That "town ace" looks a lot like what Toyota sold here as "the mini van". it was the predecessor to the previa, which was the predecessor to the sienna. http://www.velocityjrnl.com/jrnl/1984/vmd5024ov.html
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:41 AM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Or maybe "just one" Was: Perhaps "many" .. but not "all" > Hi again Tony > > >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?" :-) > > Right. Do you call them station wagons? Do you know what a "ute" is? > Or a "bakkie" (pron. buckie)? Or a "technical"? All the same thing, > in Australia, South Africa and Somalia respectively - a pickup, I > think you call it. (The Somali version mounts a machine-gun.) Do you > know what "jeep" used to mean? > > > > 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? > > I said we paid US$1,250, mostly for the paperwork, actual cost > probably about $100. > > > > 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 > > What's a minivan? Here in Japan that's not a minivan, a minivan is > about a quarter that size but they don't call it that. > > >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. > > Japan, second-hand export. There aren't any older vehicles here, too > expensive to own them, so people buy them up cheap and export them > all over the world. > > >Now this is a Diesel or I guess the one you have is a Diesel? > > > > >1.9-litre 4-cyl turbo diesel, we're getting more than 40 mpg. > > > ><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. > > Oh, sports! Well... What sport do they use Sport Utility Vehicles in? > > Best > > Keith > > > 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/ > > > 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/
