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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Isn't that the car made famous by Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed?"
    Yep,because each wheel had independent suspension I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MASON View Post
    Yep,because each wheel had independent suspension I think.
    Incorrect. It was prone to skid out of control in turns due to all the weight being in the rear. Nader called it unsafe at any speed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
    Incorrect. It was prone to skid out of control in turns due to all the weight being in the rear. Nader called it unsafe at any speed.
    Didn't they complain of no bar connecting the two sides of the suspension.Something about one wheel dropping into a pot hole or something.
    I last read Naders book 55 years ago,my memory is fuzzy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
    Incorrect. It was prone to skid out of control in turns due to all the weight being in the rear. Nader called it unsafe at any speed.
    I spun it on wet brick streets once.
    But it was great in snow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
    Incorrect. It was prone to skid out of control in turns due to all the weight being in the rear. Nader called it unsafe at any speed.
    But it didn't skid out of control in turns; because I used to drive mine like I stole it and never spun out.

    The Government ran safety tests and showed that Nader was full of shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Life is Golden View Post
    I didn't read the book. The movies are hardly ever as good as the book but we can hope...
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    But when Enzo meets a little girl named Zoë and her father, Denny, everything changes. Enzo embarks on an action-packed adventure as he makes the long journey from the farm to the city (bark twice for faster!), discovers just how big the world is, and finds the family that was truly meant to be his.

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    Quote Originally Posted by USFREEDOM911 View Post
    But it didn't skid out of control in turns; because I used to drive mine like I stole it and never spun out.

    The Government ran safety tests and showed that Nader was full of shit.
    There are exceptions to every rule. Plus Americans were not used to rear engine cars in the early 60's. I didn't say the car was unsafe hell I had one also but skidding was what Nader pushed in his unsafe at any speed crap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
    There are exceptions to every rule. Plus Americans were not used to rear engine cars in the early 60's. I didn't say the car was unsafe hell I had one also but skidding was what Nader pushed in his unsafe at any speed crap.
    The VW Beetle was rear engine too,but didn't take a hit from Nader.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MASON View Post
    Didn't they complain of no bar connecting the two sides of the suspension.Something about one wheel dropping into a pot hole or something.
    I last read Naders book 55 years ago,my memory is fuzzy.
    I honestly don't remember I'm quoting from memory also and the skidding problem sticks in my memory. You could be right not having a stabilizer bar may have been the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
    I honestly don't remember I'm quoting from memory also and the skidding problem sticks in my memory. You could be right not having a stabilizer bar may have been the problem.
    I was reading the sales figures,Nader certainly destroyed the market for the Corvair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MASON View Post
    I was reading the sales figures,Nader certainly destroyed the market for the Corvair.
    Hard to believe one person could destroy car sales like that. But as I remember latter he started another crusade only to be laughed at.

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    Check out the books sometime....great author...for big and littles
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    I knew of the book, I just never read it. I'm afraid to now because I don't want to know the ending of the movie! I sure hope it's not tragic.

    Enzo is such a cool name for a dog. I actually considered that name for my dog.

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