Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Everybody knows that french have developped fine > engineering... Well > not everybody. Er, right, Felix. There’s probably a reason for that. What “fine engineering” have we seen out of the French aside from the 1976 Renault F1 cars, and subsequently the mid-engined Porsche killer 4 cylinder turbo charged LeCar (as seen in, I believe, Octopussy), and the Eifel Tower...oh yes, and the Statue of Liberty? I’m asking a serious question. I happen to have worked with many French engineers, and have equal respect for their abilities as I do any good engineer...so don’t think for a moment I am at all “down” on French engineers/engineering...I’d just like to know what you base your statement on. Cars have not been something I really think of as “great French engineering”, except as mentioned above... Ok, yeah, the Citroen, both the 2CV (Deux Chevaux) and the one with the air suspension... Whether they are examples of “fine engineering” or not, I can ’t conclude, but since they are so cool, I’ll give them a “by” on this one ;-) Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html