While at the local used bookstore this afternoon I found a copy of "Unsafe At Any Speed." It's not a first-edition, but still an early copy judging by its 1966 publication date. Condition is okay. Price: $3.
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April 20, 2008 4:34 p.m. David Wallens Editorial Director
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April 20, 2008 4:46 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
Did you burn it? :twisted:
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April 20, 2008 5:35 p.m. Bret None
Snort! :nice: Too funny.
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April 21, 2008 5:46 a.m. Dwight Varnes None
I read that book many, many years ago. Knowing what I know about cars, I found it to be built on speculation as much as fact. Other than the chapter on the Corvair, it's actually pretty tedious and boring IIRC.
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April 21, 2008 10:26 a.m. KaptKaos None
A book by Nader boring? Unpossible!
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April 21, 2008 4:45 p.m. David Wallens Editorial Director
I figured it's part of automotive history and should at least have a copy. I also picked up "Sports Car Rallies, Trials and Gymkhanas." It's a how-to book from 1956. The book includes TSD rally tables, too. That one cost me 10 bucks.
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April 21, 2008 10:26 p.m. pjr300 None
Nader pummelled the Corvair to make his name. A Corvair is "unsafe at any speed?" Come on, be real. They were run on race tracks but too unsafe for consumers?
He still doesn't know when to stop. Nader is running for preseident again... for what purpose? He cost Gore the election in 2000. I am sick of his holier-than-thou attitude.
Ralph Nader can kiss my turbo charged Spyder.
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April 22, 2008 5:37 a.m. Dwight Varnes None
"He still doesn't know when to stop. Nader is running for preseident again... for what purpose? He cost Gore the election in 2000."
And this was a bad thing? :grin: Gore's global warming movie is about as realistic as Nader's book was. Some facts, lots of speculation and hysteria. Either would have been an equally lousy leader (as was the one we wound up with, to be fair to all).
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April 22, 2008 6:47 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
I voted for Gore, and I honestly believe he would have done a pretty decent job, but -- without sparking a poliitical debate -- if he couldn't show that he was clearly a better choice than Bush, he didn't deserve to win. That goes double for John Kerry.
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April 22, 2008 9:44 p.m. pjr300 None
Also won't start a debate, but.... the last 8 years have been pretty miserable.
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April 25, 2008 7:59 a.m. spitfirebill None
I hope you bought the book. I've been told the mention of the Corvair in the book is minor.
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April 25, 2008 12:32 p.m. gjz30075 None
I, too, have a 1966 copy, bought new by my dad back then. It was also marked as "originally $5.95" with a line through the price, and "now $1.00" printed on the cover.
