And my related story:� About 6 years ago driving in western Rural Nevada at night in the fall.� Barreling along doing 70�in my '85 Vanagon.� Bam!� Hit a deer head on.� Stopped to view the damage--usual front end body damage, leaking radiator--decided to drive on in order to get closer to a town.� After about 4 miles, had to pull over and get a tow.� While I covered the damage with a bra, I had to replace the radiator and bumper.� The lights on both sides were OK.� The cop who stopped to ask what happened, drove back to view the carnage; came back and reported he had never seen a deer as dismembered as that one.
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My moral:� I don't care what Tom or Ray from Car Talk say, the vanagon is an incredibly safe and sturdily constructed vehicle.� I feel safer in it than in either my Eclipse or Cadillac, having seen how it withstands a hit on an adult deer at 70 mph.� Oh, I also learned to slow down when I see that orange, diamond shaped deer sign.