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
>