Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nah. I replaced the Ferrari with 2 Aston Martins Vanquish S'ses just to be sure that I would have an immediate replacement if my oldest would crash the first one on one of his nights out. Op 26-okt-06, om 22:14 heeft Christopher Williams het volgende geschreven: > Ferraris are like Harleys, you need 2 of them. One to drive while > the other > is being repaired. I got rid of both Ferraris when Nissan came out > with the > 350hp hand built in Morocco Altima V8. As for the Harleys, I left > them at > Goodwill and bought some fast arse crotchrockets. Both hand > assembled in > China in exchange for some 501 jeans. > > I think I'll shoot some frames with my hand built III later on today. > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philippe Orlent" > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Hand built? > > >> I had a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti for 6 months. The worst car I ever >> had. Just gave it away in the end. >> >> Philippe >> >> Op 26-okt-06, om 20:26 heeft Mark Langer het volgende geschreven: >> >>> Hand assembled isn't automatically a guarantee that the car is >>> better built >>> than on a mechanized assembly line. Last summer, I toured the >>> Corvette >>> assembly plant. Corvettes are assembled on a production line, the >>> Cadillac >>> XLR is hand-assembled in a different part of the same plant. Both >>> cars are >>> based on similar mechanics. Yet the XLR is considerably less >>> reliable than >>> a Corvette. >>> >>> I drive a 2003 Honda S2000. Up to 2004, these cars were hand- >>> assembled in >>> Honda's racing car facility. From 2004 on, they were made on a >>> production >>> line in another Honda plant. I'd like to say that mine is better >>> built than >>> the later ones, but all data that I have indicates that there is no >>> difference in build quality or reliability between the two types. >>> It does >>> appeal to my snob factor to be driving the hand-assembled model, >>> but I think >>> that is the only "quality" difference. >>> >>> Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >