Ralph Nader Seeking to Delay GM's IPO

[raynor139]

http://wot.motortrend.com/6692891/go...ipo/index.html

[cammed goat]

Nader needs to stop sticking his nose in our business as a whole. Seriously, he killed the GM muscle in the 60s. IMO, all he wants is to act like he is the father of American society. Yah...right. I am happy all the posters on that thread can't stand him either. So I know I am not the only one who dislikes him. I like the one post about Nader tripping over a rock and dying.

[67CamaroRSSS]

Ralph Nader lost all credibility with me when he condemned the Corvair.

Yeah I'm old enough to remember that!

What sucks is that by the time the Congressional hearings came about due to his book "Unsafe at any Speed" Chevrolet had fixed the problem and converted the Corvair to a rear suspension similar to the Corvette's....

[wheeliE-maxx]

problem with corvairs was operator error

[67CamaroRSSS]

Problem with corvairs was operator error

Actually the rear end set up (transaxle with trailing arms) was not the best but it took getting the car waaaayyyy out of shape before it became problematic (rear tire folding under the axle).

The fix was to turn the rear transaxle into a setup similar to that used on the C3 Corvette. This was 1964-5 IIRC. It turned the Corvair from a handling slug into a handling dream. Unfortunetaly the die was cast with Naders book and the Corvair suffered an ignominious death in 69.

[wheeliE-maxx]

exactly, you had to fuck up bad in the first place

[justinmc978]

i'm pretty sure that douchebag kid from the Highlander commercials is Nader's son

[scooley]

Nader needs to stfu and gtfo

[1MileCrash]

well...perhaps once the sale goes through we can get the fwd 5.3L impala ss back.

[nhraformula]

I agree with him that we the tax payers who bailed out GM should not lose 5 billion on the sale and make sure the jobs stay here.
He can go fuck off about more clean burning cars and such.

[cammed goat]

well...perhaps once the sale goes through we can get the fwd 5.3L impala ss back.

I thought we still had the FWD LS4 Impy SS.

[wheeliE-maxx]

i'm pretty sure that douchebag kid from the Highlander commercials is Nader's son

I'd roll in a caprice wagon before a damn highlander. The woody Chrysler van from the 80's, I might choose the yota. Kid still eats chode

[1MileCrash]

I thought we still had the FWD LS4 Impy SS.

nope...discontinued for the 2009 to present model years. only available in 2007 and 2008 if i remember right.