Date:         Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:13:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon got smacked :-(
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why're y'all gettin so hyped up about a bumper.  mine has been hit and has
hit many solid unmoving objects as well as the occasional land yacht.

        the bumper looks like this

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i don't know, but the point where i decided not to do anything with the
bumper was when my dad backed the van up into a telephone pole.  mind you
that the van is a manual, and he backed up a pretty steep incline to come
in contact with this telephone pole at around 25 mph.  to top it all off,
the left rear quarter-panel(if vans have quarter-panels) got wrinkled in
that unnerving(to me and my van) collision.

so before you start goin on and on and on about how and where to get new
bumpers, keep your old one, it's a status symbol.

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889