[ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan / Hardtop ???

[Frank Sommers]

I don't suppose anyone has heard this joke:

Why do the British drink their beer warm?


Lucas refrigerators

ha

Frank


On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Eric Russell wrote:

> Don't get me wrong.  I go out of my way to buy British
> beer. We ofter meet at a restaurant where I might have
> a beer or a glass of wine.  I drive there and my wife
> stands by to drive home.
>
> I just found the concept presented by Slats amusing.
> I only teased him because I know him.
>
> Eric
>
> --- Steven Dibdin <sdibdin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have to say as a Brit every classic car club I
>> belonged to back home met
>> at a pub for their monthly meets.
>> I sort of moss that. Pubs aren't just for Christmas
>> you know....
>>
>> No we didn't crash TRs from drinking, we could do
>> that sober!
>>
>> I have to admit I didn't get the saloon bit until
>> someone sugested it. Still
>> think of Rovers as Saloons I suppose.
>>
>> StevenD
>>
>>
>>> From: Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
>>> Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan /
>> Hardtop ???
>>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:48:17 -0800 (PST)
>>>
>>> Slats,
>>> My "joie de vie" side celebrates that idea. My
>> logical
>>> side wonders about DUI.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Slatskars <slatskars at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eric,
>>>>
>>>> By co-incidence, our Portland, OR, Club T-MG,
>> new
>>>> events coordinator is
>>>> instituting a series of pub visits as monthly
>>>> events. Should/could be
>>>> interesting!
>>>>
>>>> Slats
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:37 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan /
>>>> Hardtop ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I enjoyed Glen's unraveling of the Saloon part
>> of
>>>> the
>>>>> name and now find that it is NOT a pub
>> crawler's
>>>>> association ;-))
>>>>>
>>>>> The name of the Rover CAR Club of Canada has a
>>>> similar
>>>>> history.  When we started, there were LAND
>> Rover
>>>> clubs
>>>>> out here.  I contacted the Rover Car Company
>> and
>>>> asked
>>>>> if there were any Rover CAR Clubs in Canada.
>> They
>>>>> said that there were none registered with them
>> or
>>>> with
>>>>> British Heritage.  The rest is history.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Glen Wilson <glenwilson at cavtel.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gundry, Kenneth wrote:
>>>>>>> My car was described simply as the
>>>>>>> five-seater, as opposed to several versions
>> of
>>>> the
>>>>>> saloon (hard-top
>>>>>>> sedan in American, I think) and two and
>> four
>>>> seat
>>>>>> sports models.
>>>>>> I don't remember if Steve Manwell had any
>> input
>>>> on
>>>>>> choosing the name
>>>>>> Rover Saloon Touring Club of America for our
>>>> club,
>>>>>> or if it was down to
>>>>>> me. I don't even think the potentially
>> humorous
>>>> play
>>>>>> on words re touring
>>>>>> saloons (i.e. drinking establishments)
>> occurred
>>>> to
>>>>>> me until after the
>>>>>> name was chosen. I think that I was
>> influenced by
>>>>>> the British Automobile
>>>>>> Touring Association of Nova Scotia and the
>>>> British
>>>>>> Saloon Car Club of
>>>>>> Canada.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The point of this posting is that I am always
>>>> amazed
>>>>>> that so many car
>>>>>> people in the USA have never heard the
>> automotive
>>>>>> term "saloon" before
>>>>>> they encounter our club in some listing.
>>>> Sometimes
>>>>>> they call looking for
>>>>>> some sort of "salon" for classic cars. I put
>> the
>>>>>> word in there to
>>>>>> distinguish it from all of the Land Rover 4WD
>>>> clubs
>>>>>> there are in the USA
>>>>>> and the web. I still hear from people who
>> want to
>>>>>> sell or buy Range
>>>>>> Rovers.  I might have said "Rover Sedan" but
>>>> "Rover
>>>>>> Saloon" seemed more
>>>>>> appropriate and sounded a little bit artsy. I
>>>>>> suppose words like
>>>>>> "cabriolet" would stump the same people
>> except
>>>> for
>>>>>> the sale of VW
>>>>>> drop-tops over here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, that's my thought for the day...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Glen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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