<VV> Sports Car

[Dave Keillor]

It was taking a extreme position, but even a well-balanced front wheel drive
can will never be as much fun as a well-balanced rear wheel drive car -- in
my experience.  Having the steering and power going through the same set of
wheels makes it so.  There are some very good handling front wheel drive
cars and there are some front wheel drive cars that are fun to drive, but
you can't beat rear wheel drive for that sports/sporty car experience.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Elliott [mailto:Corvair at fnader.com]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:10 PM
To: Dave Keillor; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: RE: <VV> Sports Car


My Cooperized Mini and I would like to dispute that fact. For further
information please refer to Monte Carlo historians.

VBG

Seriously, with a few notable exceptions, I absolutely agree with you. But
I'll take most FWD independently sprung cars over nose-heavy live axle cars
on a frame... and in a nutshell that's why both the Mini and the Corvair did
so well.

My wife just totalled my Northstar Allante (she's fine but the car is
wiped)... a FWD car that was "fun" to drive because of the serious power it
made, but for an invigorating drive it couldn't hold a candle to a Corvair
with a third of the horsepower. I haven't decided whether to replace it or
to revert to using one of my Corvairs as a daily driver (which would mean
some driving on salty roads in the winter)... decisions, decisions... but
whatever replaces it will have a manual transmission (the other big Allante
issue) and rear wheel drive...

Bill Elliott