Date:         Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:24:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bumper contemplations
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I've been driving a VW bus of some type for a lot of years and have
never had someone bump let alone hit me from behind. A lot of those
years includes the '59 with the mighty 36hp and the '71 so slow on my
part has been an issue.

I have on the other hand I have found poles, rocks & trees with the
back on my VW bus (over the years) that I did not see until they
'introduced' themselves to me <g>.

Rob
becida@comcast.net


At  11/28/2010 01:05 PM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>#2 is the most consistent cause :)
>--
>Jim Thompson
>84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
>Full Timing Since March 1999
>oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>***********************************
>On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Mark L. Hineline
><hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
> > Whenever I find a new Vanagon in the boneyards, the front bumper is
> > pristine while the rear is a twisted piece of wreckage. As is mine.
> > This leads me to think that one or more of these things is true:
> >
> > 1. We are better at driving forward than we are at backing up.
> >
> > 2. Impatient drivers come up on our rears more than we would like.
> >
> > 3. It would be good to have a second driver in the rear, rather like a
> > hook-and-ladder truck.
> >
> > Mark
> > '82 Westy