Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] Speaking of cars...
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Apr 30 14:50:05 2006
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William,
Hmm, does your son do Sonnet V4's?  My wife and I had one until we compared
braking distances with a large american car and won :(

With a little hot rodding and welding the freewheel it should be a blast.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 4/30/06, William G. Lamb, III <lambroving@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Dick,
>
> Never understood this Saab thing myself, but I have a diseased son who
> could probably hook you right up. Not dirt cheap I imagine, but far
> cheaper
> than a girlfriend! :-) A number of 900's have gone through his hands from
> time to time...
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/Chips-Saabs/LUG117?full=1>
>
> <http://www.wmsbrg.com/sweden/index.html>
>
> Regards,
>
> William
>
> At 11:10 PM 4/29/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >Brian - Cars you love should be kept until their wheels fall off, as we
> >say in my family.  My brother and I both run our cars to the point where
> >restoration becomes the operative word, not repair.  I put 285,000 miles
> >(and 15 years) on my 1986 Saab 900 before I finally had to give it up to
> >the rust.  I loved every minute I drove it despite various annoying
> >vibrations and noises, a girl friend who hated it, and horrible yearly
> >repair bills.
> >
> >I still miss it.  My Acura RL is a wonderful, reliable car but I sure
> >don't love it the way I loved the Saab.
> >
> >May you take the Phaeton to beyond the Moon, as I did with the
> Saab.  :-))
> >
> >Dick
>
>
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Replies: Reply from graham at geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk (GeeBee) ([Leica] Speaking of cars...)
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