"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:06:42 -0700, the infamous "Bill McKee"
scrawled the following:

Corvair was never going to survive "unsafe at any speed". Nader found an
easy target and hit a bull's-eye. Same suspension on the original VW bug.

Bzzzzzzzzt! The easy target you mention was the Corvair only when
owned by idiots who couldn't drive (they could barely _steer_ a car)
AND who never checked their air pressure AND who allowed the tire
pressure to become far too low, increasing any tendency for the car to
swap ends.

My buddy swapped ends on mine even though I optimized air pressure and
had the f/r weights balanced.


And the Bug was top heavy. But the bug was loved,

Ptui! Gawdawful whistling old bitches.


My B Production Vette did a few spins over the
years. Mostly my trying to go 5 mph faster than physics allowed. :)

A truly honorable employment, sir. Curves are made for fun, whether
on a woman or a road. I drive a pickup now (miss that Javelin and the
2 Corvair convertibles I had) and can't believe how much better the
new '07 Tundra handles compared to the old '90 F-150; night and day.
The Tundra reminds me more of the Javelin than a pickemup.

--
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace
will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will
blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
-- John Muir

Actually early Corvairs handled bad for the reason that the wheels did tuck.
And that was GM's fault for being to cheap to steal Empi's Camber
Compensator design. Plus it was a pain to work on with all the sheet metal.
Remember having to help a buddy change a leaking oil pressure sender. I
drive a pickup now also. Diesel Chevy Crewcab. Handles well, not a race
car, but tows the aluminum river jet boat with alacrity, while also carrying
a slide in pop-up camper. And gets good milage. 19 on the highway at 80
mph. Wife's 2009 Venza only gets about 22.5 at same speed going to Los
Angeles on I-5. But is a nice handling car. But it also has the 6 cyl, as
I and she hate wimpy cars. I look at a performance car now and again, but I
do not think I could afford the tickets these days. Wife got one for 16
over at night in a 25 zone. $351.