My wife's van was totaled by a semi!!

[bum-man]

Now, when you say your wife was driving a van, do you mean one of these?

 
It was a 2000 Grand Caravan, something like this [img width=150 height=100]http://images.consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/autoreview/150X100/1996-2000-Dodge-Caravan-96103331990709.jpg[/img]

I haven't seen the van yet but I heard there is a picture this morning in the local paper.  I am going out shortly to see it and get some stuff out of it so I may take some photos that I can share.  I have to pickup the paper and see how it looked at the scene.

[Tynstar]

Lorry = semi

Written off  = totaled

[AndyC]

That's not a caravan, that's a people carrier.

This is a caravan:

[img width=504 height=321]http://www.ivan.co.nz/MotorhomePic/Caravan%20at%20Sisson.jpg[/img]

Strange how many things are known differently, especially when we have so much US culture over here.

[bum-man]

Just saw the van, the front end is not as bad I was thought but the back end is pretty messed up.  I couldn't get good photos of the front because it was up against a fence but here's the rear end.
[img width=480 height=640]http://photos.songmom.net/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4417&g2_serialNumber=2[/img]

I was glad it didn't snow here last night because everything inside would have been ruined.  Oh well off the call the insurance company and then I have to go to the police station for a copy of the accident report.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

If I can just make a suggestion as to your next vehicle...

[img width=700 height=383]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/m1a1-abrams0003.jpg[/img]

[bum-man]

If I can just make a suggestion as to your next vehicle...

Nice, but does it have room for the kid's car seats?  I wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets in the city.

[Tynstar]

If I can just make a suggestion as to your next vehicle...

I wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets in the city.

Crappy but you would save time by never being stuck in traffic.

[bum-man]

And I bet it's good in the snow, that could come in handy here.

[Alabama-Shrimp]

its a basted when its not your fault in any crash but so long as you ain't dead nothing else matters.

As for knowing what a van is, what is called a people carrier (MPV) in England is called a Minivan in America they do have Vans too you must have seen the A-Team!!