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> Yoshi Inaba sounds like a clairvoyant.  I wonder if there will be
> charges and arrests in the Toyota case as the Japanese government did
> in the Mitsubishi case.

> "For years, warning signs have clashed with its touted high standards

> Five years ago, Yoshi Inaba, then president of Toyota Motor Corp.’s
> U.S. sales operations, disclosed his biggest fear. It was that
> someday, some flaw in Toyota vehicles might go undetected and cause
> injuries, or worse, to the company’s customers.

> Inaba was perhaps thinking of a huge scandal that had just engulfed
> Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a smaller Japanese carmaker accused of
> covering up defects for years. Top Mitsubishi executives, including
> its former president, had been arrested and charged."

> From The Detroit News:http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100211/OPINION01/2110340/1148/au...

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> "Ed Maier"<evmaiertakethis…@yahoo.com>  wrote in message
> news:hl5fd0$osp$1@news.eternal-september.org…
>> On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>>>> Corvair Monza,

>>>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

>>>> God no.

>>>> Ed Maier

>>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on
>>> the…er…yeah.

>>> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

>>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
>>> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
>>> parts…)

>> My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like
>> there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find
>> out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was
>> very disconcerting.

> You have to wait for the car to land before the steering works again …

Well obviously that was the steering lag thing, but the "float" had me
mystified. Munzi in an earlier post mentioned an air dam install fix,
but I traded it in on a Mustang to get it out of my hair. I had
tentatively written it off because I was using tires from different
manufacturers on front and rear. (In any event, I was just guessing, and
I was ready for a new car anyhow.)

Ed Maier

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On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:52:15 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:
> On 2/13/2010 1:44 PM, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> "Ed Maier"<evmaiertakethis…@yahoo.com>  wrote in message
>> news:hl5fd0$osp$1@news.eternal-september.org…
>>> On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>>>>> Corvair Monza,

>>>>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

>>>>> God no.

>>>>> Ed Maier

>>>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on
>>>> the…er…yeah.

>>>> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

>>>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. (I live about
>>>> 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair parts…)

>>> My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed
>>> like there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did
>>> find out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but
>>> it was very disconcerting.

>> You have to wait for the car to land before the steering works again …

> Well obviously that was the steering lag thing, but the "float" had me
> mystified. Munzi in an earlier post mentioned an air dam install fix, but
> I traded it in on a Mustang to get it out of my hair. I had tentatively
> written it off because I was using tires from different manufacturers on
> front and rear. (In any event, I was just guessing, and I was ready for a
> new car anyhow.)

> Ed Maier

That didn’t help! And the skinny tires of the day sure weren’t condusive
to more ‘spritied’ driving, even Tiger Paws!

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> On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>>> Corvair Monza,

>>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

>>> God no.

>>> Ed Maier

>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on
>> the…er…yeah.

>> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
>> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
>> parts…)

> My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like
> there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find
> out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was
> very disconcerting.

You have to wait for the car to land before the steering works again …

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>>>>  Ed Maier wrote:
>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>>> Corvair Monza,
>>>  Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?
>>  Ed Maier wrote:
>>> God no.
>  Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on
>> the…er…yeah.
>> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.
>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
>> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
>> parts…)
Ed Maier wrote:
> My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed
> like there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did
> find out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but
> it was very disconcerting.

Add the air dam in the front. Dramatically improves handling
at speed. The ’65~69 style will fit.

–
Andrew Muzi
  <www.yellowjersey.org/>
  Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>> Corvair Monza,

>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

>> God no.

>> Ed Maier

> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on the…er…yeah.

> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
> parts…)

My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed
like there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did
find out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but
it was very disconcerting.

Ed Maier

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> On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>>>> Corvair Monza,

>>>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

>>> God no.

>>> Ed Maier

>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on
>> the…er…yeah.

>> It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
>> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
>> parts…)

> My ’62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like
> there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find
> out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was
> very disconcerting.

> Ed Maier

How effective could the steering be when the car is floating?

>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>>> Corvair Monza,

>> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

> God no.

> Ed Maier

Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a ’66, three on the…er…yeah.

It’s problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time.

However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair.
(I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair
parts…)

> And I like La Villa thin crust, cheese and sausage.
> It’s harder finding good thin crust than a good car.

> –Vic

That did it, Vic…Now I know you’re a whacko!

Either that, or a Neopolitano.

I’m Italian thanks to a half Italian mother. She likes the thin crust,
whereas I like Sicilian, great big crust like you’re chewing on half a
loaf of bread.

I also like clam sauce with my spaghetti…

> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote:

>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a ’52 Plymouth, ’60 VW Bug, ’62
>> Corvair Monza,

> You, uh, don’t still have this, do you…?

God no.

Ed Maier