<VV> Early Rear Bearings

[Doug Mackintosh]

I can't put together enough contiguous time to take a 12,000 mile trip, but I have driven several trips over 1000 miles in my Corvairs, to CORSA conventions. My daily driver is a Corvair. It is well-maintained (mechanically) and is more reliable than my wife's minivans have been. It has left me stranded on a 1000 mile trip, but not my Vair. Over the course of a year I cover over 12,000 miles, and that duty is much harder on a car than a single 12,000 mile trip. Understand your car, maintain it properly, and there is no reason to stay within 10 miles of home!
 
My daughter also drives a Corvair as a daily driver. We completely rebuilt the mechanical systems before we put it on the road, and it is carefully maintained. 
 
I could not find any witnesses to vouch for my sanity, so I won't go there.
 
<<Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:19:18 -0800
From: "Mike McCrae" <mmccrae6 at cox.net>
Subject: <VV> Early Rear Bearings
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...I just gotta? ask here....who in their right mind would embark upon a 12,000 mile trip in a Corvair. These little guys are not high dollar or high value classic cars, so most of the previous owners have made essential repairs to the drive trains as cheaply as possible....the result being that there is an ungodly number of safety issues lurking in the chassis of every Corvair we purchase. >>
 
-- Doug Mackintosh
Corsa member since 1996
Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on