Date:         Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:22:07 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Near Death Experience in the Vanagon
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>the gentleman that turned in front of her had a similar
>accident in another car the year before (he admitted this to my wife and the
>officer), and chastised her for not "stopping for him as he turned..." even
>though she had the right of way. It amazes me how many people have so little
>knowlege of the rules of the road and consistently exercise incredibly poor
>judgement in their daily commutes.

A similar thing happened to me, when a stupid woman failed to give way to
me and turned across my path. I centerpunched her left door... if there had
been a passenger there he'd have been dead. Her 4WD Mazda Familia (=323)
was totalled, being spun across a traffic island. My diesel Nissan Skyline
looked messy but it was entirely bolt-on parts bent, and I drove the 290km
home. It pays to have a solid car, and like the Skyline, the VW T3 is
strong.


Andrew Grebneff
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Phone: 0064 (3) 473-8863
Fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator, shell collector, Macintosh and VW & Toyota van nut
1984 Volkswagen Type 25 Caravelle GL (to be fitted with Subaru EG33 engine etc)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel sedan
1992 CXR10G Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel (=narrow-bodied Previa)