At 07:46 AM 8/26/97 -0400, Matthew Bulley wrote:
>In a message dated 97-08-26 06:08:20 EDT, oshaug@INFINET.COM writes:
>
><<  spent about an hour on a 84 in a yard yesterday with a scary front
> impact (steering collumn vertical, drivers floor crumpled) >>
>
>Although I love our 1976, and adore the 1986 Westy, I have to admit, I do
>worry about the front end "crumple-ability" of our vehicles. Neither Suzy nor
>I tailgate, and we are defensive drivers, but I have always figured that a
>hard front end hit would cost us at least our feet, at most....
>
>Does anyone have experience to ease my mind? What happened/how'd you fair? I
>would also be interested in VW crash safety test results, but don't know
>where to look. Also, has anyone crashed a bus with the optional spare tire
>mounted up front? I'd be interested in your findings.
>
>I know this is an ugly subject that we'd rather not think about, but if it is
>an inherant liability of this design, so be it, I can deal with it. If there
>are bunches of you who have slammed into the back of a semi- at 60 mph and
>lived to giggle, lemme know.

There is some crash test information and some photos at
http://www.vanagon.com/ in the 'info' section.

Coyote
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