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land barge van

French translation: un gros minivan


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English term or phrase:land barge van
French translation:un gros minivan
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14:36 Sep 8, 2010
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Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: land barge van
Bonjour,

je traduis un texte parlant d'automobile. À un moment, un homme interviewé qui habite à la campagne dit qu'il est plutôt un "land barge van driver", mais je ne sais pas quel type de véhicule est un "land barge van". Sauriez-vous ce que c'est ?
blan
Local time: 01:45
un gros minivan
Explanation:
d'après ce que j'ai trouvé, un "land barge" c'est une grosse américaine, particulièrement d'avant la crise du pétrole.

Un "land barge van", c'est un gros minivan (8 places...) de type Honda Odyssey LX par exemple

"Now, is the Gen5 van better in this area? I cannot answer that. Mike 2010 Honda Oddy LX - Land Barge 2008 Honda Fit Sport 21k miles - What a ..."
http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/.../18316-Need-Advice-about...
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un gros minivan


Explanation:
d'après ce que j'ai trouvé, un "land barge" c'est une grosse américaine, particulièrement d'avant la crise du pétrole.

Un "land barge van", c'est un gros minivan (8 places...) de type Honda Odyssey LX par exemple

"Now, is the Gen5 van better in this area? I cannot answer that. Mike 2010 Honda Oddy LX - Land Barge 2008 Honda Fit Sport 21k miles - What a ..."
http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/.../18316-Need-Advice-about...

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Reference: Land Barge

Reference information:
Land Barge

A very large, old, American car, usually a Cadillac or Lincoln. syn.-land yaht
"Did you see Fred's car?"
"Yeah, what a land barge!"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Land Barge

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"We checked-out the Cadillac's and we were not impressed. The Escalades are truly a land barge. You need a ladder to get in them, they drive like a tank, and are super-hard to park (they even have a back-end video camera!).

The land barge - Hard to drive, harder to park

And talk about crap that you don't need, junk to break-down, like individually heated and air conditioned seats. If I want my seat to be warm, I’ll just rip one into the cushion . . .

Luxury or not, we decided that the Cadillac sedans are for old coots and codgers, so off we went to the Rolls Royce dealership."
http://dba-oracle.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html

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