In a message dated 8/11/00 2:40:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
VeeDubVan@aol.com writes:

<< Subaru spelled backwards = U-R-A-Bus! >>

I found this out in the late 80s. I was at Ron Price VW/Subaru/Mazda
(dealership) in South San Francisco. While waiting for them to bring my Jetta
out, I spotted a little old lady pulling up in her Subaru wagon with the
plate URABUS.

Being the VW-centered guy that I am, I approached her to complement her on
the plates and to find out what happened to her bus. She gace me a puzzled
look adn told me that she had never owned a VW in her life. But thanked me
for being so clever as to figure out that her plate spelled Subaru
backswards. Of course, that was not what I said at all. What I said was...
nevermind. That's another story.

BenT
San Francisco