Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:42:17 -0600
Reply-To:     Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
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From:         Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
Subject:      Fw: frontal crash
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 Michael Harrnacker wrote on November 16, 1998 10:12 PM
>
> someone posted a location to look at pictures of a frontal test on a
> Vanagon.  anyone remember where these are?
>
I saved the test results which were posted by Johan Nyberg.

As I recall, a Swedish insurance company crashed a Vanagon head on into a
Volvo wagon.  Since I own both vehicles, I was intrigued with the results.
Somewhat surprisingly, the Volvo did very poorly, as the Vanagon rode up
and over the Volvo hood and into its passenger compartment.

Attached are the test result numbers.  I tried to attach the scans of the
crash results, but the List server refused them as too lengthy.  I will
forward them to individual listees who so request.

I think there are two important lessions here.  First, the laws of physics
dictate that a heavy, high vehicle will have an advantage when colliding
with a lighter, lower vehicle.  Second, NEVER run into another Vanagon!
(Besides the obvious catastrophic personal carnage, this would likely
result in the removal of two more of a diminishing breed (brand?) from our
ranks.





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