Hmmm... I'd never thought of the van+(w)agon angle. Leave it to me to
complicate things.

Jim

On Dec 16, 2004, at 3:43 PM, Detroit Bus wrote:

> Jim, I've never heard that analysis, but it is certainly more creative
> than what I've always thought, that its just a combination of "van"
> and "station wagon" (the official American name of the original VW
> bus....)
>
> I actually quite like that.
>
> Garrick
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:22:17 -0600, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
> wrote:
>>>
>>> The vanagon name is an interesting one, anybody with some good
>>> insight
>>> on
>>> how vw came up with it?
>>>
>> I always figured it was to create a name for a unique shape, like
>> pentagon, octagon... vanagon. It does have a distinctive shape, and it
>> is rather rectilinear.
>>
>> Vanagon = dimensional locomotive solid with parallel opposite sides,
>> the volume of various liquids required to fill it being inversely
>> proportional to the amount of money spent on it divided by time spent
>> underneath it minus parts scrounged for it.
>>
>> Don't think outside the box, think under it.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>
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