Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/11
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Speaking of the $20-30,000 range, that's the full extent of my savings, and
as my job ends in July, very likely what I'll have to live on for the next
academic year. Of course I may be able to get another couple of K for my '85
RX-7, push come to shove.
--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Ferrari daze
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 9:23 AM
> On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Seth wrote:
>
> > As Frank Dernie, Henning, Tom A., and several others
> on the list know, in
> > addition to my almost life-long affliction as a
> Leicaholic image-maker, I'm
> > also a car nut. Yesterday, the sports car market
> having collapsed at least
> > as dramatically as have the Leica, Hasselblad, world
> equity markets and
> > economies, and being no longer obliged to run
> financial decisions past
> > SWMBO, I lost my [alleged] mind and also acquired a
> new (actually
> > 'pre-owned') Ferrari, a 575M Maranello. In
> fact, the private seller and I
> > closed on the transaction last Thursday late
> afternoon, the car was
> > collected Friday in Virginia Beach by transport
> company and delivered
> > Saturday to the Ferrari dealer in Spring Valley NY
> where I went yesterday
> > for my first visit. Perhaps the best road car that
> Ferrari has ever made at
> > a jaw-droppingly low price (you know, one can buy a
> pre-owned 8-cylinder
> > Ferrari in excellent condition in the US$20-30,000.
> range).
>
> Congratulations! You have now joined the elite fraternity
> of yachtsmen, sports car owners, airplane owners, antique
> Leica collecters, executives with trophy wives. and others
> who posses expensive but functionally marginal objects. It
> is as effective a drainer of wealth as setting a bonfire
> with $100 bills in your back yard. But, of course, it is
> much more fun. Use it well. Enjoy!
>
> Larry Z
>
>
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