Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I say, quite true KPETERS wrote: > Well, if it's good enough for the Queen.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: If Porsche Can Do It, Why Not Leica? > > >Kent, > >You can't compare it to stuff from Detroit. The average car sold in the > >U.S. is in the junk yard before it reaches 100K. > > > >As I mentioned in another post, it's Mercedes and Toyota that Rover has to > >match. > >Best Regards, > >Bud > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Kent Jon Peters <KPETERS@huntel.net> > >> I have nearly 200K on my '89 rover and have only replaced the water > >> pump. On third set of spark plugs and original distributer! I have > >> owned a Grand Cherokee, a Wagoneer, a Suburban, a Ford Econoline van and > >> this rover is the most dependable motor (albeit not the best puller-- > >> ie. 460cc in the Ford Econoline "tanker valdez") of the bunch. The > >> carberation system of the earlier Jeeps was pathetic and my cherokee was > >> the worst of the bunch. Absolute crap. And another thing: the frame of > >> the land rover is the best of all. Sturdy box/ladder style that is much > >> more rugged than any unibody style. Kent > >> > > > >