David writes: "If you hit a brick wall or another Vanagon, things won't
be quite so pleasant."

And THAT explains why I never wave at other Vanagon (or brick walls)...
I must keep both hands on the wheel.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of David Brodbeck
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:46 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Porsche's SUV

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> And if you'd read
> the messages by listees having had accidents in their T3s and seen
> the Volvo vs VW head-on images, you'd think again.

The Vanagon comes out ahead in that crash for the same reason an SUV
would
-- it's heavy and high and has a strong frame.  The other car ends up
absorbing all the energy.  If you hit a brick wall or another Vanagon,
things won't be quite so pleasant.

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MI
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