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Date:         Fri, 27 Nov 1998 12:30:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: VanagonVolvoThought.
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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>Just a thought: when they fired an unsuspecting Volvo against valiant
>Vanagon, presumably neither vehicle was braking. Does this mean that if
>the Volvo driver was to brake before impact, the Vanagon would sail right
>over the top of the Volvo instead of taking the roof off? Think of the
>insurance savings.......Dave P 87 Syncro bus
>


        On the other hand...if the Vanagon were braking and the Volvo
        wasn't, would the damage to the Vanagon be worse?


        Addendum to Owners Manual: On impending head-on collision with
        a passenger car...DO NOT BRAKE.






      OLTECO                    Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688             Networking Technology and Architecture
      Stanford, CA              Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                415.517.3519
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