id say #1 is more common..
same goes for those 3 foot poles around gas tank islands that like to come
in contact with your sliding door and RR quarter panel..

In a message dated 11/28/2010 4:14:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM writes:

#2 is  the most consistent cause :)
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On  Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Mark L.  Hineline
<hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
> Whenever I find  a new Vanagon in the boneyards, the front bumper is
> pristine while the  rear is a twisted piece of wreckage. As is mine.
> This leads me to  think that one or more of these things is true:
>
> 1. We are  better at driving forward than we are at backing up.
>
> 2.  Impatient drivers come up on our rears more than we would  like.