Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [no Leica] not so Porsche anology
From: Alex Hurst <corkflor@iol.ie>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:22:53 +0000

Paul Schiemer wrote:
>
>A 911 is a pig of a car, more a hanger queen than a road king.
>Before you think otherwise- I've owned two modern ones and a handful of
>the older ones (typ. 356), I'm a long time member of the PCA, and am
>active locally in drivers' education events (track related high
>performance driving).  I've recently dumped their latest whiz bang -the
>Boxster- because of recurrent problems with ignition and electrics.

Paul, please enlighten us:

1) What's a 'hanger queen'?

2) Would that be a Boxster R8, by any chance <g>?

On the other hand most Leicas don't exchange ends at high speed when driven
to their limit......

Slan

Alex

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