Minivans

[David Boyd <john@dboyd.demon.co.uk>]

Thanks for the translation, Phil, but until you disillusioned me I had
gleefully noted that  these eccentric Americans must regard Minivans as
quaint and highly desirable early English motoring antiques, and had visions
of having the rusted-to-the-core (is there any other kind?) example in our
garage shipped over there in a container alongside the UK's stocks of
Georgian furniture and Worcester porcelain, in exchange for $$$$$$.
Never mind, it makes a spacious, if immobile,  toolbox.

David
john@dboyd.demon.co.uk
Cumbria, UK.

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:34:21 GMT
From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
Subject: Why an SUV?
In message <3.0.3.32.19971023104509.0091c820@mail56.MCIONE.com> Frederic
Breitwieser writes:
> Okay Ralph.  *cough*.  "Minivans" <smile>
Ah.  No.  There are two different entities - 'minivans' and 'Minivans'.
The former is a North American aberration.  The later is the cargo-carrying
(don't laugh) version of Alex Issigoni's famous 'Mini' - two small seats in
a
small compartment welded onto the front of a steel shoebox, preceded down
the
road by a 1000cc engine.
- --
Phil Payne
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club