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Re: Merits of Macho Bumpers
Historical mailing list - Adam Brooks
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:54:11 -0500
...There is a basketball-sized dent in the nose just under the driver's side headlight, the bumper and lower grille were tweaked, and...
Re: Gas Mileage
Historical mailing list - Michael Jurik
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:17:13 EST
...I was knocked out when my head hit the door. I think side airbags would be a nice after-market addition. (As you can...
I know its not Friday but...
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:26:23 EDT
...my eye prescription (-8) coke bottles full body airbags (optional on passenger side) Dual proportionated headlights Detachable chasis w/hydrolic assist Pentium II driven...
Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:06:44 -0100
...Let's not kid ourselves; a modern vehicle with front and side airbags, etc. is probably much safer than a Vanagon in a major...
Re: Air bags & VWs
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Nov 1996 07:00:15 +0000
...VW in their current infinite lack > of wisdom has to design this monster $1000 fills the whole car passenger > side airbag and TAKES OUT...
Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:43:51 -0700
...side air bags in the head liner and so forth. Modern cars have about 8 air bags in them sometimes. But for traditional airbags...
Re: Deer Strike, Stories anyone??
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:02:06 -0500
...Anyone have any REAL LIFE stories about head ons in their Vanagon and how you and it fared?? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper...
Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - J.W.Brier
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:18:51 +0200
...That's what is being tested more recently and leads to side airbags etc. It also accounts for the difference in test results and...
1987 Westy for sale Sacramento, California Area $6800 OBO
Historical mailing list - Lou Carmona
Sun, 26 May 2002 21:16:38 -0700
...No head leaks and engine is very strong. That was in 1996 and I estimate I have put 50 - 60K on the car since...
(long, condescending) Re: Jump Seats & Seat Belts
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:23:55 -0500
...and overpowered (200 lb. unbelted male specified) airbags!) Anyway, I fasten the tether straps in the rear of the Vanagon to the headrest shafts...
Unflattering '99 EuroVan review in Detroit News
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:20:20 -0800
...Well, I know why I gave the VW only two stars - lack of side airbags and lack of a fourth door, not even a...
Re: Vanagon Thoughts (was RE: SUV Bashing)
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:18:11 -0800
...foot of > sapce on the drivers side from the garage > wall, three feet on the passenger side, and > four inches of cieling clearance. It...
Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 06:11:32 -0700
...That's what is being tested more recently and leads to side airbags etc. It also accounts for the difference in test results and...
Re: Unflattering '99 EuroVan review in Detroit News
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 04:03:44 -0800
...Well, I know why I gave the VW only two stars - lack of side airbags > and lack of a fourth door, not even a...
Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:26:28 -0400
...being tested more recently and leads to side airbags >etc. It also accounts for the difference in test results and >statistical data. >> >> Although often...
Vanagon Thoughts (was RE: SUV Bashing)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 1 Jan 2003 22:06:33 -0800
...The Vanagon post-production phenomenom has some people (and some SUV owners) scratching their heads. Most people just move on to the newer versions...
Re: An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There NVC Friday Stuff
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:28:02 -0500
...I was in NYC traffic once, headed out of town up some small street leading to the Holland Tunnel. It was saturday morning and...
Re: CRASH WORTHY??
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:10:23 CDT
...and most wrecks are side-impact or angle-impact, not frontal crashes. my personal feeling is that if all these SUV's are soooo...
Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:13:34 -0800
...airbags up the wazoo, volvo engineering), but of course > that all depended on what hit it and how. If a hummer runs head on...
Re: Infant seats and Vanagons...
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:43:00 -0400
...because it had headrests for all rear passengers as well as shoulder belts for the outboard passengers, no airbags, and real front seat belts...
Re: WBX Whining
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:44:54 +0100
...I have an 87 Vanagon GL w/ lowered H & R springs. > 15" X 8" Porsche alloys with speed rated tires (for sidewall strength and...
Re: 130Mph, or even 90 -- van safety
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:08:16 -0600
...This time I was well past and I watched this event from my rear and side mirrors. The vehicle crossed the highway behind me...
gak! another road test: 1993 VW Eurovan
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 12 Jan 95 11:08:30 CST
...and cross members, and a larger crumple zone in the front section provides better head-on crash protection. There are as yet no airbags...
31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:20:36 EDT
...We went all up along the Lost Coast and when we got tired of the winding pavement, took a side trip along a stunningly...
Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:01:43 +0000
...We went all up along the Lost Coast and when we got tired >of the >winding pavement, took a side trip along a stunningly...
Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:21:24 -0500
...We went all up along the Lost Coast and when we got tired of the winding pavement, took a side trip along a stunningly...
safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
Sat, 29 May 2004 03:02:03 -0400
...Automotive safety has increased by leaps and bounds one could argue. Airbags have saved many lives (ended a few also). Cars with better impact...
Re: safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 29 May 2004 06:04:33 -0400
...It hasn't happened. > >Automotive safety has increased by leaps and bounds one could argue. Airbags have saved many lives (ended a few also...