Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As an unabashed Anglophile, even I had additional exercise and frustration with Leyland cars and the Lucas Prince of Darkness electrics. A joy to drive when working. A bit like the original Flight Simulator software when one could program it to disable instruments at random... At least Midgets and Spitfires were easy to push. Also owned several Beetles, a VW Camper, and a few Fiestas. Good cars all, but not without a breakdown now and again. I was never forced to 'hoof it' when I drove a Fiesta. Volvo 240 bricks (mine was even brick colored!) and a BMW as a graduation present to myself showed me the Dark Side of Bosch mechanical fuel injection. Economical at any cost: 1993 Geo Metro. My old, reliable dog rescue car. Wasn't much a poopy, car sick shelter Basset Hound could do to mess it up inside more than it already was. Current and best: 2000 Buick Century (Yawn...). Solid, economical, reliable. Was ready if the Dealer wanted to see my AARP card. Good byproduct of a Hahvahd-priced automotive tech school: my son can fix his wife's moribund Audi A4. Good thing the Buick runs like a top. There's a new Fiesta out in Europe. No car ever made that exemplifies performance, reliability, or quality- of-build like a Leica. A funny thought: mailing the car to Sherry Krauter for a CLA...ever find a mechanic that prefers to work late at night lately? Charlie On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Philip Leeson wrote: > 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! >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>> information >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Charlie Meyer West Virginia Coordinator Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD) Droolassic Park Keyser, WV Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs.