<VV> Van Lifting its Wheel

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

John,
 
Yes, I am very serious.  Thanks for asking.  Have  you used up your quota of 
question marks???????????????????  Try a few  !!!!!!!!!!!!
 
So, your suggestion is that Tim should post the link for the  van lifting its 
wheel but he should tell the EV List not to open it until  they, "PLEASE 
attend ANY road-race where Porsche 911's are running."  His  further requirement 
is that they all "park their asses" at a hard corner as you  suggest.  Maybe 
they can get a group discount rate.  Maybe they can  all park their EVs in a 
reserved section in the parking lot.
 
John, please read my post again, in full.   When they showed the jeep with 
one wheel lifting, Chrysler's intent was to show  that it did not roll over 
despite being driven far beyond what it was designed  for.  However, the news 
media and the public at large interpreted it as a  clear demonstration that the 
vehicle was not safe.  Because very few in the  news media or the public are 
Physicists, the perception was the exact  opposite of what it was intended to 
demonstrate.  The guy who approved the  release of that Jeep footage was probably 
fired, as he should have been.   When you are trying to prove a point to 
someone, you must consider how people  will perceive or misinterpret your 
evidence.  Just like the majority of the  Jeep viewers were not experts on how 4 
wheelers handle, few if any of the EV  audience will be experts on how Porsche 
911's (or Corvairs) handle in a hard  corner.  

Since one of my degrees is in Physics, I do understand the handling  
characteristics.  You are preaching to the choir.  The real question  is, do you 
understand human nature?
 
Doc

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 12:42:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jekepler at amplex.net writes:

Tim,

Just a suggestion if it isn't too late.  Unless you  want  to give the guy 
ammunition to justify his prejudice against  Corvairs, don't send  the link
of the 
FC lifting its wheel.   He will interpret it as proof he is  correct.

On the "brink" of  rolling over?????  Are you serious?????????  

Will those of  that believe that a car lifting a wheel is ready to roll over
PLEASE attend  ANY road-race where Porsche 911's are running, park your ass
at a hard  corner, and just WATCH the inside front wheel!  

You  know.....Porsches....same lay-out as a Corvair...engine in the
back...big  Mother sway-bar in the front!  The inside front wheel HAS  to
pick-up...physics 101!  Oh!  And if you think you can run that  corner faster
on 4-wheels than the Porsche does on 3...be my guest!   There's a 40 year
history of people trying to do that...and the 911 is  STILL the car running
because it's the car that wins!

FWIW, our FWD  Nissan Stanza IMSA ProFormance Sedan picked-up the inside
rear...so did  every other ProFormance  Sedan!

John

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