- 1. Shooting-brake (score: 1)
- Author: zrol01@trc.amoco.com (Richard O. Lindsay)
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 12:34:22 CST
- In Mark's note he states: When one doesn't know the definition of a term, one should substitute the definition of another term. This is how politics and interviews are mixed. So, here is one for you.
- /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00021.html (7,791 bytes)
- 2. Re: Shooting-brake (score: 1)
- Author: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 14:22:17 CST
- Right. I understood "Shooting Brake" to be a high-tone station wagon which proper British gentlemen drive out to do some shooting. I have a fuzzy recollection that the "shooting" does indeed refer to
- /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00025.html (7,550 bytes)
- 3. Re: Shooting-brake (score: 1)
- Author: Garry Archer <archer@hsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:43:43 -0500
- When I first read the query, I remembered from my days as an English Country peasant that a Shooting Brake was synonymous with "Station Wagon" as used in Yankeeland or "Estate Car" as used in Britain
- /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00026.html (8,453 bytes)
- 4. Re: Shooting-brake (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.com (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:33:25 -0800
- And yes, these are proper assumptions. But you see, making the connection of "car" as in "automobile" is muck too recent for this term. The term "Brake", which is a variation of "Break" in this case,
- /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00032.html (7,923 bytes)
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