<VV> LM Corvair on Mythbusters (Maybe Not .... )

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Everyone,
 
I was talking about this topic with another Corvair owner and  he mentioned 
that we may not want Mythbusters to run a test on a Corvair.   The 
Mythbusters crew might actually flip a Corvair.  In fact, on further  thought, I 
think they probably will flip a Corvair.  They truly love to  create mayhem 
both because they love to do so (It's a guy thing.) as well as for  the 
ratings.  When they can't confirm a myth that predicts destruction,  they generally 
increase the destructive force or effect beyond reasonable levels  until 
they create failure in an awesome display.  Perhaps we don't want  them doing 
this with our cars and confirming Ralphie's contention to the  public.  All 
they need to do is improperly inflate the tires and over it  goes.  For this 
reason, I withdraw my suggestion that anyone write in to  the Mythbusters 
web site and request a test on our Corvairs.
 
Doc
 
1960 Corvette, 1961 Rampside, 1962 Rampside, 1964 Spyder  coupe, 1965 
Greenbrier, 1966 Canadian Corsa turbo coupe, 1967 Nova SS, 1968  Camaro ragtop

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In a message dated 6/21/2013 11:34:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
thesuperscribe at yahoo.com writes:

 
Can Reverse in a Powerglide really stop a Corvair or other GM car  that 
used it? If so, that might be good for someone who has such a car. Not  many 
motorists these days do, so the knowledge is of limited interest to Myth  
Busters' viewers.  
 
--Tom in Ohio



 
 

From: "RoboMan91324 at aol.com"  <RoboMan91324 at aol.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org;  hihal6 at gmail.com 
Sent:  Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> LM Corvair on  Mythbusters


Wade,

On occasion, the myth busters  repeat one of their tests if  they get 
enough 
responses telling them  that they did something wrong or missed  something 
truly  significant.  Of course, they are looking for ratings and  only  
consider do-overs if the segment is entertaining in a different way  from  
the 
original episode.  If they do a segment on our  Corvairs, they might do  an 
"Oh, 
by the way." thing on the  transmission but I doubt it.  That's  show biz.

Someone  mentioned that one of the principal players on  Mythbusters may 
have  a soft spot for the Corvair.  I agree and think maybe  one of the  
guys is 
the owner of the Vair.  Because of this and because   debunking myths .... 
like the myth dogging our cars .... is what the show  is all  about, we may 
be 
able to influence them if enough of us send  email to their web  site.  
Here 
is the link to the  Discovery/Mythbusters website where they  discuss this 
episode, for  now.  Click on "DISCUSS" to submit a myth for  them to  bust.

_MythBusters : Discovery  Channel_ 
(http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters)   

Doc
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In a message dated  6/20/2013 12:34:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
_virtualvairs-request at corvair.org_ 
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They have a lot of fun with their   experiments and most of them are fun to 
watch.

Some years ago  they  "proved" that you cannot stop a car from highway 
speed 
by  shifting an auto  transmission into reverse. I wrote to them with the  
story about the GM  executive who demanded that the Corvair be able  to 
repeatedly stop the car  from 60 MPH by shifting the Powerglide  from drive 
to 
reverse.

I never  heard a word back and decided  that they didn't want  their 
previous  experiment proved wrong.  Maybe enough time has passed that they 
would 
repeat  the PG reverse  experiment along with repeating the 1973 NHTSA 
study. 
THAT  would be  an episode worth recording!

Wade   Halsey

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