Re: [Leica] Re: If Porsche Can Do It, Why Not Leica?

["KPETERS" <KPETERS@huntel.net>]

Well, if it's good enough for the Queen....


- -----Original Message-----
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: If Porsche Can Do It, Why Not Leica?


>Kent,
>You can't compare it to stuff from Detroit.  The average car sold in the
>U.S. is in the junk yard before it reaches 100K.
>
>As I mentioned in another post, it's Mercedes and Toyota that Rover has to
>match.
>Best Regards,
>Bud
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kent Jon Peters <KPETERS@huntel.net>
>> I have nearly 200K on my '89 rover and have only replaced the water
>> pump.  On third set of spark plugs and original distributer!  I have
>> owned a Grand Cherokee, a Wagoneer, a Suburban, a Ford Econoline van and
>> this rover is the most dependable motor (albeit not the best puller--
>> ie. 460cc in the Ford Econoline "tanker valdez") of the bunch.  The
>> carberation system of the earlier Jeeps was pathetic and my cherokee was
>> the worst of the bunch.  Absolute crap.  And another thing: the frame of
>> the land rover is the best of all.  Sturdy box/ladder style that is much
>> more rugged than any unibody style.  Kent
>>
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