"Bus" would have had staying power if VW hadn't called it a Vanagon.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Paquette [mailto:cp@IX.NETCOM.COM]
Sent: Friday, November 20, 1998 11:37 AM
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: Friday Frivolity: "Bus" vs. "Van"

I dislike referring to my '88 Westie as a "van" - I prefer to call it a
"bus".  For some reason, "bus" has a better karmic feeling to it.  To me,
the word "van" conjures up images of an old Chevy cargo van with a broken
8-track player, duct tape over the windows and a hostage in the back.

Definitely a "bus" man, myself.  You?