<VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Well, Tony, there are some other factors as well. Today, we have standard features on cars that weren't even available on the Corvair! Power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, standard A/C power steering, power brakes, fuel injection, air bags, ABS, 100,000 mile tuneup intervals, distributorless ignition, the list goes on and on! Also, cars today have a MUCH longer projected lifespan, well over twice as long as back in the day, meaning you don't need to buy a new car anywhere near as often. Remember, most Corvairs are LOOONG gone...

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: Rick Norris <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sat, Dec 25, 2010 12:19 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious


At 06:44 AM 12/24/2010, Rick Norris wrote:



>It sounds to me like the only solution is to install a Porsche engine in all

>Corvairs.....YEE HAW!







...wonder what that would cost...  ;)







For that matter, I wonder what a Corvair would have been able to do 

if it originally sold for what a "typical" car costs today.  I don't 

mean DOLLARS, I mean COST.  Yeah, I understand inflation and dollar 

to dollar/year comparisons.  I'm STILL just sayin'.



In the mid '60s the average income was around 7000 bucks.   You could 

buy a Corvair Monza then for about 1/3 of your yearly income.  Today 

the median income according to the Census is around 40,000 bucks.   A 

typically outfitted new car today that's as nice as a '66 Monza will 

suck up half that income if not considerably more.



It always seems that someone somewhere will constantly compare 

Corvairs to modern cars and criticize how "poorly" Corvairs perform 

compared to cars today costing twice as much as they should... dollar 

for inflated dollar.





I have no complaints with the way any of my Corvairs run.   I bet 

Rick doesn't have any issues with his, either.  ;)







tony..  

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