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Subject:Re: bus?
From:Mike Miller
Date:Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:16:22 -0800

OK squirrel, come on up to bURNINGvAN and we'll apply as much as you like.
Do we glue it to you or just nail it?

Mike

On 1/10/08 8:52 AM, "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'm driving a station wagon??? Dang, then I want faux-wood side panels and
> lots more chrome!
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 1/10/2008 8:35 AM The Bus Depot wrote:
>
>>> I took my 83 GL Diesel to the Ohio DMV to register it.
>>> They punched the vin into the computer, and I didn't pay much
>>> attention. After I got home, and read the registration card.
>>> It seems, I now own a "STATION WAGON"
>>
>>
>> Technically they're correct. In fact, according to both Volkswagen and the
>> U.S. Government, we're all driving station wagons. VW has legally classified
>> the Bus and Vanagon as station wagons in the U.S. for the last 40 years or
>> so, to skirt the 25% U.S. import tax imposed on foreign made trucks.
>>
>> - Ron Salmon
>>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>   www.busdepot.com
>>   (215)  234-VWVW
>>
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