Transit Van

[John Walton]

nlpnt at yahoo.com said:

> question for any Brits; how common is it to
> refer to a cargo van as a "Transit" whether or not it's the actual
> Ford model of that name? I've heard it on "Junkyard Wars" (Scrapheap
> Challenge) and read it in auto magazines- is it limited to car guys
> or universal?

Very. Doesn't matter whether it's a Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer (?) or a real
Ford Transit. (Americans, it's about the same size as a GMC van or perhaps a
Dodge Ram van. Slightly larger than a minivan.) Especially if it's white.
"White Transit Van"s perpetrate more crimes than any others :D There's even
Transit Van Man, a saying to mean the type of lower-class person who would
be driving one of these around. Not that it's particularly accurate (coming
from the person who drove one around the country as part of a singing tour
for all the luggage...)

--John

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Tickle us. Do we not laugh?
Poison us. Do we not die?"

"Nope. That's what *immortal* means."
-John
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