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: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon Dec 18 22:02:42 2006
References: <200612190449.kBJ4nCrW028158@server1.waverley.reid.org> <016b01c7232a$6cf89ee0$65caa8c0@shulman> <200612190507.kBJ571vd035227@server1.waverley.reid.org>

environmentally, however, the vehicle is a disaster. Pollution galore.

No thanks.

ab


On 12/18/06, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 11:59 PM 12/18/2006, Jim Shulman wrote:
>  >Marc,
>  >
>  >Appreciate your wife and keep depreciating the car.  Remind her that the
>  >money you don't spend on a new vehicle can be invested in her culinary 
> and
>  >lapidary delight.
>  >
>  >The VW Van prices have jumped considerably these days, so much so that 
> you
>  >may be better off finding something else that's vintage, capacious and 
> fun.
>  >Try $30K or more for a 17 window van in decent restored shape!
>
> You are speaking of restored vehicles, I
> suspect.  I just passed up a decent and running
> '59 van for $500 -- it later sold for $325.  They
> are cheap in these hustings, unrestored.  But,
> then, I carry a 36mm wrench in my car, just in case ...
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)