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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 05:41 PM |
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T3 unbelieveable damage
Check out this Chinese made (so I'm told) crash test.
Holly F, wouldn't want to be in one of these in a frontal crash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpU5azjCB8
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 05:54 PM |
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I would rather be in a vanagon than a splitty
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
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 06:02 PM |
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That test was high speed and fully loaded. Any vehicle and your history
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 06:03 PM |
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Hi
I reckon that they had a large payload in the back for the T3 to compact like that, the back wheels seem to stay on the ground during impact.
I've seen other T3 crash videos and fair pretty well in these type of crashes.
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 06:16 PM |
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The site where I saw this, stated it was a Chinese built T3 and not a German built one.
Looks like there was no chassis at all the way it crumbled. I wasn't meaning that anyone here should be concerned, just put it up for a talk
piece.
Also saw a video of a German built one at 50kmph into a wall and lucky if it pushed in 5-6" a very big difference.
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 08:42 PM |
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Have a look here. It shows a bit moreabout that test.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykStESm3vw
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 10:37 PM |
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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
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| posted on March 24th, 2013 at 10:45 PM |
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stop waving at me 
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| posted on March 25th, 2013 at 04:33 PM |
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that 2nd video was a better advert for the morris 1100 :-)
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| posted on March 25th, 2013 at 05:59 PM |
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hahahaha
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| posted on March 27th, 2013 at 02:23 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by waveman1500
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
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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.
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| posted on March 27th, 2013 at 03:03 PM |
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The ideal thing if you plan on crashing, is hitting a truck full of pilllows or hay
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| posted on March 27th, 2013 at 03:52 PM |
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Or a Chery J1
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on April 5th, 2013 at 09:46 AM |
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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
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| posted on April 5th, 2013 at 03:29 PM |
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Your friend is full of shit!
That wasn't done in Australia.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on April 5th, 2013 at 09:14 PM |
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I never new T3 were made in china.
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| posted on April 6th, 2013 at 05:49 AM |
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That was a typo Ben. It was the wall that was made in China.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on April 6th, 2013 at 07:31 AM |
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if its on the internet it must be true
if its on this site it must be true
great vid though!
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| posted on April 6th, 2013 at 07:33 AM |
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if its on the internet it must be true
if its on this site it must be true
great vid though!
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| posted on April 6th, 2013 at 09:58 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by AA003
Your friend is full of shit!
That wasn't done in Australia.
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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
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| posted on April 14th, 2013 at 07:49 PM |
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hard to say who was doing the test. if you put a few angle grinder slits in the right places any car could fail with shocking results.
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| posted on April 14th, 2013 at 08:23 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by AA003
Your friend is full of shit!
That wasn't done in Australia.
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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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