Posted on 08/23/2021 11:54:32 AM PDT by Hojczyk
“Pinto, Gremlin, Arrow, K car, All POS cars”
Don’t forget the Vega . My sister had one , but not for long .
The Bolt is much more dangerous than covid vaccines.
“Pinto was different. Ford’s official policy was it was cheaper to pay the families vs recalling and fixing.
That was proven and tarnished Ford for a lot of years.”
The Pinto met all of the Federal safety standards of the day. Several years later, I read a probably 50 word blip buried in the middle of the newspaper stating that the Pinto actually fared better in rear collisions than the Japanese cars of the same vintage. But that didn’t fit the narrative.
I had 1964 Corvair, after Ralph Nader wrote “Unsafe at any speed”. What utter BS that book was. I never had a single problem with my corvair. It had rear engine, with more weight on rear wheels, and never ever needed snow tires in Chicago winter driving. Does anyone remember 1967 snow storm in Chicago? My Corvair did not get stuck and brought me home. The whole city was at standstill for 2 to 3 days.
And then I owned a Pinto for many years, again a flawless car, great on gas mileage and no mechanical breakdowns. Only reason I traded it in was after 8 years in Chicago’s salt filled winters, the body was showing rust.
At least you can still light your cigarette off it even though they’ve deleted the lighter from the dash.
These are just the additional ones added. They started with about 70M cars for $800MM, then added the ones you mentioned.
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