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I believe a Kombi is what Us'n aging hippies used to call a Microbus.Not having been born until 1967 was almost over, I'll have to take your word for what Hippies did.  For me, "Kombi" is just a contraction of "Kombinationwagen"  
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How *do you pronounce that, anyway?Rhymes with cheese. 
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I believe a Kombi is what Us'n aging hippies used to call a Microbus.Umm...what's a Microbus? Is it like one of those weird VW Vanagons? Did you drive it around as part of a convoy? 
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FLuid Abysmal KansasThat's appropriate, as far as I am concerned! Kansas is at least ten thousand miles of nothing. Nothing to see except fields of waving grain. Not a hill in sight, to the horizon on ALL sides, and hardly any trees, either. Gave me the heebie-jeebies. Thereafter on my trips out west, I drove hundreds of miles out of my way, specifically to avoid driving through Kansas. Are you listening, CK? Aksherly, mine was a mondegreen, but a semi-intentional one. The van is most often spelled Kombi, and that is the original German spelling. The "Vdub" was my childhood misinterpretation, used here as an homage to international copyright protection laws.I have never heard of a Kombi--I thought Vdub Kombi was some unknown language! An homage? Quel dommage!
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I'm getting older by the second! "those weird VW vanwagons"! they were wonderful-- (and have been reborn as mini vans of today!) My cousin had one set up for camping-- and on one of his early dates with his now wife, her father saw the van, peaked in, and saw a bed-- and asked him if he had an other car... He returned on his motor cycle with an extra helmet.. At which point dad decided a mini van with a bed was better transportation!
Cheap, reliable, and easy to fix, they got great gas milage..
I forgot all about Kombi as name-- and then it was a word i had only heard-- and thought it spelt Combi-- A friend who lived in Uganda had one. when he wrote us, he mentioned getting a VW minibus.. but when he came home, he spoke of his Combi.
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An engineer friend was posted to Saudi for a year in the 70s and was given a company car : VW "Bus". No choice. The company had tried many cars and found the air cooled VW engine best for desert regions!
Does anyone else remember the imaginative adverts Volkswagon had? I especially recall one that was an entire page, all white space with tiny letters centered "Think small" Real eye catcher in days of overblown, over illustrated, over colored adverts.
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Far out. [psychedelic e]
With flowers painted all over them and quotes from Dylan songs: Money doesn't talk, it swears.
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A Kombi is short for Kombination (e.g. Kombiwagen) and either refers to a so called station wagon or some other utility wagon (not a 'ute' i.e. a pickup, but could certainly be a bussy affair)
Strangely enough Germans call anything with a standard sedan format a limousine, even if it's just a normal car.
While we're the subject can anyone explain what makes a coupé a coupé? Is it the 2/3 doors, the motor size or the price?
Ach, nebenbei bemerkt, Ich fand Mark Twains Schreibereien nicht sehr ermutigend!
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coupé means cut (from French couper) and in cars refers to the sloping or "cut" rear roof. (I believe).
Ach, nebenbei bemerkt, Ich fand Mark Twains Schreibereien nicht sehr ermutigend!
Nor me. While producing a wry smile often enough, Mark Twain was a cynic and his writing is only occasionally encouraging.
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"Mark Twain was a cynic and his writing is only occasionally encouraging."
Dear Rod: I think Mark Twain was too sanguine to be called a cynic. After all he could not sell his satires to his victims.
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