One of the reasons for a "safe" rating on the Vanagon is the type of driver
they generally have.  Folks like you and me! ;-)

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "DaveC" <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer!

> >I'm sitting here with the images on-screen (clearer than in a 600dpi
> >b&w printout).
> >
> >What Dave saw as the Volvo's hood is a reflection on the wet concrete
> >beyond the car. The hood can be seen as a vertical remnant folded up
> >against what was once the firewall. The entire front-end has failed
> >and is an unrecognizable tangle of wreckage.
>
> Still not convinced re. the photos. No backside view, limited view
> from where we can see.
>
> But I'm astounded to find this information on Folksam's (the Swedish
> insurance company) web site: it rates the 80-91 Caravelle (that's the
> same as our flat-four, right?) in the highest safety category.
>
> < http://www.folksam.se/forskning/trafik/sakra_bilar/bilListaengelsk.htm >
>
> Right up there with the Chrysler Voyager!  :-#
>
> While it's only a mark on a chart, I am quite encouraged.
>
> Dave (I still ain't speedin' in a box like this, thank God)
> --
> 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
>