Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]J.J.C. on a popsicle stick@! It wasn't equating an M3 with a Hugo - and why would anyone waste time and energy 'howling' about someone's opinion anyway ;-) - It was equating putting a Yugo engine - a total piece of crap - in a classic VW, a wonderful, reliable, solid little car, with putting a new M6 finder mechanism - a comparative piece of crap - in an M3, a wonderful, solid, reliable camera whose best feature was its viewfinder. Okay? ;-) B. D. John R. Fulton Jr. wrote: >> >>> Putting an M6 viewfinder in an M3 is a bit like putting a Yugo >>> engine in >>> an old VW - or something like that...;-) >> >> >> I must react : it is like putting a small block Chevy in a Yugo , and >> I've seen that done ! >> > > I don't understand equating an M3 with a Yugo? I'm surprised everybody > isn't howling at this. > Maybe the analogy is putting a Chevy engine in a Mercedes? > [On the other hand car-collector and casino owner Bill Harrah put a > Ferrari engine in a Jeep Wagoneer which he fondly called a Jerrari. > (Back then there was no speedlimit in Nevada--what are you to do?)]. > John Fulton > Fort Worth > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html