Date:         Tue, 14 May 2002 23:19:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Safety of the Vanagon
Comments: To: Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
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My wife was driving the van and was caught in a line wending it's way
out of a parking lot.  There was some contributing road congestion for
some reason.

Anyhoo, some guy tried to cut through an empty parking space, and cut
off my wife.  "No way" said she as she goosed the throttle to close the
gap between her and the car in front.  He got so mad that he rammed our
Vanagon with the little car he was driving.  He then made his escape by
heading out the other way, with a huge scape and dent in his hood.

My wife told me about this, and showed me where his car had impacted the
van.  I looked and looked, but never did find any sign that a collision
had occurred.

Ed

Eric Spletzer wrote:

>I hope this isn't a tired thread, and if this has been done a ton of times
>and is archived, just let me know where I can look at them, and I will.
>
>---
>
>So my biggest hindrance to buying my van was the safety factor.  I talked to
>mechanics and their response to my concerns was, "Just don't hit anything."
>
>Sound advice if you ask me.
>
>But I kept looking and found the Volvo/Van crash photos where the van
>demolished the volvo.   That was comforting.  Then I drove them and I
>actually feel quite safe since I'm so high up.  It's a joy to drive, and I
>feel like I've been a safer, more defensive driver, since I started, but I'm
>still wondering how these things do in real life crashes.
>
>So my question is....
>
>Anybody want to share crash stories?  Any kind - good, bad, ugly, funny.
>I'd love to hear them.  P-mail or list mail is fine by me.
>
>Thanks!
>-eric
>
>PS - If you can't tell by the fact that I am posting regularly (perhaps too
>much), I really love this list.  Everyone here is so knowledgeable and
>helpful.  Really - just wonderful.  I have a feeling this won't be my last
>van and that someday I'll hopefully be answering more questions than I ask.
>Thanks again!
>