On 25 Jun 2004 at 19:20, Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA> wrote:

> On a more engineering related topic, I looked at the damage and
> realized both how strong the vanagon frame is, and how I was
> lucky the vehicle that hit me had a normal bumper and not one
> of those now fashionable bull bar like things that would have
> hit higger and come through the drivers door instead.

A few years ago, I witnessed a Westy get T-boned at 60-80 km/h by a mid size Dodge
sedan coming back from Port Alberni. I was only one car behind the other Westy, and
felt very fortunate to avoid the accident. I was also amazed at how little damage the
Westy suffered - it hit right about where the water tank is. The car had significant
damage. Best of luck to you.

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