<VV> Playing nice

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Bill,

If you had noticed in my example, I was refering to car lines with BOTH
sedans and hardtops in the same line. Corvairs don't have that condition.
Full-size Chevys from that era do. The Biscayne and Bel Air models were all
strictly sedans, while the Impala had both and the Caprice had only
hardtops. That should tell you that the hardtops were always considered the
premium body style, IF both were available in that body line.

So had the LM Corvair had sedans available along with hardtops, rest
assured that they would have been relegated to the "cheap" 500 line (or
maybe even less, if that had been possible). Point is, by refering to a LM
as a "sedan" is to ignore the fact that it is not, but is of a body style
that was considered a premium style. In effect, it cheapens its real status.

With the EM Corvair no such comparison can be made, since there were no EM
hardtops. It is therefore not possible to insult an EM owner by calling the
car a sedan, because ALL EM (metal-roof) Corvair cars are sedans.

That is why I win your challenge.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Hubbell <whubbell at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Playing nice
>
> Mark,
>
> Apparently you think there is something insulting about the term "sedan" -
> that a car without a "B" pillar is somehow nicer than a car with one.  I
> suggest you stop a minute and consider the impact of your words have on
all
> of us who drive and love our "sedans" (by whatever definition).
>
> I challenge Mark to tell me my 1964 4-door Monza is somehow less of a car
> because it is a "sedan".
>
> I challenge Mark to tell me why I should be "insulted" by my car's
Concours
> or Autocross scores (Gold medal and highest scoring 4-door 5 times
running -
> 3 national Autocross first place finishes)
>
> I challenge Mark to tell me why I should be "insulted" that my lowly
"sedan"
> won the "Best of Show" award against a field of 100 some cars of all
years,
> makes, and models (including showroom new cars).  
>
> I challenge Mark to tell me why I should be "insulted" that my "sedan" was
> placed in the Corvette museum for these past 3 months.
>
> The winner gets to call his car whatever he wants.
>
> Bill Hubbell
> View my car here: http://rides.webshots.com/album/549666966nvLuBJ
>
> View Mark's car here: http://rides.webshots.com/album/560121201jsrsyz
> (first 78 photos, plus # 106
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: airvair at earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: <VV> Playing nice
>
> John,
>
> Personally I feel a bit insulted when someone calls my '67 Monza 4door a
> mere "sedan". It sounds cheap, and with every option on it possible,
> there's nothing cheap about the car. 
>