<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>In the accidents that do occur, broken ankles <BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: DaveC <VOICEBOX@DNAI.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: DaveC <VOICEBOX@DNAI.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Safety of the Vanagon <DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:55:16 -0700 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>>I hope this isn't a tired thread, and if this has been done a ton <DIV></DIV>>>of times <DIV></DIV>>>and is archived, just let me know where I can look at them, and I <DIV></DIV>>>will. <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>--- <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>So my biggest hindrance to buying my van was the safety factor. I <DIV></DIV>>>talked to <DIV></DIV>>>mechanics and their response to my concerns was, "Just don't hit <DIV></DIV>>>anything." <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>Sound advice if you ask me. <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>But I kept looking and found the Volvo/Van crash photos where the <DIV></DIV>>>van <DIV></DIV>>>demolished the volvo. That was comforting. Then I drove them and I <DIV></DIV>>>actually feel quite safe since I'm so high up. It's a joy to drive, <DIV></DIV>>>and I <DIV></DIV>>>feel like I've been a safer, more defensive driver, since I <DIV></DIV>>>started, but I'm <DIV></DIV>>>still wondering how these things do in real life crashes. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>In that same thread, I contributed this: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>>But I'm astounded to find this information on Folksam's (the <DIV></DIV>>>Swedish <DIV></DIV>>>insurance company) web site: it rates the 80-91 Caravelle (that's <DIV></DIV>>>the <DIV></DIV>>>same as our flat-four Vanagon, right?) in the *highest* safety <DIV></DIV>>>category. <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>< <DIV></DIV>>>http://www.folksam.se/forskning/trafik/sakra_bilar/bilListaengelsk.htm <DIV></DIV>>> > <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>Right up there with the Chrysler Voyager! :-# <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>While it's only a mark on a chart, I am quite encouraged. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>FWIW. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Dave <DIV></DIV>>-- <DIV></DIV>>Dave Carpenter <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Whatever you wish for me, <DIV></DIV>>May you have twice as much. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I <DIV></DIV>>think <DIV></DIV>>we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur <DIV></DIV>>C. <DIV></DIV>>Clarke <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM305401/47'>Click Here</a><br></html> |
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