<VV> "Unsafe at Any Speed" - Good Corvair Story

[Norman C. Witte]

Mike,

Would have been a better story if the truck had been a Ford.

I shudder to think of taking my Vair on the Lodge.  You one brave dude.

Norm Witte

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> I told Sarah Jones this story on the phone this morning, and
> she insisted
> that I share it on VV:
>
> Yesterday afternoon, I drove "RALFWHO", my restored '65 Corsa
>  Turbo/vert, to
> Downtown Detroit to a Tigers afternoon game. I had  one of my
> Class of '65
> friends with me, and we were meeting up with a couple  other
> aging classmates
> for a Ferris Bueller kind of day off.
> I normally don't do the Detroit freeway system in this car,
> but it was a
> nice day, and, what the heck, my 1965 classmates would get a
> kick out of  it...
>
> Exiting the southbound Lodge Freeway onto the eastbound
> Davison (freeway),
> the Chevy pickup 75 feet in front of me on the ramp suddenly
> stopped turning
> with the ramp curve, and went straight into the concrete
> wall, spraying sparks
> metal and plastic. It hit the wall two more times before
> rolling over on its
> side. I managed to steer clear of  the debris unscathed,
> pulled up in  front
> of the wreck and stopped to offer aid and a 911 call. My
> buddy helped the
> (unhurt) driver out of the truck and we all waited for the
> State Police to  come.
> The driver did not appear to be impaired in any way, and
> finally said to us
> that "he saw  this really cool car - me - in his rear-view
> mirror,  and drove
> off the road looking at it".
> We promised him that this story would not get to the State
> Trooper, but I
> didn't promise him that I wouldn't share it with a few of my
> internet Corvair
> friends.
> Never realized how unsafe these cars can be!
>
> Mike Harrison
> Farmington MI
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