Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 1997 12:51:44 -0600 (CST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jennifer Sarantites <sarantit@math.grin.edu>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon "annihilation" on TV.......

On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Hotch wrote:

> What was interesting about this is the fact that he could not immediatly
> crush the Vanagon...when he first hit it it barely got dented.

I saw an interesting video on Discovery Channel's "Invention" once of a 
Bug being driven off a cliff. It rolled over a few times, then landed 
upright with nary a scratch on it. Buses were built much the same way, so 
that if they got hit, their convex shape just rebounded and reflected the 
kinetic energy of the impact. VWs, in fact, had some of the earliest 
safety cages...

- J

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