<VV> Re: Corvair crashworthiness on the web

[airvair]

This is what you call a double-edged sword. The pics without stories of
survival and minimal injuries would be of no help on that point. Plus it
might suggest that Corvairs are accident-prone. On the other hand, such
info COULD help dispell the myth of the Corvair being unsafe in a crash.
Just my thoughts...

BTW, I too have had a couple of similar mishaps in a Corvair, and walked
away each time. So by experience I consider the car as safe if not safer
than many of its comtemporaries. But whether you could compare them
safety-wise to modern day cars is highly questionable.

-Mark

vairtec at optonline.net wrote:
> 
> I'm a wet blanket. I really don't like this idea.  Corvair safety is a sleeping dog that should be allowed to lie.  Start promoting these anecdotal stories, and we'll begin to hear from folks whose experiences are just the opposite, anecdotal evidence that the Corvair is dangerous.
> 
> Yes, we all know that Ernie Kovacs was sleep-deprived, alcohol-enhanced, and distracted.  But the common recollection is that he "was killed in a Corvair."  Do we really want to re-open the whole "unsafe" discussion?
> 
> --Bob
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