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Date:         Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:52:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: bus?
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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I'm driving a station wagon??? Dang, then I want faux-wood side panels and lots more chrome!

-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR

On 1/10/2008 8:35 AM The Bus Depot wrote:

>> I took my 83 GL Diesel to the Ohio DMV to register it. >> They punched the vin into the computer, and I didn't pay much >> attention. After I got home, and read the registration card. >> It seems, I now own a "STATION WAGON" > > > Technically they're correct. In fact, according to both Volkswagen and the > U.S. Government, we're all driving station wagons. VW has legally classified > the Bus and Vanagon as station wagons in the U.S. for the last 40 years or > so, to skirt the 25% U.S. import tax imposed on foreign made trucks. > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT


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