In a message dated 3/17/01 10:17:43 PM, radish150@earthlink.net writes:

<< I saw one of these vanagons that
had been in a terrible head on collision. Let's just say I want as much
between
me and them as possible. >>

Mark,

I have seen several Vanagons which were hit in the front and I was always
surprised to see how little intrusion into the cockpit there was.  Of course
this is no crash test, but they seemed to fair quite well.  If you look at
the front stucture of a Vanagon, it appears to be formed from a bunch of box
sections.  I guess a Vanagon is like a motorcycle in that if you dwell on the
possibilities too much, you will talk yourself out of operating one.

Rich