<VV> (no subject)

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Agreed, the Caddy and the Corvette are very good cars, and the marketplace seems to agree. But these aren't the bread and butter that keeps GM going. When the marketplace accepts their high volume cars the same way, I think GM will do very well. 



I agree, the Corvair was basically a very good car. Alas, it was built during a time when even a fraction of a penny mattered, and it was NOT a cheap car to make. Too much aluminum, independent suspension, and hardly anything shared with other GM cars. Alas... the very thing that made the Corvair so appealing to us was its undoing. 





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>

To: gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org

Sent: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 4:30 pm

Subject: Re: <VV> (no subject)













My dad called me up in 1985 to let me know he finally bought what was for him 

his lifes dream car- a new Cadillac. Then I got to his house and saw a brand new 

Cadillac Cimmaron sitting in his driveway. At this time the car was 2 days old. 

Sitting on the front passenger seat was the glove box door. My dad at that time 

was a GM buyer to the end. He even bought a new late model Corvair. But it was 

the quality of the "Cadillac" (the glove box was just the beginning) that drove 

my dad away from GM for the rest of his life. Not just the car but the quality 

of the dealership level of service, especially when it came to warranty issues 

(there were many). My dad predicted the immenent failing of GM 20 years ago 

based on his own experience. And I remember him telling me "the Corvair was 

actually a very good car".

Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado