>from the Volvo crash pics I've seen Vanagons seem to
>have a tendency to climb over the shorter vehicles they hit.

There is no sign of the VW "climbing over" the Volvo in those images.
The vehicles are on the rebound in the available frame (I wish the
whole sequence as well as decent aftercrash images of both cars were
available).
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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