mind you all who say "competence" has so much to do
with wether you crash or not...that this is phoenix
after all...and any of you that have driven here with
the "snow birds" (old folks that come from every nook
and cranny of the country for the windter), you
wouldn't be saying that competence had much to do with
my situation last night.  i would also like to point
out to andrew that i was not blaming the vehicle at
any point in my mail...i was simply saying that in a
crash like the one i was almost a part of...the
vanagon would have lost...no question about it!  i
would have reared an oversized SUV at 65-70mph...tell
me i'd still be alive.  competence doesn't have much
to do with a head on collision when the 2 right lanes
of traffic come to a complete standstill because some
old hag decides to swerve from the fast lane across 4
other lanes so she doesn't miss her damn exit...uh
oh...prune juice is kickin in...

                                   Myc

p.s. vanagons are not safe against anything of
comparable size...show me a crash test with any other
minivan out there...

--- "R. Hotchkiss" <richard.hotchkiss@VERIZON.NET>
wrote:
> I don't understand how a Vanagon could get a bad
> rating at 35 mph. I
> went ice skating in mine at 40 mph and banged into
> the guard rail twice
> with minimal damage (had to pick up the bumper).  I
> was amazed at how
> strong the van is and how well I was kept in my seat
> (everything else
> flew). Nobody was injured, not a scratch.
>
> My next near death experience was getting the paint
> job done at
> Maaco....
>
> Hotch
> 86 Vanagon GL
> Philly
>
> --
> Richard Hotchkiss
> http://www.hotstrings-inc.com

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