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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New RF Buyer...Beetle Boys
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 01:57:20 -0600

I'm so glad the Beetle and Mexico can be discussed so easily under the "New
RF buyer" thread :rolleyes

JS
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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.
> 
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