Not many ten year old Mercs though. Intimately familiar with that company. Unfortunately.
Paul via phone > On Apr 26, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Barnack is now an *expensive* historic novelty, Paul. ;-) > > The Audi vs Mercedes thing is interesting … Far as I've seen, ten year old > Audis are often too expensive to repair and keep running, seldom seen on the > road, while there seem to be a LOT of perfectly healthy 20+ year old Mercedes > on the road all the time around here. > > Happily, my SLK is 14 years old, still has fewer rattles and shakes at > 140,000+ miles than my brand-new Toyota Prius did in 2006, and it was > actually pretty inexpensive when I bought it in 2012, far less than the Prius > was when I bought it. Actually, selling the Prius in 2012 @ 70,000 miles paid > for the SLK and put money in the bank besides. Quality and durability costs > money to buy but pays you back in the long run. The fact that few people keep > a car long enough to obtain this kind of value is their problem… > > Same goes for cameras, I suspect. > > G > > >> On Apr 26, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well reasoned. I like my barnack Leica, but it's a historic novelty rather >> than an expensive showpiece. Mercedes makes some nice cars, but you pay >> extra for that star. Audi delivers more for the money, but no red dot, er >> star. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
