Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]glad to see another 540i user - it's the only other mechanical device I enjoy as much as my m3 on a daily basis. charlie (I guess that remark was off topic to the GT40, but at least I worked leica in there ;) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Chefurka" <paul@chefurka.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: GT40 > This is a crowd with exceptionally good taste (as if that was ever in > doubt). The GT40 and the Miura are the pinnacle of hot-car designs as far > as I'm concerned too. I was in Paris in '67, and was exposed to all the > GT40/Le Mans publicity. I remember seeing a Miura there once and thinking > that this was about as close to perfect as a car could get. Those two > designs had serious soul. > > Like Adam I wouldn't trade my 540i for either as a daily driver, but they > are definitely the stuff that dreams are made of. > > Paul > > On Fri, 24 May 2002 14:59:59 -0400 (EDT), "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> > wrote: > > >we think alike, my friend. > > > >i've always thought the miura was > >one of the best-looking of the breed, and far nicer than countach > >and the space-age transformers-type cars which followed. > > > >-rei > > > >> From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > >> > >> > There hasn't been a mid-engine sports car whose form is more > >> > pleasing to me that > >> > the GT40. > >> > >> Adam, > >> > >> The Lamborghini Miura is very close IMO... > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Austin > > > >-- > >Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > >Ridgewood, New Jersey > > -- > 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