Re: Misc. stuff

["Linus D. Toy" <linust@interramp.com>]

At 10:43 AM 6/25/96 -0500, Stephen Williams wrote:
>Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but, facts are sometimes helpful.
>
>	Fact is, the Corvair had some very significant handling bugs that 
>*could*, under fairly normal driving conditions, cause real problems. 
>Really, the Corvair thing isn't even something that is debated much anymore.

Only the original Corvair, the dumpy-looking one (opinion) with the
swing-axle rear suspension just like the original Bug, had serious handling
problems.  The better-looking (opinion) second series Corvair had
articulated half-shafts (u-joint on both ends of the half-shafts--again,
just like the last of the Bugs) and much better handling.  Also, was it CR
that pushed this one or just Ralph Nader and his book "Unsafe at Any Speed"
-- I guess, for auto enthusiasts, that's one and the same :)

--Linus
in another age, i actually wanted one of those...
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