I learned to drive in a Suburban. We always called it the Monster. Huge vehicle. The one I drove had a tiny V8. Of course, Also my first few months of driving were in WV, where trips to town were infrequent. So a large vehicle to stick 7 or 8 people in was very useful. The nice thing about Vanagons is that they are deceptively large. While you can stick 7 adults in them comfortably (unlike some of mini- vans where you aren't comfortable.) on the outside, they still are small.
On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > I never thought SUV stood for SPORT Utility Vehicle. > I always understood it to mean SUBURBAN Utility Vehicle. The > Suburbs is > where you see most all of them, not doing sports, but usually > sucking down > petrol going to music lessons or shopping or headed here and there > on the > freeways.. > > In the country or in 4wd territory, pickups seem the vehicle of > choice.. > > As an acronym(sp?) "SUV" works pretty well if you think of the "S" as > standing for Suburban.. > As an aside, it may be that the original SUV was the Chevy > Suburban of > around 1958...Very like the today larger 'Murikan SUVs, but a bit > smaller > and certainly quite different from what was being built by anyone > else at > that time. Kinda like a huge Station Wagon built on a truck chassis > and > with lots of ground clearance, but simply awful to ride in. I > remember > riding in one that a pal of my father owned in the '60s, down a long > washboard road in Montana to hit a fishing spot they knew...It must > have > been awful if I remember it still to this day.. > Don Hanson |
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