<VV> Nader at DC convention

[Ray Rodriguez III]

Thank you very much for going to all the trouble to post that for us!  I 
found the whole thing interesting and appreciated Nader's sense of humor, 
but I was a bit disappointed that no one asked him what he thought of the 
exoneration of the Corvair, the lack of any rollovers in the (then 21 years) 
of CORSA autocross etc.  These points were mentioned in the minutes between 
the speech and the Q&A, but not when old Ralphie was at the microphone to 
give us a response!

I did notice that Nader focused a lot on the "other" safety shortcomings 
rather than just the suspension and supposed rollovers.  While the steering 
column issue wasn't really Corvair specific the carbon monoxide issue with 
the direct air heat was somewhat legitimate.... though I don't think that it 
was likely to be a problem when the cars were fairly new.  I know I myself 
keep a carbon monoxide detector in my cars.

Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
66' Corsa 140 coupe
63' Monza PG (winter driver)
65' Corsa 140 coupe  (under construction)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Cc: "'Gary Swiatowy'" <garyswiatowy at summitlubricants.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:11 AM
Subject: <VV> Nader at DC convention


> Part 1 and part 2 are now on utube.
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> My son came through!
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M08hxSCJJc0
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2gicG6tBHg
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> Next, I have to get the rest of the footage of that convention uploaded.
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> These was a great toy display at the hotel, and I got some good autocross
> footage too!
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> Enjoy
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> Gary Swiatowy
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