Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 cars > dominique pellissier wrote: > > > > > "To the R8 detractors out there. Did you know the R8 has out sold > > > every other Leica reflex camera? " > > > > comment : True. There are more R8 cars (made by the french company Renault) > > than Leica reflex cameras. ;-) > > > I drive a 1964 Renault Caravelle! It's got a hard top and a soft top. People > always think it looks like a Sunbeam. Actually I mainly drive it in the summers. > Not so good uphill. Not many hills in Paris? It's got a 1100 cc aluminum engine! > Mark :-) Rabiner > ############ I learnt to drive with a R8. And I drove a very used R8 Gordini (Mr Cohn, only for the french market, I suggest a special edition of the Leica R8 : a blue one with 2 white strips). The Caravelle was the "sport car" after the Floride. A fantastic girl trap in the sixties just after the MG ! The R8 car "ne tenait pas la route" ( = did not keep the road ??). The french expression has a double meaning : a car which skids and a product which is unsaleable...;-) Dominique Pellissier