<VV> FW: Will the Corvair Kill You?

FrankDuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Thu Nov 16 22:57:49 EST 2017


Yep, and there is one uninformed guy spouting the same old same old in 
the Youtube comments section of the Hagerty video. Not the best press 
for us.

I'm trying to respond without calling him an idiot! gggg

Frank DuVal


On 11/16/2017 5:24 PM, BobHelt--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Corvair ownere everywhere
>   
>   
> In a message dated 11/16/2017 12:03:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
> virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:
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>   
> I guess that I sound like an old fuddy duddy complaining  about the use of
> this Title" WILL THE CORVAIR KILL YOU?
>   
> But I object to its use!!!
>
>
> Using a term or title like that implies a  measure of doubt on the safety
> and control of the Corvairs...all of them. And  there should NEVER be  any
> question or doubt. The Corvairs are all  SAFE. Chevrolet proved it many times.
> But if your are still wondering, the  NHTSA PROVED that the Corvairs were
> safe back in 1972 during a   government sponsored comprehensive testing
> sequence.
>   
> To start questioning the Corvair's safety  record after 50 years of safe
> handling is insulting to all the Corvair owners  and it shows a large quantity
> of narrow thinking.
>   
> I think that Hagerty owes all the  Corvair owners an apology for even
> bringing up the question. Hagerty could of  at least toned it down to a question
> of safe handling or comparative driving  fun. But to imply that the cars
> might KILL you is stupid and  insulting.
>
> Bob  Helt
>
> Subject: Will the Corvair Kill  You?
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> www.hagerty.com
>
> Larry Webster tries his hardest  to flip a Chevrolet Corvair. In his 1965
> book, Unsafe at Any Speed, Ralph  Nader called the Corvair "the  one-car
> accident."
>
>



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