<VV> Books WAS : In the news

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I too read "Unsafe at Any Speed."  It makes some good points and I  
remember thinking as I read it that it is always good to at least  understand the 
opposing point of view.  But I also thought that it was  written using an 
incredulous style that was common for the era.  In this  type of, "...you mean 
you did not know that if the car you  manufactured was driven at 70 MPH over 
ice that it could possibly skid and  get into an accident..." tone.  "Yeah, 
I hate it when that happens."   In other words, "anti-establishment."  That 
was very prevalent then.
 
Remember that the data that Ralph Nader used in his critique of the  
Corvair was proven to be not only false, but the visual evidence had been  
tampered with by staging the Corvair spin outs.  See Mike  Knepper's book, "Corvair 
Affair" and John Wipff's book, "The Complete History of  Corvair for the 
Complete Corvair Nut!!" to verify this.  If this is  true one has to ask the 
question, what other tampered data did Nader use  (or tamper with himself) to 
make his points in, "Unsafe at Any  Speed?"
 
However, I felt that John DeLorean's book, "On a Clear Day You See General  
Motors" was a better critique of the auto industry.  He was in a  better 
position to criticize said industry.  Although he did not care for  the 
Corvair, Mr. DeLorean states in his book that the late model Corvair was the  
safest car on the road.  Proof (grin) that lates are better than  earlies.  
 
An interesting footnote crops up as well.  According to Mr. DeLorean,  
despite what is stated in Wikepedia, the Mexican Nova marketing debacle  (Nova 
meaning 'no go' in Spanish) DID happen and was NOT an urban  legend.
.
 
Steve Sassi  
 
 
In a message dated 8/18/2013 1:54:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
shortle556 at earthlink.net writes:

I have  not only read it but I also enjoyed it. Some people think the book 
was just  about the Corvair. Only 1 chapter was about the EM Corvair. The 
book was an  indictment on industrialization. And a lot of it was true.
Timothy Shortle  in Durango Colorado 81301
I never voted for RN and I am not sticking up for  him but his book was/is 
responsible for saving many lives  


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>From:  hallgrenn at aol.com
>Sent: Aug 18, 2013 10:03 AM
>To:  moreheadscott at yahoo.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
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>Thanks Scott,
>
>One  of the few articles where the writer started with the facts and not 
urban  legend.  Now for an article where, when Nader's book is mentioned, 
they  include what he said about the Mustang and other cars--also not 
complimentary  and "Unsafe at Any Speed."  How may people have actually read the  
book--after all sales weren't that  great.
>
>Bob
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>-----Original  Message-----
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>To: virtualvairs  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Thu, Aug 15, 2013 4:50  pm
>Subject: <VV> In the  news
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>http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/15/corvair-club-revives-show/
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>Best regards,
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>Scott Morehead
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