<VV> Greed WAS arrogance WAS tele column

[kenpepke at juno.com]

Well, almost anyone that could own a special use car could choose and own a Corvette.  There are bargains to be had and with care a bargain car can be made to look good and perform well even if it cannot win Bloomington Gold.  We both fit into that slot.  Mostly I am with you ... BUT ... Is it really greed to buy a part at market price if one needs it for their car?  Sure there are certain pieces that it would be nice to keep in the Corvair community due to their scarcity.  Still, which is worse; a Corvette guy buying that rare part and actually putting it on his car or one of the Corvair parts collectors that would buy that same part to put in their collection, never to be used or even seen again?  To me, that is real greed and I, in the past, have refused to sell a couple of somewhat rare parts to a part collector.

Ken P  



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airvair at earthlink.net wrote:

I of course am in no way contemptuous of ALL Corvette owners. I like
Corvettes, too. Wouldn't mind having one or two, if only I had money like
Bill Harrah did. But I don't.

It's just those people who disrespect Corvair parts, and owners, to the
point that is illustrated by those who are so willing to remove from
Corvair use some very rare parts, just to satisfy their own greed. And THAT
is pure callous, disrespectful arrogance by anybody's standards. If a
Corvette person is truely a car lover, he wouldn't do that. A true car
lover respects EVERYbody's cars (even though we can make friendly jokes
about some of them.) and will leave others' rare parts alone. And THAT is
what annoys me.

-Mark

P.S. Note that any Falcon jokes I make is purely in the spirit of friendly
rivalry. F**d and Chevy have always had a good rivalry. Falcon was
Corvair's chief rival, so other than Ralphie jokes, what better target? All
in good fun..... and I sincerely wish F**d good success. Just as long as
they're behind Chevy in sales. (G)

 

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