Regular readers of this blog--and hundreds of people in the online ACVW community--are probably aware of Colin (aka amskeptic) who for years has travelled around the country in his trusty 1973 passenger bus tutoring owners (including us) on the ins and outs of their old VWs.
Unfortunately there was an accident yesterday and his bus, informally dubbed "Road Warrior" due to its 588,238 miles, has departed this Mortal Coil. A young lady in a Mitsubishi Eclipse hit him at somewhere between 60 and 65mph (with her foot still on the gas) on the High Plains of Eastern Colorado. Colin had gone into the shoulder and slowed down to 45-50. That's a closing speed of over 100mph.
Against those who would denounce old VWs as death traps, I am pleased to offer Exhibit A:
(photo courtesy Quadratrückseite)
Colin walked away with a scraped leg, swollen ankle, and stiff neck.
5 comments:
Geesh...I hope she was locked up!Thank goodness he was okay.
Oh, man. I only take comfort in the fact that he was okay and that the "bus crash" worries proved overstated - at least this time. That impact looks awful...
Oh no! I'm glad he's ok but what will he drive now?
ml-She admitted to having been under the influence of something, so there you go.
bb's d-The Road Warrior did admirably, that's for sure. More pictures for the morbidly curious are here:
http://itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?t=6884&start=0
nk-He's pretty shaken, but don't worry too much about what he'll drive. He's got like ten other cars, one of them a white over green 197? VW bus with less than 40,000 original miles on it.
Alright,
Mitch.
nk-And he has a Squareback too.
-Melissa
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