<VV> winter driving, was: Corsa Dues Increase

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Whiner! You guys from down south/out west are spoiled rotten, and don't
even know it. Around here, if you tried to drive a Corvair (or ANY car
older than the '90's) you'd find yourself driving a rusted heap within 5
years. Take it from me, Corvairs put me thru most of 15 winters, and many
of those had nonexistant floorboards, flapping fenders, and dash leaks that
made the windshield irrelevant. I've even had cars (even FC's) literally
break in half from rust. And some of those I had even been daily-driving at
the time. Ever see an FC frame break in 5 places, and the floor collapse in
on itself?

Today, ALL cars worth keeping hibernate from first frost to last.
Otherwise, our salt-paving crews (and that is no exageration), who make new
blacktop indistinguishable from white concrete and (visually) obliterate
the yellow centerline, will make your car literally rust to pieces. I've
seen cars so coated with salt that they look like they were spray painted
with stucco.

Around here, Corvairs (as with any other '60's cars) are either collector
cars, or scrap metal. There is no in-between. Yea, you sunbelt guys are
spoiled rotten. I have no sympathy for you.

-Mark (deep in the saltbelt midwest)


> [Original Message]
> From: <ScottyGrover at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corsa Dues Increase
>  
> In a message dated 2/14/2009 7:50:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
> PatioMatt at aol.com writes:
>
> COLD  HARD FACT   IMO!    If you cannot  afford  $45...  12 CENTS per 
> day....you cannot afford a collector  car.....   
>
> Matt  Nall
>
> Whaddaya mean, collector car?  I drove my '65 coupe to the Ventura  
> Convention from Hollyweird every day and it's my daily driver; I haven't 
owned 
> anything BUT 'Vairs since '75 and don't want to start now; my 'Vair still
handles 
> better than most cars on the road and I don't have to make g**awful  
> payments--important on a fixed income.
>  
> Scotty from Hollyweird