Ralph Nader lied about this wonderful car.

[Brother Mythos]

77. I had a major 'no steer' problem driving a Corvair. The car was so back end heavy, that ...

at higher speeds on a long, straight, uphill section of highway, the front wheels came off the ground. When I realized the car was drifting off the road, I left off the throttle. The front tires then dropped back down onto the road, and I was able to steer again. To verify this was not a fluke, I turned around, went back down to the bottom of the hill, and tried it again.

On the second try, I hugged the center of the road, aimed the car straight, and accelerated up the hill. And, once again, I lost the ability to steer. At first, I simply tried turning the steering wheel very gently. But, after realizing the tires were not touching the road, I turned the steering wheel violently from side to side. And, nothing happened. So, I left off the throttle again, the front tires dropped back down onto the road again, and I was able to steer.

The inelegant solution to the problem was to put two pieces of railroad track, each about three feet long, in the front located trunk of the car. Fortunately, I was not the owner. I was merely using it to run an errand for him, and he had not warned me about how badly the car handled.

As the slope of this particular uphill section of highway is by no means unusual steep, I am of the opinion that the Corvair was a deathtrap.