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oblig. vanagon content ... ok, so lots ...even most ... of us give names/personification to our buses. anybody care to comment as to WHY we do that? all i can come up with is that the bus (vanagon, eurovan, splittie, or breadloaf) seems to have a personality ... other cars i've owned didn't. honda didn't, mercedes didn't, porsche didn't. go figure. unca joel
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It has been my (humble) experience that a vehicle tends to aquire it personality with age, and with your continued exposure. The more you are around said vehicle, the more you notice it's quirks. I had an 18 year old Honda wagon that never missed a chance to do something rude, obnoxious, or just mean to my wife when she drove it. Never misbehaved for me, only her. Drove us both nuts. Her car was also a Honda wagon, just 2 years newer, and it never did those kind of things to her.
We name them to give us some kind of a handle on these odd behaviours our vehicles get after 20 (or 30 or...) years. Who can explain these peculiarities otherwise?
Evan Mac Donald
1985 GL Vanagon "Butternut" 1984 Wolfsburg Vanagon "Triptruck" 1991 Carat Vanagon "the Fridge" 1993 Bonneville "Grey Ghost" 1972 1/2 t. Chevy P/U "Sarah Beth II" |
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