Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill, You know, the 900 Turbo I have is quite nice to drive and the maintenance is not too bad. Now if I could just slowly replace the GM parts that drive me nuts like the radio and the climate control, and the stupid info panel. But, if I am driving too fast, then none of that matters. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/26/06, bill harting <vintagebill@verizon.net> wrote: > > For a Studebaker, see: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Shutter-to-think/album343/Studee.jpg.html > > > and, Richard, a camry is about as exciting as driving is these days. I > feel your pain. > > > bill > > Richard Coutant wrote: > > In the 70's and 80's I was a 'true SAABist', owning literally dozens of > > the old three cylinder two-strokes, from a suicide-door model 93 to a > > couple of 850GTs and Monte Carlos. Talk about unreliable but charming > > cars... I had an 850 with a motor that had been built up for ice > > racing, that got about 12 mpg on the highest octane premium gas you > > could find, plug life was measured in hundreds of miles, there was > > absolutely no way to make it idle, it had a straight two-inch diameter > > exhaust with no baffles that would shoot balls of flame like a giant > > Roman candle while blipping it at stoplights. I could go on and on. I > > carried a full set of spare parts at all times under the back seat. > > Once I tried to detune it by retarding the timing and it seized up solid > > at about 20 below zero on a January night in Vermont. I pulled number 2 > > plug and stuck a flashlight over the hole and there was the crankshaft, > > big as life. I remember getting a friend to help me carry the motor up > > to the third-floor apartment where I lived, and rebuilding the thing in > > the bathtub. I cried when I sold it. They were terrifically photogenic > > cars. I shot whole rolls of slide film with my old Spotmatic of the 850 > > and my 1947 Studebaker pickup, parked side by side or nose to nose. For > > years I had a whole yard (or field) of parts SAABs which my ex-wife used > > to refer to as the 'mulch cars' and the children would sit in and play > > 'Drive to California'. But there was never anything as much fun to > > drive fast on a dirt road. > > Sadly, I now have a Camry that I've owned for six years, a V6 five speed > > that's a perfectly fine car but about as exciting as owning a > > refrigerator. And I don't think I've ever taken a photo of the Camry > > just because I thought it was beautiful. > > > > Richard > > > > > >> From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] wing window now boring > >> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:17:41 +0200 > >> > >> I wouldn't dare to compare the post 94 Saabs to something as genuine > >> as a Bonneville. > >> > >> > >> > >> Op 26-sep-06, om 22:07 heeft bill harting het volgende geschreven: > >> > >>> We've traded those maintenance bills for boring reliability... this > >>> was the same story when I long ago sold my Honda Super Hawk, which > >>> performed perfectly, for a Triumph Bonneville... I wasn't a mile > >>> from the shop before something fell off (not me). But I loved that > >>> bike... > >>> > >>> bill > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Philippe Orlent wrote: > >>>> And when I complained about the outrageous bills for just about > >>>> nothing, the dealer asked innocently 'But Sir, are you not a true > >>>> Saabist then?' :)- > >>>> Op 25-sep-06, om 22:23 heeft Richard S. Taylor het volgende > >>>> geschreven: > >>>>> Ah yes, $2,500 - 3,500 per year, reliable as clockwork. > >>>>> > >>>>>> Loved my '96 Saab 900. Didn't love the maintenance bills... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Op 25-sep-06, om 21:32 heeft Phil Swango het volgende geschreven: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Richard Taylor wrote: > >>>>>>>> I drove a 1965 122S, too, though mine was a sedan. Loved it > >>>>>>>> despite that floor-mounted stick, but it wasn't half as much > >>>>>>>> fun as > >>>>>>>> the 900. :-) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> A friend of mine still has the 122S he bought new in 1965. But > >>>>>>> I'd hate to > >>>>>>> tell you how much money he's spent keeping it in decent shape. > >>>>>>> And now it's > >>>>>>> not starting, so more $$$. I have to hand it to him, though, > >>>>>>> he's one loyal > >>>>>>> customer. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I had a 1986 Saab 900. I really liked it but needed something > >>>>>>> different so > >>>>>>> I sold it to my neighbor. He fell in love with it and drove it > >>>>>>> for another > >>>>>>> 5-6 years until it was totalled in a rear-ender. The girl who > >>>>>>> crashed into > >>>>>>> it was their babysitter. ;-( > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Phil Swango > >>>>>>> 307 Aliso Dr SE > >>>>>>> Albuquerque, NM 87108 > >>>>>>> 505-262-4085 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> --Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> Dick > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >