Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My car history: 5 GM made in Germany and Spain - no problems 1 Porsche made in Germany - no problems 2 Hondas - 1 largely made in the US - unbreakable and unburstable 1 Citroen - made in France - I gave it back with 110,000 miles on the clock - - no problems 1 Ford - made in hell by vicious demons - AAAAAARGH Highly unrepresentative, unscientific and with no value whatsoever but then so was your assertion that there's a big problem with French cars. My father in law has been trying to kill the clutch on his Peugeot for four years but it refuses to give up and die. Don't even get me started on Nikon's QA for AF lens manufacture. Neil - -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Lehrer [mailto:jerryleh@pacbell.net] Sent: 17 January 2003 15:42 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: European technology (WAS: It's official, the last 999 LEICA M6 TTL) Nick Designing them? Yes. Actually making them to be reliable? Hell NO!! They are superbly comfortable so that you can relax in comfort while you wait for the tow truck. Jerry Nick Roberts wrote: > --- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > "Peugeot were part owners of Chrysler" > > No, Peugeot bought Chrysler's European interests for > $1. For information, the PSA Peugeot-Citroen group is > the sixth biggest carmaker in the world, and probably > the only one currently expanding capacity. Why? > Because the French are actually very good indeed at > designing cars. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- > 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html