<VV> and other corvair stories

[Joel McGregor]

If you are stuck in traffic or at a light you aren't speeding.  I guess you live with that cop in some alternate dimension where physics don't apply.  In my world back when I drove a long distance to work the normal commute with traffic going the speed limit took about an hour.  I could do it in 35 minutes taking a longer route with less traffic on Saturday in my '63 convertible.  The fastest I ever made it was about 25 minutes on my FZR but of course physics work in my world.
The trip from DFW to Amarillo used to take 7+ hours but now that the speed limit has gone up from 55 to 70 and 75 it only takes about 6.  Hmmmm...
Joel McGregor
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:37 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> and other corvair stories

On 9/22/2011 5:09 PM, Joel McGregor wrote:

> A friend of mine had a cop tell him "speeding won't get you there any faster".

True.

I drove a PG Greenbrier for decades, starting in high school, continuing
through college, and deep into my supposedly "adult" years.  So slow a
friend's stick-shift 1969 VW bus out-dragged it.  But, thanks to traffic
density, red lights, and other real-world factors, I got places just as
fast as my friends in high-performance cars.

The Greenbrier taught me conservation of momentum, a valuable skill when
driving low-power vehicles.  And the Greenbrier's high vantage point,
long before SUVs began clogging the roads, taught me how to read traffic.

Today I drive an automatic-equipped PT Cruiser, also a low-power car.  I
can always get there in the same amount of time as anyone else, and
often sooner.