<VV> sick of my Corvair

Norman C. Witte ncwitte at wittelaw.com
Wed Jul 13 13:54:39 EDT 2005


Illigitumus non carborundum!

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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of
> mhicks130 at cox.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: <VV> sick of my Corvair
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> Uh, Matt - are you OK?  I don't exactly know what point
> you're trying to make here but I'm not sick of myself I'm
> sick of my car.  I'm annoying for sure but I've gotten kind
> of used to it after all these years.  I love my Corvair but
> it is being quite troublesome. I'm not experienced enough at
> what to proclaim I'm sick of my car?  I'm experienced enough
> with life to know when I'm sick of something and this morning
> I was sick of my Corvair.  I'm slowly coming to terms with it
> but it is annoying.
>
>
> No, the guy I bought it from didn't offer a warantee but
> neither did he present it as a "project" car.  It was
> described as being not a show car but good for local parades
> and such (which it is) and he said the only thing wrong with
> it was  little rust in the back of one of the rockers.  I did
> start up and drive the car and I've driven around 1000 miles
> since I bought it and the engine runs amazingly well.  I'm
> not saying I was ripped off at all, the brakes worked and the
> engine worked and the car was fine the first day I had it but
> then the problems started up and now this valve problem.  I
> was perhaps over confident in the condition of the admitedly
> old car due to the sellers reputation but I understand it is
> an old car.  I'd just rather drive it more often than I have
> to work on it and it would be real nice if it could go for
> more than a week without something going wrong.
>
> mike
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> Did he give you a "warrantee"???     Same as any purchase of
> a used car!
>
> When you picked up the car.....did you "turn the key" and
> drive off? [no!]
>
> You bought a "PROJECT"  nothing more......you payed for the
> parts and the
> work done....and possibly what you thought was woth $$$  "respect".
>
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> That being said;  no flame............you are not experienced
> enough to
> proclaim, " sick of my corvair"......it should read "I'm sick
> of myself"!
>
> Matt.......who put his fist thru a windshield after realizing
>  it WAS  a
> loose flywheel that broke 3  starter snouts.......BUT.....I
> looked at it with "
> I'm not gonna let this machine BEAT ME"....and went on.....
>
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