Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> In 2006, my grandmother bought a new car. She had a 1987 Ford Escort that > she had bought new. She has money but is tightfisted, so when she bought > the Escort, she went to the local Ford dealer and said she wanted the > cheapest new car on the lot. Then she paid cash for it. > > She hated that Escort the entire time she had it. It was a little tin-can > shitbox that rode rough, had no engine power, was claustrophobically small > inside, and God help you if you get in a wreck with someone driving a big > car! She bitched about that Escort the whole time she had it, and when she > replaced it in 2006, she swore she was going to buy a nicer car. > > She didn't want to spend too much though. She looked at the Ford Focus, > the successor to the Escort and a better built car, though still a crappy > econo-tincan, and she looked at a Taurus, a nice midsize car. The Taurus > was $3000 more than the Focus. That was just $3000 too much and the old > cheapskate bought the Focus, once again paying the full cost of the > brand-new car in cash. > > My grandma has done nothing but BITCH incessantly to everyone who will > listen about what a piece of shit her car is, and how much she hates it > because its too small, rides rough, has no power, and she feels unsafe in > it. Sound familiar? Yeah, same complaints she had about her last new car, > the 87 Escort. > > Seriously, if you're already spending $10+ thousand, a couple thousand > more for a better camera is worth it. > > > Lesson: Spend the money and get the right camera. Great story: I really do need to make sure there is not too much left over for the 'estate'. I've loved my car can can't part with it: especially when it makes an S2 look cheap to replace the older model. Cheers Alastair