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 baybuscamperkid
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| posted on December 20th, 2002 at 12:55 PM |
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a little bit of trivia...
in a head on collision between a kombi and a late 70's Volvo stationwagen, in which car would the front seat occupants suffer least injuries?
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| posted on December 23rd, 2002 at 05:07 PM |
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Possible trick question! I really depends on what generation Kombi you mean.
Gen 1 Kombi ('50-'67) - no question. The Volvo wins - it would wreck the poor splittie and you would be in serious hurt.
Gen 2 Kombi ('68-79) - probably a draw. More stongly built that previous Kombi and have double element front bumper. They also have 'Y'
front chassis members, pre-dating the shitbox Tarago by decades. But those Volvos are tanks.
Gen 3 Kombi ('80-91) - the Kombi wins! They were expressly designed to exceed all front crash parameter requirements. Club Veedub has a factory
video of such a crash test in the members' library - it makes interesting watching. You immediately want to go out and buy a Kombi.
Gen 4 Kombi (-92-present) - dunno really but at least as good as Gen 3 I'm sure.
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| posted on December 24th, 2002 at 10:15 AM |
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actualy im talking a series2 kombi. and the kombi wins by a mile. in the test, the kombi, thanks to its ride height, on impact rides up and over the
nose of the volvo, coming to rest in the windscreen.
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volvo driver - stuffed
kombi driver - a little bruised but walks away.
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| posted on December 30th, 2002 at 04:32 PM |
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Great news that.
It was a Volvo driver who wrote off my Beetle, so I hate them.
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| posted on December 30th, 2002 at 05:29 PM |
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Yes, safety in a Kombi has always been a concern for me after having stripped my '77 bus. If I hit anything from the bumper line down from the
front, not a problem, very strong, but anything above that and yer a goner mate!
That's why all the crash tests I've seen of 69-79 kombi's is a crash where the bumper takes the full brunt. Unfortunately in reality it
doesn't always happen that way.
Andy.
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| posted on December 30th, 2002 at 06:15 PM |
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This is an argument against lowering kombies
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23 windows ...8 too many!
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