<VV> Fwd: DULL Cars WAS LM turbos and no lower shrouds [no Corvair]

jvhroberts at aol.com jvhroberts at aol.com
Wed Oct 26 08:43:35 EDT 2011


 In my experience, driving cars with dicey handling characteristics is no fun at all, including early 911s when pushed hard. 

There's an enormous difference between driving at the limit of a decent handling car, and driving at the limit of a squirelly car. The first is exciting, the second is frustrating. I get enough frustration driving in Delaware traffic, thank you very much! 

That's why I love Corvairs, back in the day, nothing out there handled this well, not even a Corvette. Nowadays, pretty much every car out there handles well. My pet peeve, WAY too many of today's cars are wrong wheel drive, and WAY too few of them still have the engine in the right place!! 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com>
To: Vair Views <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 8:35 am
Subject: <VV> Fwd: DULL Cars WAS LM turbos and no lower shrouds [no Corvair]



I well understand vehicles that challenge one's driving ability ... and there is 
nothing dull about driving them.  While I was actually referring to factory 
built 'mussel' cars, that 55 Chevy is the same sort of thing.  But it, and the 
Corvair are more alike than one might think!  The strong suite of the '55 is 
obviously linear acceleration; the strong suite of the Corvair is lateral 
acceleration!   Either one, in the hands of a skilled driver, will take one 
closer to the edge than almost anything available today and provide plenty of 
excitement getting there.  

Of course, the average cars of today can be fast enough to provide plenty of 
excitement to the less than skilled driver.  But their excitement comes in 
getting close to THEIR edge, not the car's edge.  They might as well be sitting 
in the stands watching the real action.  Those individuals are not likely going 
to be taking the checkered flag in any skill required events.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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