Certainly, a Vanagon is a bus- especially an '80-'85, with those headlights giving you that unassuming stare that the loaf always did- but how can you dis the Chevy van? That ride was nothing but pure, unbridled kitsch! With 2-tone shag carpet on the dash, floor, walls, and ceiling (all of which reeks of stale cheeba), tiny tinted bubble/diamond quarter windows in the back, a bean bag or three, and a bumpin' system that cost $1000 about 15 years ago, all the females are yours! How can you lose? :-) You can dis the Dodge Caravan until you render it a new bung hole, but lay off the ('79) Chevy Van! Sam Chris Paquette wrote: > > I dislike referring to my '88 Westie as a "van" - I prefer to call it a > "bus". For some reason, "bus" has a better karmic feeling to it. To me, > the word "van" conjures up images of an old Chevy cargo van with a broken > 8-track player, duct tape over the windows and a hostage in the back. > > Definitely a "bus" man, myself. You? |
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