Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth, Sorry it was the LaCrosse, and quite honestly my wife's Chrysler ?Town & Country minivan rides better than the Buick, and I'm a sports car guy also, but drive a Audi A6 Quatro. gene -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>: -------------- > Buick doesn't make a LaSalle; their two sedans are the Lucerne and the > LaCrosse. I suppose performance and ride are subjective matters but lounge > chair ride and wallowing suspension? as a sports car guy and for over 50 > years and former road racer, uh-uh. That said, you will adore the CTS, a > world-class car. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Leica Users Group" > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish > > > > > Seth, > > > The Buick LaSalle is a current model, which we drove a year ago, and the > ride and performance was exactly as I described it. I wish it were not, > same > ride as my mom's 1992 Buick. > > > I am interested in the new Caddy CTS, which I will go and try as soon as > the > temperature gets above 0 F sometime next week, it is -5 F here today. > > > Gene -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" > : -------------- > > > > Gene, to write thus, you cannot have driven a Buick in a good many years. > > > > Same problem with folks in Congress who prate about how GM, Ford and > > Chrysler are building terrible cars. They just don't know. Respectfully, > > it's one thing not to know and to be silent, quite another not to know > > and > > speak so erroneously. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: "Leica Users Group" > > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable - now off-topic and long-ish > > > > > > > > > > Personally China can have all the Buicks they want, horrible driving > > cars. > > Great if you want a lounge chair ride, and a wallowing suspension. > > > > > > Gene -------------- Original message from Joseph Yao > > : -------------- > > > > > > > Buick may be the best-selling foreign brand in China, but many of them > > > are > > > not the real Buick you get in the US - they are merely rebadged Korean > > > cars. > > > Check out the Excelle and GL8 series: > > > > > > http://www.buick.com.cn > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/21/08 10:36 PM, "Seth Rosner" wrote: > > > > > > > Correct, Gene; and Nathan, were you aware that in 2008 GM has sold > > > > more > > > > cars > > > > in the United States than Toyota? Over a million more? And that > > > > Buick > > > > is > > > > the > > > > biggest-selling foreign brand in China? > > > > > > > > Seth > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1859 - Release Date: > > 12/20/2008 > > 2:34 PM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1860 - Release Date: > 12/21/2008 > 3:08 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information