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Subject: [Leica] OT: Bosch is Junk-what works well?
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Mon Feb 23 07:32:14 2009
References: <333366.76174.qm@web55906.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Bosch is fine.
NipponDenso is fine.
Delco is fine.

I think installation, and the elements play a large role.
Californians likely will never see real rust!

Now, Lucas  is what I'd call bad.

Phil



On Feb 23, 2009, at 9:17 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote:

>
> Just out of curiousity, what automotive electrics do people think  
> have a generally  high rate of reliability?
>
> My 91 toyota truck with 250K has behaved impeccably, but the '84  
> Nissan I had had wiring that was poorly fitted and vulnerable to  
> corrosion, as I found out in the Kansas City airport long-term lot,  
> in a snowstorm and trying to get home from being gone a week. The  
> leads to the fuel pump (at the tank) had eaten away.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] OT:  Bosch is Junk
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 2:03 AM
>> At 12:23 AM 2/23/2009, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>>> I had a car where the battery was under the rear seat.
>> Not a big deal.
>>> The Bosch parts on my cars have always lasted longer
>> than the stated
>>> projection for service length.
>>
>> You are most blessed to have this experience.  Bosch is
>> famous for weird and early failure.  Go to your local Torii
>> and sacrificce a chicken for the grace you have been given.
>> Bosch is junk.  Worthless junk.  Unreliable junk.  Fly out
>> here to reality-land and try to start my car.  And then tell
>> me that Bosch is anything but junk
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> msmall@aya.yale.edu
>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from charlie at droolassicpark.com (Charlie Meyer) ([Leica] OT: Bosch is Junk-what works well?)
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In reply to: Message from h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche) ([Leica] OT: Bosch is Junk-what works well?)