Ah, forget it. This poor guy probably still has his shorts in a twist over
Ralph Nader. (Having your shorts in a twist for 30 years is bound to make
anybody crabby.)
On Wednesday, March 04, 1998 12:37 AM, Patton Dickson
[SMTP:kpatton@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I just thought I would send this to pi$$ everyone off, I know it did
me!!!
>
> We are about to buy a Corvair for Melia's everyday driver, so I just
joined the
> Corvair list. The sig at the bottom of my messages quickly sparked a
bunch of
> e-mails about a LBC lover appearing in their mist. As it turns out,
several of
> these guys have or have had LBC's, and even a couple of Sprites, and I
got allot
> of quick sprite questions about my car, and sprites in general. Since I
first
> signed on late this afternoon, the corvair list has Sprites as a major
topic
> thread.
>
> But then the below message just came through. That Corvair list is
really good
> and most folks are exceptionally helpful, almost as good as over here.
This guy
> REALLY seems to hate LBC's though, read his responce to this note dropped
in the
> list.
>
> Patton
>
> PS the list community (Virtual Vairs) is a chartered chapter of the
Corvair
> national club (CORSA), I thought that was interesting.
>
> Name changed for protection wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 98-03-03 22:15:20 EST, Namechanged for protection
writes:
> >
> > << I always liked 'sprites. Never had the opportunity to drive one
but in
> > my younger days, I thought they were really ?cute?. >>
> >
> > Paul I`ll sum it up for you as I have had on many occasions worked
on and
> > driven them ( ex girfriend of 6 years had one and " Tried to drive it
daily "
> > ) . The cute ness ends as soon as you try to enter the door ( the
narrow
> > opening grabs your kidney and hurts you bad ) . Now as you try to
squeeze your
> > legs into ( I`m 5 foot 9 and have a hard time ) the little box area
where then
> > intend for you to lay into and finally drop in . Now suffering you
close the
> > door ( granted you have the top down and didnt knonk your head if it
was up )
> > .
> > Noticing the small wind sheild with 3 miniture wipers and looking
down the
> > hood glance back in too start her up ( hey that shifter is high and the
arm is
> > at at funny angle cause the tunnel ( trans ) is protrunding so much in
the car
> > . Now if your luck is good it may start ( but coming from a country
were
> > it
> > rains so much these cars wont start if a dog pees on the tire ). once
under
> > way you will notice that the trans has no syncs in it and the engine
has no
> > power coming out . ( Love them British )
> > Needless to say you cant see your feet but you can feel them cause
they
> > hurt ,and are hot . At speed you can notice that it seems they forgot
about
> > suspension ( a vair is a cloud compared to it ) little buggy springs
under
> > neath , steering is light due to a massive steering wheel at your nose
as well
> > as the wind sheild , brakes well it does manage stop ( unless it has
drums
> > then it slows , but then again as it has a hard time getting up to
speed you
> > dont want to ruin the fun by stopping too soon . I see this is getting
a bit
> > long so I`ll stop it here ( they are cute so are pupies and babies but
this
> > one never grew up till the japanise -mazda " miata" did it . Hope you
get the
> > chance to drive one and comment ....
>
>
>
> --
> Patton Dickson---Dallas, TX---1967 A-H Sprite---H-AN9-L/69437
> My Sprite Site http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/1256/page2.html
>
> Hey LBC'ers come to Spriterush - Carlisle PA, May 11-14
> Go to http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut for more information
> Sprites-Midgets-Minis-Minors-Big Healeys-MG's other BMC models are
welcome.
>
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