bosch parts on my cars have always lasted longer >>> than the stated >>>> projection for service length. >>> >>> You are most blessed to have this experience. Bosch is >>> famous for weird and early failure. Go to your local Torii >>> and sacrificce a chicken for the grace you have been given. >>> Bosch is junk. Worthless junk. Unreliable junk. Fly out >>> here to reality-land and try to start my car. And then tell >>> me that Bosch is anything but junk >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> >>> >>> msmall@aya.yale.edu >>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >