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ProfessorGAC

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59. Au Contraire, redux

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 05:30 PM

Jan 2019

The conditions described would have created the same event in all but the largest vehicles of the day
Your one example doesn't contradict the mountain of data that Nader fabricated data!
He was wrong and a liar then. He was a stranger to facts and logic then
Nothing has changed.

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Nader killed the Corvair [View all] Guppy Jan 2019 OP

Nadir worked with the car companies to WhiteTara Jan 2019 #1

Probably true Guppy Jan 2019 #3

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except video was a logical extension. Nader killed a very dependable car. n/t Guppy Jan 2019 #4

My great-granddad never forgave him for that-- dawg day Jan 2019 #5

Neither did my dad. My first car and second, corvairs. 63 coupe and 65 Monza. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2019 #16

Loved my first car, a '63 Corvair. Ran great, always started in subzero weather, always drove well SharonAnn Jan 2019 #41

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watch the video Guppy Jan 2019 #12

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Those are cool cars, I always liked them. NT Hotler Jan 2019 #39

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Second version Guppy Jan 2019 #44

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+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #10

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That was my point. Guppy Jan 2019 #13

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Dooga dooga dooga dooga dooga? ret5hd Jan 2019 #14

My cousin and a friend were driving about 90mph in one... kentuck Jan 2019 #17

Read the reports. It was just as safe as any other car at the time. Guppy Jan 2019 #20

The earliest models suffered wheel hop JohnnyRingo Jan 2019 #24

Sway bars would have stopped it in the beginning but GM was cheap... Historic NY Jan 2019 #26

Untrue Guppy Jan 2019 #46

Fuck Ralph Nader. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #19

my point exactly. Guppy Jan 2019 #21

I had a '67 in high school. JohnnyRingo Jan 2019 #22

I once owned a 1960 2-door Corvair. MineralMan Jan 2019 #23

The bugeye Sprite was the real keeper. brush Jan 2019 #37

Yes. I wish I still had it. MineralMan Jan 2019 #45

Oh, those things were a terror on wheels for the unexpecting who challenged them. brush Jan 2019 #47

The Minis? Yes, indeed. MineralMan Jan 2019 #50

Sounds like you had some good times back in the day with your cars. brush Jan 2019 #54

For a failure 1.8 million sold is some feat... Historic NY Jan 2019 #25

I would love to drive one Guppy Jan 2019 #28

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Au contraire snowybirdie Jan 2019 #27

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Au Contraire, redux ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #59

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This topic was really about what a shithead Nader is. Guppy Jan 2019 #61

Absolutely! snowybirdie Jan 2019 #62

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My very first car was spartan61 Jan 2019 #34

Years ago I remember hearing that Nader never had a driver's license MichMan Jan 2019 #40

I own a '64 Lakewood Wagon - anybody in the market? Kali Jan 2019 #42

Those always remind me of what a BMW wagon would have looked like. MineralMan Jan 2019 #51

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Somewhere, someone wants it. MineralMan Jan 2019 #56

yeah, it might be time to try that again Kali Jan 2019 #57

Drove one owned by the drug store I worked for in college. Liberal In Texas Jan 2019 #49

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