Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > You folks are such car nuts, and I am impressed! In 1992, I sold a > IIIc K and invested the funds in a 1984 Audi 4000S. This is still my > daily driver, with 250K (250,000 miles = 400,000km) on the clock, and > good for at least another 100,000 miles (160,000km). Some cars were > meant to be driven, and such is my Clytemnestra. My wife is horrified > that I don't want to buy something newer, but why? If I got another > car, it would be something like a '58 VW van. > > As is the case with the M8: sometimes, holding on to what works for > you is the best thing to do. > > Now, if I won the Lottery this evening, I probably would invest some > of my winnings, in that '58 VW van. > > I'm just strolling down that Yellow Brick Road of life. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > LUGers Have any of you ever heard the term "inverse snob"? And how can any of you call a Leica an "investment"? ( Unless you bought a Leica GG 250 with a Thambar, new in 1938) Leicas are fun cameras or earning tools (or both). Jerry