Hello folks... I am still out there with both eyes peeled for my next vanagon... Im migrating from a Toyota 4X4 and have really enjoyed the security of the extra traction sometimes, especially now that I am living in the Seattle area, I love to go exploring on dirt roads in the mountains... Not any kinda serious 4 wheeling really, not crawling over boulders etc, just through a little mud and snow. For the amount of money that I think that I can get for the toyota I could consider a synchro... But Im wondering if I should bother... I get the gut feeling that VW didnt have a whole lot of experience doing 4WD and that there might be some weaknesses, but I dont hear much about weaknesses on this list or anywhere else. Im no dot-commer, so I dont have buckets of money to keep up my prospective van, which makes me think that I should stick with my usual automobile asthetic of "the simpler the better". What do you folks think? Am I looking at expensive problems with a synchro, or are drivetrains comperable in reliabilty to a 2WD? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jason Loewenstein (Marysville / Tulalip, WA) In search of Vanagon... 1993 Toyota 4X4 (for sale) |
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