Seriously - I dont know what that T3 was but a T3 has a very good crumple zone that takes a bit of the load.
They are not like a kombi where the front skin is all that is between you and the accident
have a look at the damage to mine and that was a Tiguan driving straight into it at I reckon 80kms with no brakes
I don't believe the myth that it's a fake T3. Based on what I've read and seen, I think it was a real T3 travelling at somewhere over 60mph and had about a tonne and a half of concrete in the back. Either way, you clearly don't want to crash any forward-control van at high speed, regardless of how well they're built. Even if the structure is stiff enough to resist deformation, there is no room for a crumple zone to decelerate you slowly, so you will experience huge deceleration. The best you can hope for with a stiff car or truck is to hit a nice squishy modern car and use their crumple zone!
waveman1500 wrote:Based on what I've read and seen, I think it was a real T3 travelling at somewhere over 60mph and had about a tonne and a half of concrete in the back.
Safety tip for T3 owners;
"Do not not crash into a solid object travelling at somewhere over 60mph with a tonne and a half of concrete in the back."
They really should have that disclaimer in the owner's manual.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
I have a friend that works at the crash lab at Eastern Creek and years ago now she was telling me that the T3 was loaded with steel plate bolted to the rear and from memory was around four tonne and then was used to test the new test lab wall that had just been constructed, the car would never had folded like that without the load behind continuing to push it, cheers Greg
69 fastback daily driver gone, 66 beetle next resto job,
sold my 76 camper after 21 years years ago and now all the prices have gone up, moving and re building houses has slowed down VW love, Greg Martin
I know that wasn't in Australia, and my friend is not full of shit , she was simply putting that video into perspective by telling me that they were testing a new wall wherever it was, and not crash testing the car, cheers
69 fastback daily driver gone, 66 beetle next resto job,
sold my 76 camper after 21 years years ago and now all the prices have gone up, moving and re building houses has slowed down VW love, Greg Martin
Good to see constructive criticism at work, full of shite, in Australia or otherwise?
very strange comment in retrospect, very strange?
observation's only 🙂
I luv the VW fraternity and it's nuttiness 😘
I looked at this sickening sight yet again and glad my bus isn't orange 🤓
stop waving at me
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