Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] IMG : For vintage car buffs ?
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Oct 30 19:59:23 2007
References: <000701c81a78$74deb810$f3a0f05a@GeeBee> <4726EE03.2070008@cs.york.ac.uk> <DFDD0ECB-99AD-4EEE-AC25-79DA57936BB7@shaw.ca>

you make a very interesting point, john

can we say the same for cameras?

ric


On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:51 PM, John Collier wrote:

> Slow car = minimal restraints
> Fast car = maximum frustration
>
> I was once driving an Peugeot 504 diesel around a rather enjoyable  
> bend with the car in a nice four wheel drift. A super duper car  
> with super sticky, super wide rubber just drove right around me. I  
> was smiling, he was bored. I like slow, narrow tired vehicles. I  
> can drive almost flat-out with a only modest amounts of peripheral  
> kerfuffle. Super duper cars are fun on the track and boring almost  
> everywhere else.
>
> John
>
> On 30-Oct-07, at 2:40 AM, Marc Thomas wrote:
>
>> Its an NG TF a pastiche of a 1930's sports car. I personally  
>> wouldnt bother, they are a joke of a car. Hire a 1930's car for  
>> the day then get back in your VW Phaeton or Lotus Elise and thank  
>> the lord its not 1930 anymore!
>
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Replies: Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG : For vintage car buffs ?)
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