Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New RF Buyer...
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 16:36:51 -0700

Labour is very inexpensive so repairs that would not be economically
justifiable in the US make good sense in Mexico. I had a friend who crunched
his front fender on a Citroën DS. It took the shop three or four days of
metal work to straighten it out. Much less expensive than a replacement
part.

John Collier

> From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
> 
> I was always amazed how Mexican auto repair shops could keep a 1950's car
> running for decades, while American repair shops just told you to buy a new
> car. A Volkswagen beetle in Mexico could probably run forever given their
> repairability.

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