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14570 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 9:18 AM
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| laughing at the 'active lifestyle' comment about the roller blading subaru owners .. maybe SOME of you have the car for an active lifestyle .. I just bought mine cause I wanted something to haul things in and this one was the best value and also the most COMFORTABLE RIDE ! | |
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regarding naming the vehicle Touareg, besides for the difficult pronunciation (tour-egg). Seems that these nomads of the desert are also famous for owning slaves—not exactly a strong PR point... Graham, thanks for the trivia!  Bob |
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"The concept of the nomadic traveller in wild country is actually fairly inspired for the VW 4wd. The only other really apt one I can think of is the Land Rover which was originally intended as a Rover car for the land owner. There are some extremely silly ones I can think of. Any other apt names come to mind?" Volkswagen did this 28 years ago, when I switched from air cooled VWs to water-cooled. Their first US watercooled car was the Scirocco, named for the Saharan desert wind. (beat the Rabbit here by a couple of months.) I always thought the Toyota Land Rover was aptly named. However, now it should be called "Toyota Bloated Overpriced SUV POS Driven By Gum Smacking Phone Talking Soccer Moms" <G> Steve |
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I tried to put your 'acronym' together, but it just doesn't flow right! "TBOSUVPOSDBGSPTSM" Great idea, though. I think you got the vehicle concept right, but we just have to work on rearranging the letters to something more easily pronounced.  Steve |
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Wait a sec, I thought it was twah-regg? Even we cannot agree on this. Scirocco was a cool name. I kind of wanted one of those in high school. Let's use paisan's term - Soccer Mom Vehicle. -juice |
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Bloated Overpriced Soccer Mom Vehicle... BOSMV? Jim |
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I test drove the Scirocco but was immediately turned off because it had zero headroom for someone over 6'. I literally had to recline the seat to prevent my head from whacking the headliner. -Frank P. |
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was the pronunciation I saw in some car magazine (or was it an on-line article?). In any event, it was promoted by an automotive source as the correct way to say it. Bob |
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Yeah Frank, but the low-flow stlying was a big part of the appeal. I think C&D said to pronounce it Tour-egg. The point is, noone can agree! Dumb name for an interesting SUV. -juice |
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FYI www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0849609.html www.encyclopedia.com/search.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20Tuareg |
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