<VV> fishtailing?? Did CHP check the tire pressure ?

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

Did they check the front tire pressure ?  If they did, they will probably 
think that 28 psi is "correct" and the correct 15 psi would be "wrong" ?


The cycle doing 45 and the Corvair (any car) passing at 35 in a 20 MPH zone, 
and they blame the car ?

We don't want the kid to think he did something wrong, do we ?

We'd hurt his feelings ?  OK, he feels sorry for what happened - who 
wouldn't, but if he learned from it, it might prevent it from happening 
again.  Blaming the car (any car) does not help the kid learn anything from 
it.

Am I mean ?  Maybe, but why miss a good learning experience ?





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>; <TimogensTurbo at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> fishtailing??


>I did not take that as an attack on Corvair, but an indication that a young 
>driver was going too fast on a dangerous (blind?) curve (could have been 
>ANY vehicle) and caused a fatal accident.  Mom seems to want to deflect the 
>blame ELSEWHERE.  BUT, she DID say how bad her son feels about it.
>
> To me, a letter to the paper is ludicrous and close to being an insult to 
> those involved.
>
> Later, JR
> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
> '66 beater Coupe - "icemobile" 4/140
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
> To: <TimogensTurbo at aol.com>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> fishtailing??
>
>
>>I think your firsthand experience just nominated yourself to the
>> letter-writing job.
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>> TimogensTurbo at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/11/2006 6:37:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> mhicks130 at cox.net writes:
>>>
>>> > Check out this story:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.theunion.com/article/20061010/NEWS/110100165
>>> >
>>> > "She said Corvairs, which carry their engines in the back, are prone 
>>> > to
>>> > fishtailing, and her son was too inexperienced a driver to correct 
>>> > it."
>>> >
>>> > Oh really?
>>> >
>>> > They're still blaiming the car, not the loose nut behinde the wheel.
>>> >
>>> ===============================================
>>>
>>> Someone send a nice letter to the editor!     letters at theunion.com
>>>
>>> I've ridden / driven the road many times..it is a BAD corner.....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt Nall
>>> '69 stocker, '66 vert, '65 v8, '66turbo, Vairboat, Sandcar, 64 cp
>>> ALLVAIR!
>>> Timogen was a softy!
>>>
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