Date:         Sat, 18 May 1996 10:16:54 -0500
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From:         cmoran@cswnet.com (Colin A Moran)
Subject:      Re: Syncros

>In a message dated 96-05-16 14:36:09 EDT, 30erainey@sophia.sph.unc.edu (Eric
>Rainey) writes:
>
><snip>
>>Reading some of the posts, I get the idea the people go mudslinging in the
>>syncros.  Is a syncros a real 4X4 kind of vehicle, like the toyata 4wd pu I
>>had?  I thought it was 4wd in the same sense as my dad's subaru legacy is a
>>4wd, i.e. better on road traction, no jumping logs and boulders.
><snip>
>
>In most situations the Syncro's off-road capability lies between the two.
> Much closer to the 4x4 truck capability than the Legacy's.  In some
>situations, the Syncro makes a more capable off-roader than the Toyota 4x4
>you mention.
>
>Jim Davis

Hello everyone!
     The Syncro has ample ground clearence.   Its limiting factors are,
front and rear over hang, only 95 hp and exposed exhaust system.  I have
driven my Syncro off road alot.  It has better traction ability than my '90
S-10 blazer.  I have crawled over rocks and logs, through deep mud, forded
shallow streams, climbed steep grades and buried  it up to the frame in mud.  
Colin A Moran

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
baffle them with bull sh*t.

 '86 Syncro GL