<VV> Another reason to keep your Corvair(s)

[mark@noakes.com]

What goes around comes around...50s era GM trucks only had locks on one door as well.

Cool stuff on the Caddy but all I can think of is how much of that stuff will start
breaking before the car reaches the end of its usfeful life...then again...people who
can afford these cars probably buy a new one every 50K miles anyway...

Mark Noakes

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:19:46 EDT, Sethracer@aol.com wrote:

> 
> Another reason to keep your Corvair. I read a lot of Automotive stuff,  
> everything from Autoweek to Automotive Industries. A recent copy of Automotive  
> News had an editor picking up a new Chevy Colorado pickup for a mini-test. He  
> walked out to the parking lot with the key in hand. Since he was carrying his  
> work briefcase, he thought he would drop it on the passengers seat, then walk  
> around. He looked for the keyfob power door lock button, and noticed that,  
> since this was a base model truck, it didn't have power locks. No sweat, he went 
>  to open the door with the key. There was no lock - or rather, no key hole! 
> You  cannot unlock that door from the outside - at least with a key. Chevy must 
> have  saved a dollar on that one. He then walked around the lot and noticed 
> many of  the new cars were also missing the passenger side keyhole. Since about 
> 70% of  new cars/trucks have the power locks, they felt we didn't need it! 
> Arrgh! 
>  
> How about power doors? I was in A Cadillac dealer waiting for my wife's  
> orphan Oldsmobile Intrigue to be finished in the service dept. I saw a new  
> Cadillac XLR roadster sitting in the showroom, top down, just inviting me to sit  in 
> it. So I tried. There are no door handles. You reach around a small  insert 
> in the door and an electronic latch opens the door (a la 1955 shaved,  Kustom 
> Kars)  - sweet. But it didn't want to open for me. It was locked and  armed, 
> lights flashed when I tried. I asked a salesman, he reached over and  found the 
> same conclusion, (DUH!) He then got the key fob and unlocked the door  so I 
> could open it. I hopped in (gingerly - this is a $76,000 car.) After  
> "experiencing" the interior, (Nice), I reached for the door handle to get out.  No 
> latch, just a button that, when pushed, pops the soleniod and opens the door.  And 
> what about a dead battery solution? They hide a mechanical pull lever  down at 
> the carpet line. I guess that beats an ejection seat!  - Seth  Emerson (Not 
> ready to buy a car that costs twice as much as my first house! -  but if they 
> would let me take a test drive. . .  .)  
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