And if you paint it on the front of your Vanagon people will know what you
mean when they look in their review mirrors.

MT

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 5:31 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?

  PLEH - I like that. HELP! spelled backwards. Sort of says it all.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 2/4/2011 1:50 PM, Roland wrote:
> 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
>>
>