On 25 Jun 2004 at 19:20, Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA> wrote: > On a more engineering related topic, I looked at the damage and > realized both how strong the vanagon frame is, and how I was > lucky the vehicle that hit me had a normal bumper and not one > of those now fashionable bull bar like things that would have > hit higger and come through the drivers door instead. A few years ago, I witnessed a Westy get T-boned at 60-80 km/h by a mid size Dodge sedan coming back from Port Alberni. I was only one car behind the other Westy, and felt very fortunate to avoid the accident. I was also amazed at how little damage the Westy suffered - it hit right about where the water tank is. The car had significant damage. Best of luck to you. -- Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright ~This message sent by Pegasus Mail, the safe E-Mail alternative~ "Friends don't let friends use Outlook" |
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