Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All it took to fix the problem was an EMPI camber compensator, a set of Koni shocks and Pirelli Cinturato tires. I know 'cause I did it. And GM finally did put the camber compensator on for the '64 model year. But without them the car could be dangerous. Not very many americans really know how to drive a car like this. Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote: At 05:21 PM 3/28/2007, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >On Mar 28, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Jim wrote: > >>> Love those first generation Corvairs! Air cooled, rear engine, but >>> large >>> enough for the yankee posterior. > >Ah yes - but "unsafe at any speed." > >I remember it well. That is BS and you know it better, probably, than do I. Rear-engined cars handle differently in tight turns than do front-engined cars. I damned near flipped out my 1960 VW in 1970 due to "trailing throttle overstreer". Take it to the bank, lad,. GM's only problem was in not advising its customers of the situation. It is not a problem: it is just a situation. That little cheap +_)(*&& jerk, Nader, tried to make a case against VW and Porsche which was bouced rapidly out of Court as these companies HAD advised their customers of "trailing throttle oversteer". Nader was a shit. He has always been a shit. He is a shit today. Contact me off-List if you really want to know how I feel abut this obnoxious bit of detergent chaff. He is, in short, a great example of, well, a shit. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.