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Date:         Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:25:58 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: crashtest.com results don't look good
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I read that the Vanagon here in the US got a score of B or B+ for side impacts and D for front impacts - and that people tend to break their feet and/or ankles in accidents but still overall, accidents attributed to mechanical defects were, I think, under 2%.....

>From: Markus Samuelson <BP@EARTHLING.NET>

> >I noticed one thing and that is the Folksam column where the vanagon >scores pretty good, this is actually the column I would tend to trust >the most since Folksam base their judgement on actual real traffic >incidents not test environment and so on. So if it scores well in the >Folksam category I would tend to say that it is a pretty safe car to >crash in (is there such a thing?). > >/Markus Samuelson

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