Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 07:30:36 -0600
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
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PLEH - I like that. HELP! spelled backwards. Sort of says it all.
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 2/4/2011 1:50 PM, Roland wrote:
> In response to "The original SUV?" David wrote: "Pleh."
>
> LOL, I like this response, should be very useful. For example when my wife
> asks "Hey honey, I am going to watch Glen Beck, would you like to join me?"
>
> Pleh
>
> Roland
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:05 AM, David Beierl<dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear Roland,
>>
>> My opinion -
>>
>> At 01:13 PM 2/4/2011, Roland wrote:
>>
>>> What is the generic label? I've heard our vehicles called......
>>>
>>> Van
>>>
>> Quick and dirty yes.
>>
>> Bus
>> Sorta-kinda but that's mostly reserved for the T2s I think.
>>
>> Camper
>> Some of them. But we hardly ever use the word, I think.
>>
>> Truck
>> In many ways it is - VW carefully tread the line of US regulations at
>> least, of calling it a car for some purposes and a truck for others.
>>
>> Rig
>> I never would, but I'm not sure I'd call anything except a radio a rig.
>>
>> Kombi
>> Isn't that a VW name for a specific configuration of German T3?
>>
>> Bulli
>> That's German too, someone here will know about it.
>>
>> The original SUV
>> Pleh.
>>
>> Others?
>> I often call it a beast. Usually in a good way.
>>
>>
>> Every pickup truck I see is clearly a pickup truck.
>> Huh. Ever see an Escalade pickup? Or a Torino?
>>
>>
>> So what are we? The ultimate utility vehicle, can do anything, adapts
>>> to any mission, a chameleon. Are we in a class by ourselves? What is
>>> our category and label?
>>>
>> Well, for a start we're in at least two classes, regular and Syncro. Or
>> maybe a class and a superclass. One of the things I always thought about my
>> '84 Westy, even when it was having troubles, was *willing.* Chameleon I
>> don't like. We're always sturdy, unprepossessing, capable, adaptable,
>> useful. Probably brave, clean and reverent as well. But if we weren't in a
>> class by ourselves, why would we put up with us? I'm not a Microbus guy,
>> although I admired them when they were what was available. I'm certainly
>> not a VW guy. I'm not a T4 guy and although I've never seen a T5 I doubt if
>> I'm one of them either. I might be a Sprinter guy if I had a chance to be,
>> dunno. Ditto LT, UniMog, various other things. But I'm definitely a
>> Vanagon guy. What is love? I don't know.* What does my beloved look like?
>> I don't know.
>>
>> *Well, I sorta kinda think I do, but not in this context. It's a
>> continuing act of will, something else entirely.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>>
>
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