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quote:Originally posted by Bob Pasternak
 For what it's worth, that video was made at 'Bosch Automotive Test Facility' at New Carlisle, IN, about 10 miles west of South Bend. I was a 'heavy vehicle test driver' a few months. Where they're running the test is called "Accelerated Mileage Accumulation." It's 2 1/2 miles around that test track with what are called 'chatters, harmonics, twists, large & small cobblestones and staggers.' You cross each of the sets of problems at a pre-determined speed from 14 to 28 MPH. One trip around that track is equal to about 1000 miles "real life".
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Bob,
There was a video being passed around a while ago from Ford that showed the F150, Toyota, and Dodge being bounced down a track and the fenders looked like they were going to fall off. The Toyota fenders actually crushed the tailgate. Don't know if you saw it but was that the same track?