<VV> PS: <Aarrgghh!!> Autoweek ...

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Having had a few mid engine cars, presently a 1988 Fiero GT, it's clear anyone can be stupid. To find fault with the 1988's handling would require feats of idiocy beyond the pale. The earlier ones, I found, were simply numb and not well dialed in. Blame the hydraulic steering damper, thankfully removed from the '88s. 
Now, my X1/9, which also had exceptional handling, would spin in a blink on ice, simply due to its insanely low polar moment of inertia. 
I had two other Italians, which I won't brag about and NEVER saw bad weather, also mid engine, also handled exceptionally well. And, after three months of ownership, were sold for a handsome profit. 
Of the several different rear engine cars I've owned or driven extensively, their much higher polar moment kept things much happier in bad weather. Add the rather long wheelbase of a Corvair, well, like I said, extreme stupidity is what it took to get into trouble. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill & Chris Strickland <lechevrier at q.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 4:28 pm
Subject: <VV> PS:  <Aarrgghh!!> Autoweek ...


> Probably haven't been in 30 years.

A couple comments on here remind me of my Fieros (1982-1987) -- which I 
had for about ten years ("my" Fiero Decade) -- not an ill handling car 
in the least, but if one wanted to be stupid, the car didn't stop you
beforehand, and once they start to spin, no telling where they would go
-- they would spin easily on ice and snow, less so on water, and even a
bit less on dry pavement, but the result was the same -- wait for it to
stop and see where you were -- no humans were harmed in this decade
(miraculously).

Bill Strickland
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