I've been in a later model Chevy conversion van. "Like a boat" is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but this was boat-like on a whole different level than any other wheeled vehicle I've ever been in. The big rumbling diesel engine sits there at
some rpm, providing forward motion through a gearbox that blends cogs together so you don't have any idea of what gear you're in. The entire van rocks back and forth providing no sense of the surface beneath you. It's a lot like a diesel motorboat with a slight sidewind with the engine ticking along slightly over idle. Oh, and you have the same kind of captains chairs too.
Meanwhile, I saw this today. An otherwise perfectly ordinary CR-V that seemed to be an American import. Somehow they managed to get it through inspection with a red LED marker light acting as a rear fog. Red marker lights are found on the rear top corners of box trucks and what have you, and they're nowhere near as bright as a rear fog light needs to be. It also had aftermarket plastichrome side repeaters drilled into the front fenders, equally mandated marker lights drilled into the front bumper and the cheap looking USDM reflector headlights instead of the projectors you got here.
The plate is of the type you get here when your car lacks a suitable spot to put a normal european plate (see the chevy above) but I think the normal plate would've looked a lot better on this particular car.
