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Subject: [Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Dec 21 17:59:50 2008
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Seth,


Sorry it was the LaCrosse, and quite honestly my wife's Chrysler ?Town & 
Country minivan rides better than the Buick, and I'm a sports car guy also, 
but drive a Audi A6 Quatro.


gene

 -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" 
<sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>: --------------


> Buick doesn't make a LaSalle; their two sedans are the Lucerne and the 
> LaCrosse. I suppose performance and ride are subjective matters but lounge 
> chair ride and wallowing suspension? as a sports car guy and for over 50 
> years and former road racer, uh-uh. That said, you will adore the CTS, a 
> world-class car.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> To: "Leica Users Group" 
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Seth,
> 
> 
> The Buick LaSalle is a current model, which we drove a year ago, and the 
> ride and performance was exactly as I described it. I wish it were not, 
> same 
> ride as my mom's 1992 Buick.
> 
> 
> I am interested in the new Caddy CTS, which I will go and try as soon as 
> the 
> temperature gets above 0 F sometime next week, it is -5 F here today.
> 
> 
> Gene -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" 
> : --------------
> 
> 
> > Gene, to write thus, you cannot have driven a Buick in a good many years.
> >
> > Same problem with folks in Congress who prate about how GM, Ford and
> > Chrysler are building terrible cars. They just don't know. Respectfully,
> > it's one thing not to know and to be silent, quite another not to know 
> > and
> > speak so erroneously.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From:
> > To: "Leica Users Group"
> > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Personally China can have all the Buicks they want, horrible driving 
> > cars.
> > Great if you want a lounge chair ride, and a wallowing suspension.
> >
> >
> > Gene -------------- Original message from Joseph Yao
> > : --------------
> >
> >
> > > Buick may be the best-selling foreign brand in China, but many of them 
> > > are
> > > not the real Buick you get in the US - they are merely rebadged Korean
> > > cars.
> > > Check out the Excelle and GL8 series:
> > >
> > > http://www.buick.com.cn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/21/08 10:36 PM, "Seth Rosner"  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Correct, Gene; and Nathan, were you aware that in 2008 GM has sold 
> > > > more
> > > > cars
> > > > in the United States than Toyota? Over a million more? And that 
> > > > Buick 
> > > > is
> > > > the
> > > > biggest-selling foreign brand in China?
> > > >
> > > > Seth
> > >
> > >
> > >
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In reply to: Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish)
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Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish)
Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish)