On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" >>> Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera that's no more >>>> than a pimped-up K20D, >>>> >>> >>> If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as much a pimped >>> up >>> a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >>> >> >> But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-) >> >> -Adam >> > > The 356 was a pimped up Beetle, the 911 was something else entirely...
The 356 was a reskinned Beetle with a couple tweaks and a diet. The 911 was a chopped and pimped beetle. There's a reason you can transplant older 911 drivetrains pretty much directly into a Beetle. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
