<VV> winter driving, was: Corsa Dues Increase

[Ron]

Get out of there while you still can!!!

RonH

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To: <ScottyGrover at aol.com>; <PatioMatt at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:59 AM
Subject: <VV> winter driving, was: Corsa Dues Increase


> 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
>
>
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