Date:         Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:47:15 -0800
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
In-Reply-To:  <18.a59a237.27e6d383@aol.com>
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Surviving un-injured is all about bumpers meeting at
the same hight IMO. The vanagon has a great impact
absorbing bumper+frame design But what happens when a
vanagon crashes head-on with a GMC Suburban with a
higher bumper? I think it could mean
getting used to a wheelchair for life.

That crash test footage between a vanagon and a volvo
would make me choose the vanagon. I think the vanagon
bumper is about a foot taller than the volvos.

Phil 84' westy

--- Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/17/01 10:17:43 PM,
> radish150@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << I saw one of these vanagons that
> had been in a terrible head on collision. Let's just
> say I want as much
> between
> me and them as possible. >>
>
> Mark,
>
> I have seen several Vanagons which were hit in the
> front and I was always
> surprised to see how little intrusion into the
> cockpit there was.  Of course
> this is no crash test, but they seemed to fair quite
> well.  If you look at
> the front stucture of a Vanagon, it appears to be
> formed from a bunch of box
> sections.  I guess a Vanagon is like a motorcycle in
> that if you dwell on the
> possibilities too much, you will talk yourself out
> of operating one.
>
> Rich


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