Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:09:28 -0500
Reply-To: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject: Crash Test's, Crush Zone's and other garbage
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While I read I laugh----
All the hypothetical theories, and irrelevant data that has been
plastered all over my screen is just that--at best a guess---and a joke.
Crush zone's and Crash test's are only relevant to new vehicle's of
sound construction-----not 15 to 20 year old vehicle's, where the
fasteners are weakened by corrosion, and /or the sheet metal's molecular
make-up has been altered by years of harmonic vibration, stress, and who
know's what else----
And think about this---Who Care's?
Why in the hell would any of you be worried about any head on's or other
mishap's of this nature, when your purchasing an obsolete vehicle in the
first place ?----
If in reality, if this was an important factor, not one of you would
have really bit the bullet and purchased that overpriced Westfalia,
Wolfsburg, or Carat in the first place.
And here's another thought----
Not only is all this crash info garbage --- allot of you are playing
Russian Roulette, in overpowering these 4 wheeled boxes---with the Land
of the Rising Sun flat 4's, or the TIICO morphodite conversions-----
Yea Baby---make it go faster-----then when the time comes to apply the
hooks in a heart stopping situation, which of course weren't modified to
compensate for the increased HP----SPLAT !!!!
A real joke would be to donate a 15 year old Vanagon, with about 200,000
miles on it, to the national insurance institute, and have them bolt it
to their crash rail and propel it into the test wall----forget about the
Volvo--go for the gusto----I think most of your jaw's would drop when
this thing exploded.
I bought my Vanagon's because they are unusual, are fun to drive, and
are super utilitarian----they work for me----
If it's my time --Oh well--and it really doesn't make a tinkers damn
what I'm driving---
Later,
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