kd5sak wrote:
VW?
Harold
KD5SAK


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"john smith" wrote


I'll take a guess...
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", by Ralph Nader

I knew that was coming.

What people do not widely know, is that he printed a retraction, saying
that the problems were fixed, '63 and later. It had to do with the fact
that the rear axles only had one U-joint, at the transaxle. After they
put in two per side, and made the wheels travel straight up and down, they
were fine.

Bonus points. What rear engine air cooled engine car never put the two
extra U-joints per side in, and in some parts of the world, are still
produced that way?

VW ditched swing-arm rear suspension bug in 1979 for US models. In the
rest of the world they were sold both ways. Also 2003 was the last year
for the aircooled bug, they are no more...

Also Raplh Nader is unsafe at any speed.

Tony