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• Re: six cylinder vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 08:55:13 -0700
  ...It wouldn't be that hard to add airbags to the Vanagon though. They would need a new steering wheel and dash plus all...
• Baby seats and westies?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 00:06:55 -0600
  ...Is this only due to airbags, or encroachment from the front in an accident, or what? Short of my above suggestion, how about putting...
• Re: Air bags & VWs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:54:34 -0800
  ...At least the seat is properly secured, the child is properly secured, and we have no airbags. All I'm saying is that if...
• Re: Vanagon (DoubleCab) Crash Test Video
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:01:32 -0700
  ...This really brings it home in a wrenching way. > > These vehicles -- seriously -- need airbags. Big ones, facing > out. With a thiotimiline trigger. > > > -- > David Beierl...
• Re: OT Fri. more on my Poor Man's Syncro (Astro/Safari) a sort of review..long
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 14:48:33 -0400
  ...Combine that with a bunch of airbags and you've got a much safer vehicle. We Vanagon owners like to live on the edge...
• Re: 27,000 orig miles?? / Car-Fax? Worthless.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:57:03 EST
  ...good airbags and GOOD TITLE. I take that to mean that the car is being sold with a kosher title and not a salvage...
• Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:52:01 +1200
  ...Here nothing gets sold without a meter of crumple zone and a dozen airbags, so Joe Jackass won't die when he swerves into...
• Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:12:21 -0700
  ...Audi non-airbag steering wheels will fit too but have the same small diameter issue. If you pick one of the later A2 wheels...
• Re: Safe vehicles was Vanagon safety and design?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:52:18 MST
  ...It also has airbags. She t-boned a driver that pulled out in front of her in a Toyota Celica. The other driver was...
• positioning of headrests...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:44:24 EDT
  ...i'd drive a '2002 crown victoria land yacht with dual airbags if i was THAT concerned about safety..i wouldnt drive a vanagon...
• Re: Helmet laws
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:00:43 -0500
  ...The Onstar system can monitor your airbag. A soon as it deploys, they can alert the authorities and send them to your GPS coordinates...
• Re: insurance
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:19:00 -0700
  ...the Dodge, now looking to be early August.) > > Discounts for ABS, airbags [I think], auto seatbelts [on the Dodge] ... > > I'm married, good record...
• Re: Safety Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:28:14 -0800
  ...children and the greater good. > > I have only a passenger side airbag and only on occasion. Be that as it > may, I personally inspect...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:27:08 -0500
  ...i > chose 215/65, and would probably go bigger if I spent all my time in the > desert. > > The airbags were a great addition...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:50:06 -0600
  ...The attitude of some is that we should all just stay at home, surrounded by pillows, others think nothing short of airbags and 5...
• Re: OT Fri. more on my Poor Man's Syncro (Astro/Safari) a sort of review..long
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:33:53 -0700
  ...Combine that with a bunch of airbags and you've got a much safer vehicle. We Vanagon owners like to live on the edge...
• Q re: newly acquired 1997 EVC
  Historical mailing list - Alexis Neely
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:39:17 -0800
  ...Have passenger side airbag removed (is this possible?) and put her seat in the front seat. 2. Put her seat in the front seat...
• Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:49:25 -0500
  ...He hit it hard enough to pop the airbag and demolish the front end. I guess it jumped out in front of him? He...
• Re: use of airbags to level van, spare tire, auto trans
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:50:49 -0700
  Have you considered putting a pair of Gabriel Hijacker AirAdjustable Shocks on the rear ORR ~ DeanB On 18 Feb , 2013, at 8:36 AM...
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:17:32 -0700
  ...The non-airbag Audi wheels will fit in the same manner as well. These wheels are machined to fit over a smaller conical shaft...
• Re: Dorking, Was:Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Fri, 8 May 1998 17:26:42 -0500
  ...Please don't think I am in favor of letting carmakers sell DANGEROUS products, but if I want an airbag, I should have the...
• Fwd: 99 Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 01:20:32 PDT
  Re:safety......what I thought of when I read your post was the possiblity of putting a EV front end and dual airbags on...
• Re: seatbelts + airbags
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 95 16:28:34 EST
  With all this talk about seat-belts, I thought this would be a good bunch to help me with a problem I am having...
• Re: NVC: cool restoration of dashboard
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:12:35 -0500
  ...Padded dashes were meant to > minimize frontal crash injuries before belts and airbags...now they just > seem a good place for fading vinyl and...
• Toyota Hiace luxury diesel vans cheap
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:22:34 +1300
  ...Dunno what else it has (could have cruise, ABS, airbags, proximity sensors...). Only downer is, like most 3.0s, it's both automatic and...
• Re: What to do with a crash survivor
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:25:12 -0500
  At 10:33 PM 1/5/2008, Max Wellhouse wrote: >There's probably a reason VW didn't >put airbags in the front of...
• Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:37 -0500
  ...She was also holding the wheel at 9 & 3, and when the airbag deployed it slammed her left hand into the drivers side door...
• Re: Friday...
  Historical mailing list - Margie Reyes
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:44:13 -0600
  ...they hit the wall at 90 mph, > " I've got the airbag..." > > -- > Todd J. Kaderabek, Director of Production > Lark Books, Fiberarts Magazine, Folkwear Patterns...
• 1987 Westy for sale Sacramento, California Area $6800 OBO
  Historical mailing list - Lou Carmona
  Sun, 26 May 2002 21:16:38 -0700
  ...Life circumstances (Baby #4 on the way -- new wife does not think VW Vans are safe, wants airbags and all that "Fancy" stuff...) force...
• Re: An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There NVC Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:12:32 -0700
  ...People would drive like their cars were eggshells. >> think about it. >> >> >> kind of like the argument that they should replace all airbags with a...
• Re: Crashworthiness of Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Apr 94 21:14:04 CDT
  ...in which case, if you don't have an airbag, you're gonna get hurt. i'll put it this way: when i had...
• Re: Vanagons and Insurance
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 07 Jun 95 12:57:56 CDT
  ...comparing line-items, it was the airbag that did it. the medical coverage for the MB was about 1/3 of that for the...
• Re: [Syncro] air suspension group purchase - FREE SHIPPING!!!
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:22:18 -0800
  ...depends on the load and > condition of the > springs and shocks. Airbags will allow you to correct that. > The effect is > most dramatic on...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:24:29 -0800
  ...Three demo cars were built that included anti skid brakes, airbags, and a host of other features. Carter was right - but naive. As the...
• Re: Toyota Hiace luxury diesel vans cheap
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:08:27 -0600
  ...box etc. >Dunno what else it has (could have cruise, ABS, airbags, proximity >sensors...). Only downer is, like most 3.0s, it's both...
• The last word on Audi (?)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  14 Mar 1996 11:58:11 EST
  ...We wanted a station wagon, AWD, good performance, an airbag and ABS, and as a kid carrier, safety concerns were high. We drove three...
• Re: Airlift spring supports
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:25:03 -0700
  ...I remember reading an online article about these airbags (including what model #) on one of the Vanagon websites a few years back but can...
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:32:02 -0800
  ...ABS brakes and such things , >> right T3s were available with ABS. Airbags are easily added. Stability control likewise (but this is no guarantee of...
• Re: Importing a Vanagon from South Africa etc.
  Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:57:29 -0400
  ...I am not sure if airbags are required. There should be some crash testing done, if you want to do more than one at...
• Honey, I shrunk the Kids!(so they can fit in my Eurovan)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:58:12 -0800
  ...exclusively driving T2's for years- I > have no regrets. > Dual airbags, VR6, A/C that doesn't suck, windshield > wipers that work, > doors...
• Re: Would you buy this salvage title Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:53:19 -0700
  ...the airbags were deployed, and airbags are expensive! So are the dash covers that were split open when they deployed. This leads to another...
• Re: Importing from Canada
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Verner
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:21:12 -0700
  ...does not comply Have you ever heard of an 85 having airbag!!!? They told me to look into an RI (Registered Importer) See procedure...
• Sagging Rear and Hauling Scooter & Bikes
  Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:26:17 -0400
  ...I just did new Bilsteins all the way around and the ride is excellent. - Invest in airbags? May or may not correct sag and...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:53:03 -0800
  ...high speed driving and lacks the > additional > safety features such as airbags and ABS brakes. Ah, Robert, lighten up. The Vanagon is designed by...
• Re: Vanagon (DoubleCab) Crash Test Video
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:15:40 -0700
  ...This really brings it home in a wrenching way. >> >> These vehicles -- seriously -- need airbags. Big ones, facing >> out. With a thiotimiline trigger. >> >> >> -- >> David Beierl...
• Re: use of airbags to level van, spare tire, auto trans
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:24:03 -0600
  Our vans are never done!! I was wondering on air bags myself!! I'm gonna be ordering a pair for my coil sprung rear...
• Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:23:07 -0700
  ...ABS brakes and such things , >> right T3s were available with ABS. Airbags are easily added. Stability control likewise (but this is no guarantee of...
• Re: Doubleback Volkswagen Camper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:10:18 -0500
  ...For most of those younger than us Vanagons > are terrifying airbag-less barbarians. > > And maybe they are right. But inch for inch you'll...
• Re: Off topic - Tips for beetle
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:33:03 -0500
  ...All this electrical abs airbag crumple business, no road noise, no engine noise. I feel too insulated from the road, out of touch sort...
• Honda Elements
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:47:32 -0500
  ...It also fits 2 double basses with no problems. :) I bought the most loaded one I could and that included the rare side airbags...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:16:03 -0600
  ...Three demo cars were built that included anti skid brakes, airbags, and a host of other features. Carter was right - but naive. As the...
• Re: Transporting a Quad Dirtbike
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 08:16:26 -0400
  ...I also thought of installing airbags to compensate for the weight. I probably would have to buy one of Garys custom welded for the...
• Re: IMPORTING A BRAZILIAN BUS-?
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 16:42:16 -0600 (CST)
  ...certifying it by crashing a couple of vans) and >getting an airbag system installed would drive the cost *way* beyond >reality. I looked into...
• FWD: Re: Type 1 Crash test Ratings
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:43:22 -0400
  ...there besides the one with pictures of a Beetle with an >airbag crashing into a brick wall? >TIA --------------------------------------------------------------vintagvw-+ To sign off VINTAGVW, send...
• Re: Deer Strike, Stories anyone??
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:02:06 -0500
  ...when I have to head out on the highways at night. Airbags, hood, etc. Probably living in a fools paradise on that one, but...
• Re: Kids and Westies
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:32:40 -0700
  ...I told her I want her to learn on something with airbags first. (Not to mention that I'm unconvinced that a bed-on...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:48:46 -0800
  The Vanagon is not designed for high speed driving and lacks the additional safety features such as airbags and ABS brakes. If you want...
• Re: Recent Car Talk Shows
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:06:24 -0400
  ...His question was, "can you retrofit an airbag into a vanagon?". Great stuff. Seems those guys get a lot of calls about old VWs...
• Fwd: Raining-no cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:52:07 -0600
  ...this should be on the sun-visor with the >warning >about airbags. > >The only person she found out who knew this (besides the patrolman...
• (long)Re: If You're Against Mandatory Daytime Running Lights...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:25:12 -0400
  ...the only things in this list that are useless are drl's and airbags IMHO, drl's are the worst safety feature anyone has...