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Date:         Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:38:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: More Friday Stuff You Think You Are Driving An Old Vehicle?
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Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Keeping the NVC fluff to a minimum after Friday but not so old, I have my > eye on a Syncro hardtop here in town that is owned by the scion of the > family that owned the VW dealership here, a business now sold and moved > under some massive corporate dealership umbrella. He grew up working in > that shop and bought the van new, but mostly drives a Chevy pickup now for > his photography biz. I learned those details from another former employee > of the same dealership who remembers him as a kid in the shop, and that guy > also owns a Syncro he'll probably never part with. And there's a third guy > still at that corporate dealership with yet a third Syncro that will > probably need to be pried from his cold, dead hands. If I can outlive any > one of those three I'll be golden. > > More older, non-VW stories for Friday next. > > Stephen >

So, are you going to work at the VW dealership before or after you get hold of your Syncro? Seems like everyone you mention is a VW-related worker. Is that a requirement to own a Syncro? I have heard they are expensive to maintain...unless perhaps one works at a VW place...Hee hee.


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