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Date:         Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:01:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
Comments: To: joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <697D3AB9F10645738DB602843C9A0132@gp207joel> (joel walker's
              message of "Sun\, 15 Feb 2009 13\:52\:48 -0600")
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joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET> writes:

> no truth ... just opinions by uninformed biased idiots. > my insurance company, usaa, gives me a safe-vehicle discount on my > vanagons ... because the chances of serious injury is LESS than in > comparable vehicles. so i kinda don't see how it (or the previous > generations, which are pretty much the same design) could be 'deadly'.

Well the Vanagon WAS completely re-engineered and crash tested. It's basic cab-over design is like the previous "bus", but the structure is not the same at all. At least, that's my understanding.

Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL


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