<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 11, Issue 141

[Rad Davis]

I promise I'll edit that out if it turns out not to be true.  Somebody else 
wrote it, and I had no definite proof either way, so i left it.

The whole point of Wikipedia is that it's kind of an information 
zeitgeist.  It's definitely not a final and authoritative source on 
anything, although most people most of the time seem to want it to be more 
accurate, and many spend a few minutes once in a while editing something 
that bugged them.

Interestingly, Wikipedia, as young as it is, is already in the ballpark on 
accuracy most of the time, according to at least one study comparing it to 
the Encyclopedia Britannica recently.

In any case, people (usually people who are curious and not knowledgeable) 
look at these articles.  It behooves us to have accurate information in the 
Corvair entry.



At 08:04 PM 12/27/2005 -0500, mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:
>So this whole shifter difference in the Corsa question has already been 
>answered.  The Wikipedia entry for the Chevrolet Corvair clearly states 
>that among other things, "The Corsa came with more instruments on the 
>panel and a short throw shifter when equipped with the manual 
>transmission".  Thus sprach zarathrusta or whatever.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvair
>
>(Uh, actually, I don't consider this to actually be proof).  What kind of 
>shifter did the Corsa come with when it wasn't equipped with the manual 
>transmission, since it ONLY came with a manual transmission?  My brain hurts..
>
>mike

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