

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer! |
| From: | Craig Rogers |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:18:49 -0400 |
LOL! Sincerely, Craig Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer! > 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 > > >
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