<VV> sick of my Corvair

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Truthfully -- old cars are not for everyone.  And even old cars vary 
in condition considerably.  I bought my Spyder all restored like a 
new car and it is only moderately troublesome.  The others are just 
troublesome.  But that is only in comparison to a new car which 
generally needs nothing but oil changes for 100k ... you won't get 
that on the best of 40+ year old cars ... you just won't.

So if you don't enjoy it and consider it masochism then perhaps it is 
not a good idea to have such a car.  Just a few weeks ago the Spyder 
died in the middle of the road.  An hour later I found the problem -- 
a broken vacuum line hose -- and I was mobile again.  But I thought 
that was fun :-)

At 06:21 AM 7/13/2005, mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:
>OK, I need emotional help this time. Can the collective help 
>convince me why I should keep my crappy old Corvair?  I bought this 
>car from a "well respectd member of the Corvair community" and I've 
>done nothing but work on it since I got it.  first the rear brakes 
>locked up, then the fronts were leaking.  There's been a litteny of 
>little things and I keep finding more and more rust that just got 
>painted over.  Last night was the kicker.  On my way to IHOP from 
>our monthly club meeting last night, I appearantly dropped a valve 
>seat.  I was cruizing along, everything fine and then it started 
>popping through the carb.  I'm demoralized.  I knew I was buying an 
>old car but this is just stupid.  The one thing I was consistanly 
>happy about this car was the engine.  Everytime I found something 
>bad I'd say "but at least that engine runs good".  Now even that's gone.
>
>If Corsa had any balls they'd put a warning label on their web page 
>that says: "Warning, owning an old Corvair can be hazardous to you 
>mental healt.  Only obtain one if you are a complete masochist".  I 
>fell for all the "they're fun cars" stuff.  Yeah they're fun but the 
>price I've paid for that fun is WAY to high.
>
>I'm sticking with my appliance-like Honda minivan.  Boring? 
>yes.  Fun? no.  Heartbreaking? NEVER!!!
>
>stupid old cars - they suck.
>
>mike (feeling sorry for myself, sniff)
>
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