Keith, <SNIP>
> > Whatever, it's a recent term, not nearly as old as 4WD vehicles are. > Older than online (or at least than the Web) but less than 20 years > I'd say, and an American term, not in general world use even now. I think so. When I was in Nice a couple of years back I was discussing cars with a couple from the London area. They were tellig me of the woes of their Estate car. I waited and asked later "whats an estate car?" :-) > > Called a Town-Ace in the US. Picture here: > http://www.us-autosales.com/townacel.htm > US Auto - Honda Town Ace Lite > > Wow, "$3,800 - $6,500 Depending on model year and options." :-) Is that good or bad? > Higher clearance than it looks in this picture, by the way. The > Hi-Ace is similar but bigger, and the original model - the first > Hi-Aces were made in the late 60s I think. Current Hi-Aces have > 3-litre turbo diesels and full-time 4x4. Too big for us - rural > access roads in Japan are small, tight spaces. Looks like an older Toyota minivan with a higher roofline. This is the first one I've ever seen. Oh, look at the steering wheel, its on the right side. Wonder where this one came from. Now this is a Diesel or I guess the one you have is a Diesel? <SNIP> > >Names get created like BioDiesel and sometimes they > >stick. Some names don't. Could be a television thing, commentators are > >always saying dumb things that catch on. > If it catches on then maybe it wasn't dumb. > Could be, I just think of all the goofy sports terms that people use and that concept comes to mind. > Best > > Keith > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> New Yahoo! Mail Plus. More flexibility. More control. More power. Get POP access, more storage, more filters, and more. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hcb0iA/P.iFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
