Talk: DHARMA vans

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Seeing as all my knowledge of "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" is based from what's been published here, I would like to know if the van was actually fixed by Hurley and his gang. Could someone tell me? --Blueeagleislander 00:21, 1 March 2007 (PST)

Yes they pushed it down a hill and popped the clutch, alowing them to start the engine. --Jackdavinci 02:55, 1 March 2007 (PST)

yes.. Hurley did it..... but i think that´s impossible: this van never could works... the oil was still there? the gasoline still there? the battery? the brake fluid? all this things never could work in a van that was upside down months on the jungle.... (or years..)

--Fuzter lost 11:44, 2 March 2007 (PST)

What if the van was planted there by someone, perhaps the Others? --Blueeagleislander 15:12, 2 March 2007 (PST)

it didn´t look like a van planted there, because the head of the corpse, the place.. i believe all the van-theme like an audience-mechanic-ignorance suppouse bye the writers of the show, because (i know about mechanics and cars), its absolutely impossible to start a car like this van: the gasoline, after 1 year, is out-of-date, and inoperative; the carburator become unoperative, the fluids leaked in the upside-down position, the battery looses it charge, the tires looses it air-pressure, etc.... if the others planted this car there, the questions are: - why the others has a truck in this abandoned state? - why the planted there with a corpse inside? - how the others suppoused the car will founded? - vincent is the "eyes of the others", and some kind "controlled" bye they? or by patchy? ........i don´t believe all that things: i believe the writers mistake about the possibilities of a car, thinking we (the audience) are ignorants about the mechanics... --Fuzter lost 11:05, 4 March 2007 (PST)

I don't think every thing on Lost should be analyzed like this. We all know it's fairly impossible to start a car like that, after who knows how many years, and even listen to a song, but it's not the important thing: the important thing is that this car represents hope, for Hurley and for the Losties. --Lys 06:33, 31 March 2007 (PDT)

Theres one thing you're all forgetting, the van is on The Island. Normal rules dont apply there.

I want to know how the van got tipped over. When Ben left it, the van was still upright. —       Talk  Contributions  15:51, 31 May 2007 (PDT)

8-track goof

The Three Dog Night song "Shambala" was released on their album "Cyan" (1973). The 8-track for that album (appropriately enough) is a blue case. [1] The one shown in the brief shot is red. - GoodRom 23:54, 2 March 2007 (PST)

Ah, yes, but many people made their own mix-tapes using an 8-track recorder (many times recording over stuff like barry manilow), so thats a very probable explanation. or it could be an official dharma good-times mix, taking into consideration the content of the song. --moss ryder 16:42, 9 March 2007 (PST)

Could be just a mix tape. Also, did anyone notice this song is also in the flashback at the beginning of the episode?

—       Talk  Contributions  15:47, 31 May 2007 (PDT)

Although this is, in all likelihood, a goof, I favor the "good times mix" theory. I do a lot of thrift shopping, and I actually have an eight track titled "Oldsmobile *STEREO* Introductory Tape Cartridge." Besides, why wouldn't the DHARMA Initiative, which makes everything from cars to computers, have its own music selection, with a name like "NOW! That's What I Call Dharma!" -HeckYes 19:32, 11 July 2007 (PDT)

Although its a bit nitpicky, but it appears in the years since the purge someone went and fast-forwarded/played the 8-tack back to a point about 12-13 seconds prior to when Roger killed the engine (note: rewinding 8-tracks is impossible they only supported play and FF). When the van was turned off it was towards the end of the second (and last) line in the chorus. When the van was started it was back before the chorus. Of course the timing works better in the excitement of the engine turning over. -- N1ck0 00:43, 16 November 2007 (PST)

The engine starting-key of the van

the starting key of the van was on the roger´s hand, but the position of the turning key in the van was OFF, because all wee saw when hurley must tu put the key in the dasboard, and turn it to the right, in order to conect the engine..... this means: roger turned-off the truck. why he stopped the van there, and turned off the engine? --Fuzter lost 10:44, 5 March 2007 (PST) in bens flashback roger drives up to the hill and stops and turns off the engine--Connor401 15:59, 31 May 2007 (PDT)

Need title change or redirects

Media:Example.ogg It took me 4 tries to locate this bus, as it's headed by a 'nickname' title. Why not Title the page VW Bus, Bus, Minibus, or Volkswagon Bus, instead of using cutesy lostgeek jargon? No offence, im a lostgeek too but hate the little nicknames things are headed under here. Could be stated in the intro that its been nicknamed the dharma bus, no prob.--moss ryder 16:38, 9 March 2007 (PST)

Rename to "DHARMA Bus"

It's been clearly stated as "The DHARMA Bus," by Sawyer and Carlton Cuse. What do you all think? --James W. 16:01, 1 February 2008 (PST)

• Yes, but Carlton Cuse, the executive producer of the show clearly calls it a DHARMA Bus in, I think it was "Lost: The Answers." If any of the prominent crew members states a name, it should be considered confirmed. --James W. 16:29, 1 February 2008 (PST)
• On the fence. I'm rather fond of the name as it is, and it's the widely accepted fan-name. However, it doesn't get called a van in the common popular language (see trivia), and the article is hard to find for people who don't know the fanname. I can't find the reason why it was called a van in the first place, but if you would like to change it you'd have to make an inventar of what it was called inside the show, in the past as well. For now, I've made some new redirects. --Hunter61 22:53, 1 February 2008 (PST)
  • Besides, Sawyer also called it a hippie car, and that was no reason to change the name either --Hunter61 23:00, 1 February 2008 (PST)

• Don't rename: The Name Dharma Van sounds better than Dharma Bus, plus its not a bus its a van. just because Sawyer calls it a us just justify why it should be changed
  
• Don't rename - According to the automobiles article, it is a "Late 1980s-1991 Volkswagen Kombi (Camper) Van Type 2 T3, aka Vanagon". The identity of the vehicle as a van is not questionable. For items which have no readily obvious name, we can accept character dialog, or even outside producer commentary. But in this case, it's a DHARMA transport vehicle, which is not in question, and it's a van, which is not in question. In this case, IMO "DHARMA Bus" is akin to a nickname, especially given the speaker of the dialog (Sawyer). The phrase "DHARMA bus" may be included in the article (for example in a "Trivia" section), citing 1) the transcript, and 2) the URL for the Carlton quote. However these minor points do not seem to justify changing to article name. Furthermore, the current name is accurate and not misleading, so this is quibbling of inconsequentials to no overall benefit for the average reader of the wiki resource.-- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯  ^Talk  22:57, 1 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename -The vehicle is a van - not a bus. While its a very popular and accepted idea that Volkswagon produced a 'bus' - this vehicle is indeed a van. I agree with Santa 111% - quit quibbling. If there are hairs that require splitting, call this 'Hurley's Ride' and feature the Hummer and Camero too. --Devinma 16:47, 10 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename -- as stated above, it is a van, not a bus.--Gonzalo84 16:44, 17 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename - No reason to change it. Dharmatel4 18:57, 17 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename - It's a VW Van, not a VW Bus -random2502 12:26, 20 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename - As stated above, it should not be renamed. --     Nusentinsaino     talk    contribs    email   12:29, 20 February 2008 (PST)
  
• Don't rename - It's a van and as long as there are redirects for "DHARMA bus" it shouldn't be an issue.--MetallichickX 19:44, 23 February 2008 (PST)
• Don't rename - It's a type 2 VW Combi, and whilst some people refer to it as a bus, its commonly known as a VW Camper van. Stick in a redirect by all means. -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  04:03, 28 February 2008 (PST)

• I know this is an old conversation, but it cracks me up because those of you on the "it's not a bus" side must be too young to remember it was actually called the VW Bus (see Wikipedia:Volkswagen_Bus). It didn't need to be changed, but just to clarify that it was a van, but it was called the VW Bus. Just like this was often called the VW Bug. ---- LOSTonthisdarnisland 16:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Sawyer also calls it a bus in episode 10 season 5, after the bus crashes into the building.

Rename to "DHARMA vans"

I think we should call it DHARMA vans because it's about many vans and not just one -  Rasmus Ni  Talk  Contributions  20:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Rename: I perfectly agree. By now (5x07) we've seen at least three separate vans.--Hlantz 14:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

• Rename -- CTS  Talk   Contribs 00:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• How about "DHARMA vehicles" we've seen a baby blue Jeep as well... plus 'vehicle' would leave the door open for anything else that we might get in the next 14 months before the finale. –DocH– my edits

Top left picture

In what episode was this scene shown? It doesn't seem familiar to me. ---- LOSTonthisdarnisland 16:30, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I think that they bring the DHARMA vans with the kahana. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by robert_h (talk • contribs) .

The Kahana? That doesn't make any sense. Can someone else provide insight? ---- LOSTonthisdarnisland 01:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I can't see any way that would be possible. By the way, the picture is from "The Man Behind the Curtain." I believe it's from when Ben arrives. -- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  01:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Sam is correct. -- CTS  Talk   Contribs 01:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I guess it's just been too long since I've seen that episode. ---- LOSTonthisdarnisland 07:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Probably true. I haven't seen that one in about a year, surprisingly. -- Sam McPherson  T  C  E  11:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Hippy Van

Why is there no mention of the typical "Hippy Van", it seems rather obvious that the type 2 volkswagen was chosen for it's hippy connotations MrEvers (talk) 09:39, March 30, 2014 (UTC)