> What I am wondering/needing is some feelings on how individual people
> make decisions to compensate for the obvious design comprimises that
> some types of vehicles have.  For instance, has anyone ever noticed
> that a VW bus has a short nose?  How do you compensate for this when you
> drive?  Or do you?  

When wedrovein our buswhen I was little, I remember my father telling me 
to pick up my feet if it ever appeared that we were going to be in a 
front end accident. I have since seen busses that have their noses caved 
in, it looks likethey hold up pretty well structurally.
      Erik Burtis
      71westy