Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:00:35 -0600
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
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> We've owned Vanagons for over 30 years and our three children all
> grew up in one.  I don't think I've ever heard of anyone tipping
> over in one.

in all the junkyards i've frequented in that past 25 years, i've seen
ONE vanagon rollover. it had dents all over the roof, but the roof
shape was still intact. a couple of windows were broken, and the
mirrors were busted off. the driver supposedly rounded a curve too
fast in the rain and slide sideways ... when his tires hit the dirt on
the side of the road, that's when the roll began. the talk in the
junkyard was that he could have steered out of it, but who knows.

now ... NObody was killed or seriously injured in that wreck. glass
cuts and broken arm, i think they said. go look at a rollover chevy
SUV in the junkyard. notice how the roof over the front
driver/passenger isn't much of a roof anymore ... more like down at
the dash! :(

and my USAA insurance company gives me a 'safe vehicle' discount for
my 91 vanagon. seems that they consider it a safer car than some
others, simply cause they have fewer claims filed by vanagon owners.
go figure. :)

joel