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Rich New Yorkers Are Driving Custom-Designed Cargo Vans

Nov 22, 2011, 14:05

kanniballl

Big deal.

Back in my day my parents had a Convertion Van... that's pretty much what it was.

While my friends had Minivans and such, we had a convertion van. It was a regular commercial-type van (big/tall thing) that was modded on the inside with lush seats and stuff. The roof was raised a little, had a tini TV (back when such a thing was unheard of). Lots of room, could stand up, I loved the thing.

And we were far from rich. It was pretty much my dad's retirement fund... he wanted to take big road trips with it (like a small RV). Which we did do a few times.

Funny thing: most common question was "does it have cable?"

Umm, yeh we just drag a huge spool around us that unwinds on the highway.

Granted, now the mini-vans have built-in LCDs bigger than that old tiny thing and get a lot better gas mileage than that tank. But the ability to stand and stretch your legs (as a passenger) was quite a luxury.

This comment was edited on Nov 22, 2011, 14:24.




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Comment [quote="kanniballl"Nov 22, 2011, 14:05]Big deal. Back in my day my parents had a Convertion Van... that's pretty much what it was. While my friends had Minivans and such, we had a convertion van. It was a regular commercial-type van (big/tall thing) that was modded on the inside with lush seats and stuff. The roof was raised a little, had a tini TV (back when such a thing was unheard of). Lots of room, could stand up, I loved the thing. And we were far from rich. It was pretty much my dad's retirement fund... he wanted to take big road trips with it (like a small RV). Which we did do a few times. Funny thing: most common question was "does it have cable?" Umm, yeh we just drag a huge spool around us that unwinds on the highway. Granted, now the mini-vans have built-in LCDs bigger than that old tiny thing and get a lot better gas mileage than that tank. But the ability to stand and stretch your legs (as a passenger) was quite a luxury. [/quote]

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