Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:55:06 -0500
Reply-To: Darren Lastfogel <vr6vanagon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Darren Lastfogel <vr6vanagon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What to do with a crash survivor
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sorry to hear about your misfortune, you say that you t-boned some one at 55 and you're not broken I would think you would find a new love for vanagons. glad to here you are alright it could have been worse.
Darren
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:28:08 -0700> From: neale@WOOZLE.ORG> Subject: What to do with a crash survivor> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > It's funny, I was working on a message to this list asking for opinions> about whether I was cut out for owning this vehicle. Last night as my> wife and I were discussing that very subject, someone failed to yield> pulling out onto the freeway and we T-boned them at 55MPH. My wife,> daughter, and I are all bruised but not broken, amazingly. The> windshield landed 15 feet ahead of the bus.> > I was mostly focused on the people but here's what I took away about the> 1989 7-passenger Vanagon:> > * It went from 55 to 0 awfully quickly> * The cooling system now has a very fast leak :)> * The windshield is gone> * The front end is pretty banged up> * My feet are fine> > We decided this was our cosmic invitation to acknowledge we're not> Vanagon people.> > I'm guessing from having read this list that the insurance company is> going to want to total it. There's a good chance the frame is bent, and> in their book the vehicle's probably not worth that much. I happen to> know that the parts on this thing are worth quite a bit. We have:> > * A 2.3L GoWesty engine, still under warranty (about 7,000 miles on it)> * New Nokian snow tires with reinforced sidewalls, about 100 miles on them> * A Gary Lee rack> * A Gary Lee rear bumper with trailer hitch> * An unused Bus Depot awning> * Two new GoWesty rear seat belts (weren't in use during the crash)> * A whole van full of parts in good shape> > The question is, how much of a pain is it going to be for me to recover> some of the money we put into the bus? The engine alone was around 5> grand. But I don't have the equipment to tear the thing down and sell> the parts out.> > Any suggestions as to what to do?> > Neale> who has a sore chest and a newfound love for Ralph Nader
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