Blame the university administrators for charging high prices for things students don't need. Like classes that will not get you anywhere in life and lead you in huge amounts of debt. Best advice for college is to not go unless your career your going into needs a certain degree for you to get a job in.
@@jaws392 Blame the US government for fully backing all student loans with taxpayer money. This means the schools can just keep raising and raising prices and even if the student defaults, the schools will still get all of their money.
@@LuckyFlesh That too my tax money shouldn't go to useless degrees that will not get you anywhere in life. As we can see college education needs a drastic reform.
Corvairs are great cars! Glad she held out and didn't take their lowball offer. If that is actually a Monza coupe like it appears, those are the rarer '60 models! I absolutely love my Corvairs! I have early models, late models and forward controls! Plus the powerglides are virtually bulletproof! Most likely low on fluid or needs a new shift modulator.
Dude, I fully support your love of Corvairs and your collection because it makes you happy. But i'm sure there's stuff I'm interested in like sports memorabilia or early computers you wouldn't be as interested or have the critiques. Since this is a business that has to sell something they gave a pretty darn fair offer. It's not cheap to house a car til you find the right collector.
The only way she’d get the price she was seeking was if the car got totaled (hence Corey’s remark during negotiating). No way someone pays that with the issues noted.
There's an exhaust leak according too Rick, things need to be updated for it probably; they have to take it to a repair shop and have it done, that's going to cost them money.
"Bad transmission and sloppy steering." What did they expect? It's a 50 years old oldtimer - but it's still a quite collectable one in decent shape! $3000 is way too low imho, she did the right thing.
Well, it’s also a Corvair. Corvairs don’t have the best reputation when it comes to structural integrity, especially when it comes to steering. And that’s not taking into account the obviously horrendous lack of safety features, which as said in the video was the inspiration for much stricter safety standards in all cars that came after the Corvair.
@@ThMnWthNNm Where are you getting the structural integrity nonsense? They were/are solid cars. If you let them rust, that's one thing, but they're 60 year old cars. I've seen 30-year old cars with more rust than a lot of Corvairs.
@@Len1977gt That's like saying McDonalds rips people off because they have about .32 cents in a large Coke but sell it for a dollar. No one is forcing anyone to sell their stuff to the pawn shop. Most of the time they have an expert who gives the retail value and then Rick comes back and offers them 50% less. A normal person would say, "No thanks, I want to get retail price" and then go sell it to a retail buyer. But Rick is a wholesale buyer and he will sell it at retail. That's the way the world works and if you don't understand that then I am sure you are an employee and not an employer.
In the early '70's, I was riding along with a friend in his Corvair. Suddenly, we hear this crash and horrible scraping noise coming from behind, as the car stopped running. Friend turns the ignition key. Nothing. Gets out and opens the rear hood. The engine was laying on the ground. I thought it was hysterical. My friend did not see the humor.
If I had a nickel for every story in the comment section about the engine falling out, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice…
The Corvair wasn't any more dangerous than any other car of the same period, it just had the bad luck to be Ralph Nader's sacrificial lamb to open American's eye on car safety.
I had a friend in high school who had one of these and we would deflate the tires and turn onto the railroad tracks. You wouldn't need to steer unless a train was coming. It was fun but it sure was stupid. Only did it once.
They were rough on this girl. I heard a lot of women get taken advantage of if they go by themselves to car dealerships and negotiated or price. Always take a man with you when buying or selling a car, it’s sad but true
"I've gotta pay a guy a thousand bucks to frame it". Glad she kept it, really cool car, and for English fans, looks like a double headlight Hillman Imp from the front.
First: steering sloppy because too much air in front tires. Second: exhaust leak needs new donuts. Third: transmission is an easy fix. Most were Saginaw and easily rebuilt. Or new cable needed. How do I know? I've owned 16 and currently own 5. Corvair was the first car I bought in high school. Been enamored ever since. They are a niche car but if you are looking for a collectable they are affordable.
She looked like she was on the verge of tears when she said she couldn't take the 3k cause it was to low of an offer. Her face says it all, this was one of her last ditch efforts to go to school and not be in debt and now she's gotta figure something else out. I know this feeling all too well. Poor girl.
Right, and you know what the best thing to figure out is? Don't go to college. This idea that if you don't go to college you are going to be a loser and your life is over is old world thinking. Now days, college is not even worth the money unless you are going to go for ten years and become a doctor. There are McDonald's Managers that make more than people with a Master Degree these days. It just isn't worth it. Her time would be better spent going to a trade school of some sort to learn a specific skill, or getting a job that is willing to train.
my dad has raced many vehicles. he is 87 years old and still drag races. he says he used to race these in the 8th of a mile they did it to have fun. he said you could change out the motor in these cars and literally minutes there's only one bolt that held the motor to the frame which made it ideal. they actually kind of did it to have something to do in between the other drag races when they were racing the big boys.
"Let her out Corey" these wolves already had the rollgate down after test driving it...thinking they had this one in the bag. Not today buddy, not today.
They are actually rather safe for the time and small retrofits for extra safety items like seatbelts and a colapsable steering column are very easy and reversable if someone wants it original for whatever reason. The only thing remotly dangerous about it is the meat in the drivers seat, you cant drive it like a front engine car, it just is not how the dynamics work out, kinda like tge vw beetle and dome porsches. And yes they are quite a durable car even with rust, im currently fixing mine because the floor and the corners neat the wheels are rusty and have holes but when i put a jack under a corner the thing really foes not flex. In a way the early model might be stronger than the late because of the big ridges going along the side.
I learned to drive a stick in 10th grade, 1969......on a '61 Corvair that my dad had as his work car. First day I stalled it a million times.....the driveway, every stop light, etc. Second day?; I was drifting. Heavy car, under-powered, but....FUN.
i'm 60 and had a red corvair in a suburb of seattle when i was 18. slid out from under me in the rain all the time. pretty reliable and easy to fix though.
For all of you "experts" who claim they were trying to rip the girl off, right now, July 6th of 2021, Country Classics in Illinois has a nice '64 Monza Spyder for $4950 and a '64 convertible for $10950. Both better cars because they had a little more power.
No way I would sell it. My father had one, he would tease the local kids telling them he dad 2 engines. Everyone knew that there is an engine in the front, they freaked out seeing an engine in the rear.
The Corvair was not a typical American Car. It appears that they were trying to produce a car that would have at least some of the power of the Porsche at an affordable price. The air cooled flat opposed 6 cylinder engine was a unique feature of the Corvair. The swing arm suspension in the rear did have some issues. If pressed to much, a rear wheel could "tuck" under causing the body to lean too much to the point where the car could roll over. It was tail heavy. An experience driver would be able to stay out of trouble with the Corvair. Basically it was like driving a Porsche except that you weren't out to drive at excessively high speeds.Since the Corvair was somewhat larger than the VW Beetle, it did have a usable rear seat. It also came in a 4 door version (until 1967) in addition to other body styles.
Thieving clowns! $3,000?? I see later year rust buckets go for that. The early models WERE dangerous. I had a '60 and going around a curve on a wet road was enough to spin you around. I also had a '62 with an "instant" heater that ran off the gas tank. It is a shame that by the time they got the bugs out the Nader stigma was on them.
Rick: Ive got a buddy who knows everything there is to know about Chevy Corvairs. Let me give him a call and we can find out what it’s worth *King Kai walks through the door*
I wasn't too far off. I guessed they'd offer $3,700.haha
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The Corsair was a perfectly sound car. None of the criticisms by Ralph Nader were true. He was an anti-American, fame seeking incompetent. The truly dangerous car is and was the VW Beetle. But if he wrote about its true dangers of rolling over then he would get no kudos from his commy supporters who only hate the USA.
Actually, Nader lied in front of Congress! He never told the truth about the Corvair such as the fact that the Fed highway agency found it just as safe as any other car on the road.
Those are not competitors with the Corvair though they were significantly smaller city cars the main competitors were Porsche’s and vw Karmen ghias which were much larger
