Whenever I find a new Vanagon in the boneyards, the front bumper is
pristine while the rear is a twisted piece of wreckage. As is mine.
This leads me to think that one or more of these things is true:

1. We are better at driving forward than we are at backing up.

2. Impatient drivers come up on our rears more than we would like.

3. It would be good to have a second driver in the rear, rather like a
hook-and-ladder truck.

Mark
'82 Westy