Or 'Tonka Toys' from a toy manufacturer in Oz. Ninety percent of them in
Sydney are only used by thirty-something mothers for transporting the kids
to and from school. They've never even seen a gravel road let alone a
stretch of bush.
JohnW.
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of andrew fildes
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:10 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] SUV's and Zuiko's
That's an equally impenetrable term to us poor foreigners. Most of us call
them 'four wheel drives' or 4WD.
(On the grounds that there's nothing particularly sporting or useful about
them!)
AndrewF
(mine's a Mitsubishi)
>Sport Utility Vehicle.
>
>Otherwise known as MGW (monstrous gas-wasters).
>
>Tom
>
>> To a poor foreigner, please spell out what SUV stands for. It's
>> something with cars, right? Vans? I just want to know if it's
>> something I should hemorrhag (love that word) for.
>>
>> Henrik Dahl
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