Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm so glad the Beetle and Mexico can be discussed so easily under the "New RF buyer" thread :rolleyes JS === on 12/15/01 5:36 PM, John Collier at jbcollier@powersurfr.com wrote: > 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. > > -- > 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