Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 00:22:21 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: worst cars - van?
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I wouldn't take much stock in their top ten best / worst.
The MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire, Triumph Bug Eye Sprite had the highest
rate of driver injury / death of any vehicle ever built.
They were probably right in there with motorcycles manufactured in the
same years.
Was their top ten based on driver safety or consumer satisfaction?
The Chevy, Buick, Olds, Pontiac full sized station wagons from about 1965
through 1990 had the least amount of driver injury in collisions and
overall rated as one of the safest vehicles to drive. Re: Insurance
Underwriters Surveys.
Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:39 -0500 Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
writes:
> The VW bus is probably the only vehicle to make both the top 10
> worst and
> top 10 most loved vehicles in the world.
>
> Besides, I don't think they took into consideration ease of
> maintenance, as
> the Bus beats all the cars on the list.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Zappe" <Zapvw@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: worst cars - van?
>
>
> > http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Worst-Cars/results1.html
> >
> > this was the news at the beginning of aol's site tonight. worst
> cars of
> the
> > millenium. took a look and was surprised to see a vw bus listed
> (actually
> an
> > awesome looking bus) as the 10th worst car of all time. can you
> believe
> > it????????? write them back and tell them how crazy that is!
> >
> > who in their right mind would ever think that? all the
> idiosyncrasies are
> > what make the car so endearing. none of the others on that list
> have any
> > kind of following or appeal to collectors, etc. as the vw bus.
> >
> > well so much for those helpless souls that don't know a good thing
> when
> they
> > see it!
> >
> > andy zappe
> > 80 vanagon L 263,000 mi.
> > 85 westy 85,000 mi.
> >
>
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