Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Dec 18 12:29:19 2006
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Yes, but driving a BMW means "I am a man of wealth and taste." (hum 
along with Axel Rose) Driving an Edsel means you almost bought a Fiat 
but were not quite that foolish.

jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:

>I was still in my single digit years when the Edsel made it's debut and 
>even with my limited aesthetic developement I knew it was a mighty ugly 
>car..What were Ford engineers thinking?  Funny thing though.....years later 
>BMW recaptured the "Horse Collar Grill"
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