It isn't just Vanagons; I did the same thing to the then-still-pristine side of�my old '55 Chevy panel.
�
Stephen

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Joe T. <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Joe T. <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Bumper contemplations
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 3:51 PM

"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.."

Nine years of driving Vanagons (at the time) and I made this deplorable
rookie mistake.� I couldn't even look at that side of my Vanagon for a
month.� I'm still disgusted about it.

This winter, I will take the power tools to that quarter panel (per
Benplace.com's instructions) and see what kind of trouble I can get myself
into with a foray into bodywork.

Joe T.

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:47 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:

> 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 :)
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84� Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8� "Nancy"
> Full Timing Since March� 1999
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> 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.
>

--
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2