<VV> Corvette Arises (no Corvair)

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

A friend of mine, Paul, who races BMWs, and loves his Bavaria, started with 
a 65 Monza with a 350/350 V8.

I think he has a good point, that driving a car at its limit is the most 
fun, and the sooner you reach that limit the more fun you can have.

So, driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slow, so I 
see your point, but how often can you reach the limit of either car ?

The Corvair is the most fun you can have at reasonably fast speeds, and 
still have a modicum of control.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mark at noakes.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvette Arises (no Corvair)


>I definitely like my 66 Corvair, otherwise I would not have kept it for
> a mere 33 years (as of this July 14), but I'm afraid my Corvette is
> more fun to drive hard at the limit...straight line, hard cornering,
> power slides and all...and that is what matters...period.  And the darn
> thing still gets 27mpg on the interstate with the cruise control on
> 70mph...but admittedly only 3mpg during SCCA Solo2 autocross.
>
> Of course, my Corvair isn't a Yenko, or a Corv8, or a really hot
> custom engined Corvair either...
>
> Mark Noakes
>
> ----Original Message----
> From: chaz at ProperProPer.com
> Date: Jun 16, 2007 18:35
> To: "Lawerance Nall"<nalllm at verizon.net>
> Cc: "Virtual Vairs"<VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Subj: Re: &lt;VV&gt; Corvette Arises (no  Corvair)
>
> No offense taken, although obviously spoken by a "prestige car" owner
> !
> Touch a hot button, did I ?
>
> Corvette might be a good car, but is it MORE than it is advertised to
> be ?
> The Corvair is just that.
>
> I don't "hate" Mustangs either, but they are, as you say, "straight
> line"
> cars, mostly for the "prestige" of owning one.
>
> I like the Corvair because it is more than it appears to be, being
> advertised  (in 1967) as "America's cheapest hardtop," which it may
> have
> been, but it was so much more.
>
> I had just posted how I nearly had to sue my Mustang salesman after I
> drove
> my buddy's Corsa and became completely disenchanted with the Mustang I
> had
> ordered, having been caught up in Mustang-mania (I was just out of
> high
> school and new nothing about cars, but I knew that the Corsa was more
> car
> than the Mustang could ever be !)
>
> I've driven almost nothing but Corvairs since then, except as A->B
> transportation, and then only because I don't want to wear the Corvair
> out.
>
> Did I ever post how my Vair could weave in between the muscle cars on
> the
> cloverleaf interchanges, at double the "advisory" speed limits, on my
> way
> home from school ?  Try that in a Mustang !   (Sure, they caught up on
> the
> straights, where I would at least try to obey speed limits, but they
> had to
> prove something, though I'm not sure what.)
>
> Maybe a Corvette could have done that too, but you would EXPECT it to
> do
> that, for that price, right ?
>
> The Corvair is a surprising sleeper, and a Corvette is expected to
> perform !
>
> So, I am going to ignore the other comments ...
>
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