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Subject:Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos
From:Vanman
Date:Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:16:20 -0800

-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Christensen <lkchris@USWEST.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos

>Just for fun I sent the URL for these photos to the
>Brickboard (Volvo list).  This set off an anti-SUV thread
>and calls for higher gas prices to force everyone to 4
>cyls.  Also a really funny tale from a guy who popped an
>AstroVan in its sliding door and sent it spinning.  Ain't
>the Internet great?
>

Interesting how our precious Vanagons which use 4-cyls is what won, and
these vans get comparable gas mileage to the volvos year for year.

-Aaron Mckay
                                 mckayaa@oit.edu
                                 college student in mechanical
                                 engineering at Oregon Institute of
Technology
                                 '85 vanagon GL