dear all this last month i was driving an 89 audi quattro built in march of 88 it has a five cylinder vw engine in it of course ... and *drivers side air bag *sorry edward airbags been around since the 60's as a working invention* http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm *damn ol internet makes every one a genius * *just like spell check kin mike me cum form Hartford or Yawl yours On Jan 5, 2008 8:25 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote: > At 10:33 PM 1/5/2008, Max Wellhouse wrote: > >There's probably a reason VW didn't > >put airbags in the front of the Vanagon > > They hadn't been invented yet? : ) > > > > >> * 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. > > > When my insurance was trying to total my van for minor front end > damage I said it had a rebuilt engine. They told me that if I could > show proof of that, they would consider it. In my case it was from a > long gone PO, so I couldn't get any receipts or anything. You > shouldn't have that problem. I also got a lot better response when I > talked to my agent after getting a lot of BS from the adjuster. > > I think it's still your vehicle at this point and you should have > access to it until the insurance pays you the value and totals it, at > which time you transfer ownership to them. The issue of the cost of > towing and storage is something I've never had to deal with... > > Curious what you hit and how it faired in the wreck. Glad you are OK! > > Edward >
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