

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon crash safety |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:44:46 -0500 |
What I hate is all that stuff that was in the rear of the van moves up front to share the front seat with me. Stan Wilder On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:56:39 -0700 DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM> writes: > >"You can conjecture what a 2-ton front-engine SUV > >> will do when it > >> meets a 2-ton Vanagon. One has a 1/2-ton engine in > >> front of the > >> passengers. The other has scarce sheet metal. It > >> doesn't take an > >> Einstein to figure out the *probable* outcome." > > > >This is not always the case, > >In head-on collisions Subarus are designed so that the > >engine breaks free and travels under the passenger > >compartment instead of landing in the drivers lap like > >big V-8's often do. > > Not much in a Vanagon that can "break free". There is only the mass > of the front sheet metal to protect you. > > Dave (still likes Vanagons, just knows who's going to win in > contest) > -- > Dave Carpenter > > Whatever you wish for me, > May you have twice as much. > > "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I > think > we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur > C. > Clarke > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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