Man gets life in prison after 10th DUI conviction

Rune said:
No wonder you hate Ralph Nader.
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He was an idiot, his book was a lie, and he ruined the opportunity for the US to have an affordable car with an air cooled engine.
I owned several and even one of the vans and they were dependable, quick, fuel efficient, and safe as hell.
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
The corvair was a good car. Crook and entertainer Ralph Nader made a career from slamming it.
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He later retracted his assessment; but by that time, it was too late.

The pancake 110 motor was strong and reliable.
The only problem I ever had, was if the seals on the fuel pump failed, it dumped gas into the oil pan.
Easily solved by buying a cover plate and installing an electric fuel pump.
The independent suspension was great.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
He later retracted his assessment; but by that time, it was too late.

The pancake 110 motor was strong and reliable.
The only problem I ever had, was if the seals on the fuel pump failed, it dumped gas into the oil pan.
Easily solved by buying a cover plate and installing an electric fuel pump.
The independent suspension was great.
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The '63 didn't have fully independent suspension.
That was the whole problem. It had rear swing arms like a VW. Independant suspension started in '65.
 
Rune said:
The '63 didn't have fully independent suspension.
That was the whole problem. It had rear swing arms like a VW. Independant suspension started in '65.
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They had design improvements ready to implement in the form of an anti sway bar that would have corrected the oversteering problems that caused so many of them to crash. But management shot it down to keep the car inexpensive.
 
Rune said:
The '63 didn't have fully independent suspension.
That was the whole problem. It had rear swing arms like a VW. Independant suspension started in '65.
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:chesh:

An exception to this strategy was the Chevrolet Corvair. Led by General Manager Cole, Chevrolet designed a revolutionary new car. It was powered by an air-cooled horizontal six-cylinder engine made almost entirely out of aluminum. The engine was mounted in the rear of the car, driving the rear wheels through a compact transaxle. Suspension was independent at all four wheels. There was no conventional frame, it was the first Unibody built by Fisher Body. The tires were an entirely new wide low-profile design. The styling was unconventional for Detroit: subtle and elegant, with no tailfins or chrome grille. Its engineering earned numerous patents, while Time magazine put Ed Cole and the Corvair on the cover, and Motor Trend named the Corvair as the 1960 "Car of the Year".

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A swing axle is a simple type of independent suspension.
 
Damocles said:
It was very likely suspended. You do realize that vehicles still run for people who don't have licenses, right?
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I'm just stunned that he got to 10 in any capacity. I mean, at some point around offense #4, he probably lost his license indefinitely, and all subsequent offenses were turning into major felonies. You would think that somewhere around 6-7 he's doing a few years in prison...
 
Eno L. Camino said:
I'm just stunned that he got to 10 in any capacity. I mean, at some point around offense #4, he probably lost his license indefinitely, and all subsequent offenses were turning into major felonies. You would think that somewhere around 6-7 he's doing a few years in prison...
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He must have had a great lawyer.
 
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