[Leica] Re: Hand built?

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

Ferraris are like Harleys, you need 2 of them. One to drive while the other
is being repaired. I got rid of both Ferraris when Nissan came out with the
350hp hand built in Morocco Altima V8. As for the Harleys, I left them at
Goodwill and bought some fast arse crotchrockets. Both hand assembled in
China in exchange for some 501 jeans.

I think I'll shoot some frames with my hand built III later on today.

Chris



----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe Orlent"
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Hand built?


> I had a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti for 6 months. The worst car I ever
> had. Just gave it away in the end.
>
> Philippe
>
> Op 26-okt-06, om 20:26 heeft Mark Langer het volgende geschreven:
>
> > Hand assembled isn't automatically a guarantee that the car is
> > better built
> > than on a mechanized assembly line.  Last summer, I toured the
> > Corvette
> > assembly plant.  Corvettes are assembled on a production line, the
> > Cadillac
> > XLR is hand-assembled in a different part of the same plant.  Both
> > cars are
> > based on similar mechanics.  Yet the XLR is considerably less
> > reliable than
> > a Corvette.
> >
> > I drive a 2003 Honda S2000.  Up to 2004, these cars were hand-
> > assembled in
> > Honda's racing car facility.  From 2004 on, they were made on a
> > production
> > line in another Honda plant.  I'd like to say that mine is better
> > built than
> > the later ones, but all data that I have indicates that there is no
> > difference in build quality or reliability between the two types.
> > It does
> > appeal to my snob factor to be driving the hand-assembled model,
> > but I think
> > that is the only "quality" difference.
> >
> > Mark