Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] Speaking of cars...
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Sun Apr 30 08:04:13 2006
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20060430094536.02159b18@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>

Nice. The last ones were made here in my hometown, Uusikaupunki, Finland.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William G. Lamb, III" <lambroving@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Speaking of cars...


>
> Hello Dick,
>
> Never understood this Saab thing myself, but I have a diseased son who 
> could probably hook you right up. Not dirt cheap I imagine, but far 
> cheaper than a girlfriend! :-) A number of 900's have gone through his 
> hands from time to time...
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/Chips-Saabs/LUG117?full=1>
>
> <http://www.wmsbrg.com/sweden/index.html>
>
> Regards,
>
> William
>
> At 11:10 PM 4/29/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>>Brian - Cars you love should be kept until their wheels fall off, as we 
>>say in my family.  My brother and I both run our cars to the point where 
>>restoration becomes the operative word, not repair.  I put 285,000 miles 
>>(and 15 years) on my 1986 Saab 900 before I finally had to give it up to 
>>the rust.  I loved every minute I drove it despite various annoying 
>>vibrations and noises, a girl friend who hated it, and horrible yearly 
>>repair bills.
>>
>>I still miss it.  My Acura RL is a wonderful, reliable car but I sure 
>>don't love it the way I loved the Saab.
>>
>>May you take the Phaeton to beyond the Moon, as I did with the Saab.  :-))
>>
>>Dick
>
>
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