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Date:         Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:21:16 +0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         cetin@kirk.bellcore.com (Cetin Seren)
Subject:      Click, Clack, etc..

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> >Click and Clack (the Car Talk guys) railed on a woman about the dangers
> >of driving her '76 Westy (tippy, no side impact protection -- suggested
> >she wear a footbal helmet).  Anyway, I've heard that the Vanagons are quite
> >safe.  Does anyone have real stats on this?  Vehicle deaths per mile?
> >Or Insurance company type of data?


> Interesting,  I once heard them advise a young kid to get an old bus 
> because: A) last forever B) so cheap to fix, and if it broke, C) you 
> could just throw it away and get another, and lastly D) girls like 
> it


I listened to that show.  They said that the guy would never get it
completely fixed, but that was O.K., 'cause they are never completely
broken, either -- they're always in between...


Cetin
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