that's what the all-wheel independent suspension is
for, so it handles.

you just have to do some work to convince your
passenger that it's not going to roll when you're
going around a turn.

vanagon's don't blow over in the wind the way the old
microbuses do.

i saw the crash test results. 'volvo go SPLAT!!'

sweet merciful crap (to borrow from homer simpson),
Teh van kwashes teh volvo past the drivers seat.

volvo driver =ouchie.
(more probably very dead... and volvos are supposed to
be so safe..BWAHAHAHAHA...)

--- Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
> Another that looks at the shape and not the
> structure... Vanagons fare
> MUCH better than Volvos.  As for the handling...
> visit your local
> boneyard and see how many of them have been rolled.
> You might be
> surprised... (I think there's a link to the crash
> test results on our
> page at <http://wetwesties.org>.)
>
> Vanagons are both tougher and more nimble than they
> look.
>
> Jim Arnott
> WetWesties
> Union, OR
>
> "Smola, Tony (NBC,KNBC)" wrote:
> > with no real frontal protection and the poor
> evasive handling of a Vanagon.

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