All due to the unfamiliar driving geometry of the cab-forward design.
Even the most careful driver of a cab-central designed vehicle (99.9% of
cars/vans today in USA) has difficulty making the mental switch to
sitting in front of the fore-axel.

From historic, walkable Mount Olive, NC,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
Alliance: www.ntara.com
Home: www.MountOliveNC.info

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of joseph Trussell
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Odds and Ends-Before the crusher

My old one was beat to hell on the sides before I got it, and from a few
of
my misreads...My new one is clean.  For what it's worth, I think it's
pretty
darned common.  There used to be a VW shop here in Denver that actually
had,
on their price list, 'Vanagon Rear Wheelwell repair."  $225/side.

Joe T.
'85 GL 'bertha'
Denver, CO

----Original Message Follows----
From: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:15:09 -0800

>
>I wonder how many new Vanagon owners have managed to clip the rear
fender
>well area and/or bumper end-cap because of the quick turning radius and
>unusual seating position of the driver.  Almost every Vanagon I have
looked
>at has been damaged on the curbside (passenger side)  anywhere from the
>sliding door on back.
>

Let's see... I have three vanagons parked out in my driveway.... Nope,
not a
single dent from sudden right turns. None look fixed either.
Sorry to ruin your bell curve.

tim in san jose.

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