<VV> Corvette Arises (no Corvair)

[mark at noakes.com]

I definitely like my 66 Corvair, otherwise I would not have kept it for 
a mere 33 years (as of this July 14), but I'm afraid my Corvette is 
more fun to drive hard at the limit...straight line, hard cornering, 
power slides and all...and that is what matters...period.  And the darn 
thing still gets 27mpg on the interstate with the cruise control on 
70mph...but admittedly only 3mpg during SCCA Solo2 autocross.

Of course, my Corvair isn't a Yenko, or a Corv8, or a really hot 
custom engined Corvair either...

Mark Noakes

----Original Message----
From: chaz at ProperProPer.com
Date: Jun 16, 2007 18:35 
To: "Lawerance Nall"<nalllm at verizon.net>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs"<VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Subj: Re: &lt;VV&gt; Corvette Arises (no  Corvair)

No offense taken, although obviously spoken by a "prestige car" owner 
! 
Touch a hot button, did I ?

Corvette might be a good car, but is it MORE than it is advertised to 
be ? 
The Corvair is just that.

I don't "hate" Mustangs either, but they are, as you say, "straight 
line" 
cars, mostly for the "prestige" of owning one.

I like the Corvair because it is more than it appears to be, being 
advertised  (in 1967) as "America's cheapest hardtop," which it may 
have 
been, but it was so much more.

I had just posted how I nearly had to sue my Mustang salesman after I 
drove 
my buddy's Corsa and became completely disenchanted with the Mustang I 
had 
ordered, having been caught up in Mustang-mania (I was just out of 
high 
school and new nothing about cars, but I knew that the Corsa was more 
car 
than the Mustang could ever be !)

I've driven almost nothing but Corvairs since then, except as A->B 
transportation, and then only because I don't want to wear the Corvair 
out.

Did I ever post how my Vair could weave in between the muscle cars on 
the 
cloverleaf interchanges, at double the "advisory" speed limits, on my 
way 
home from school ?  Try that in a Mustang !   (Sure, they caught up on 
the 
straights, where I would at least try to obey speed limits, but they 
had to 
prove something, though I'm not sure what.)

Maybe a Corvette could have done that too, but you would EXPECT it to 
do 
that, for that price, right ?

The Corvair is a surprising sleeper, and a Corvette is expected to 
perform !

So, I am going to ignore the other comments ...