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Subject:	Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction
Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:06:01 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Arthur writes: > > "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message > > No, really! It has air conditioning, four doors, a cargo area, > What is a "cargo area"? The volume in the back? I suppose in the UK we'd > still call that the boot (what you call the trunk). Nope. It doesn't have a trunk/boot. US "station wagon" == UK "estate", and thus, trunkless (some wagons have a small storage bin beneath the floor of the cargo area, though... Hope that helps. Knowing it's an estate (estate wagon?), what do you call the part in back behind the seats, then? BTW, Chris, what would the postage to the UK on this gem be? :-) Just in case. ++Lar

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		Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G2y261.48L@lugnet.com... (...) case. I'm pretty certain that Larry meant to type shipping and not postage. I can't imagine a Post Office accepting a car for postage as a parcel. Most (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)

		Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
(...) I was aware that estate = station wagon. I suppose the other name we use is just "the back". "The back" is common when describing the cargo area in vans too. I suppose by cargo area I thought he could have meant those little ridges some (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)

		Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
(...) Cool! I like learning this kind of terminology. And I did just mean that it was good for hauling stuff home from the home and garden shop, not that it had hidden compartments or anything. (...) case. I'm just estimating, but when I punch 2200 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)

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		Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:G2xq2r.FtD@lugnet.com... (...) can't (...) of (...) your (...) What is a "cargo area"? The volume in the back? I suppose in the UK we'd still call that the boot (what you call the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)

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