wtf is a station wagon

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in these days when the names of vehicles change is there an up to date source of vehicle types? you know what i mean, it used to be a minibus and now its a people carrier. what was a convertable is now a cabriolet(which is actually something different) but wtf is a station wagen or indeedy a shooting brake
 
Station Wagon derives from the heady days of the empire. It was the car used to transport luggage and people and goods from the station to the house. It is the same as an estate - e.g. a vehicle used for all purposes on a country estate. Shooting brake is the same again - used for shooting game and killing errant peasants etc.:D

The common factor is that they all have posh derivations I guess.

Doesn't cabriloet serive from horsedrawn taxi 'cabs' that could pull forward a rain cover to cover the passengers? bur what's a convertible all about?
 
Thats easy.............in the days of "moggy 1000's" if you had a convertible, you put the soft fabric roof down, cruised up the A1 with your arm resting on the door, and you were converted to Elvis Presely, driving a '57 Chevy bel air down the Pacific highway.

Others believe you do the same with an XR3i, but you are converted to a ****.:D :D :D :D
 
how the ferk can you shoot a peasant with a car?? wouldn't a gun be better..
i think a cabriolet is one of them things where the passengers are under a roof but the driver sits out in the rain.i,e no roof.. you must have seen the things on them there old sherlock holmes films
 
so you can call yer vehicle anything you like so long as you have a good excuse/reason/explanation to do so. so my series 111 is a garage filler or an account emptier.. also would that mean you could call a gaylander a stationary wagon
 
Doesn't a "brake" come from the days of the horse and cart when it was the equivalent of a people carrier to go shooting in?

What's a "tilt" then thats another thing that comes from the 'os and cart day but why "tilt"?

Hey and another thing, who was responsible for the change from "carriers" to "haulage" then to "logistics"
 
tilt probelly comes from them roofs that tilt backwards, like what you got on the old style baby prams and also the one horse carriages that the doctors used in countless cowboy films
 
Isn't the difference between cabriolet and convertable to do with whether there is a roll-bar / permanent frame or not e.g. old golf's / 911's etc.

Or has it got to do with whether the windows are framed or frameless?

And what would you call an SLK or the new Volvo with Metal roofs?

I think Station Wagons / Shooting Brakes / Estates etc. are all the same thing - i.e. a normal car with a bigger boot. The Land Rover use of the term is a bit of a misnomer - maybe it should be 'personnel carrier!!!!'

e.g. "I have a Defender 90 Van - my wife drives a Defender 110 Personnel Carrier!"

Just to add to the confusion!:D
 
And who decided to call a bit of bar "solid billet"! It's a bit of bleedin round bar. Or if your realy posh round stock.

And if something is CNC machined, its easier and cheaper to produce so why isn't it cheaper?
 
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