Date:         Wed, 8 May 1996 13:15:47 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         cmoran@cswnet.com (Colin A Moran)
Subject:      Re:RE: Alcan trip (long)



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>C. MANUAL TRANSMISSION ( Syncro, All Wheel Drive):
>1. Towing with only FRONT wheels on the ground:  NEVER! (Unless I suppose
>you've disassembled part of the drive train to prevent problems!)
>2. Towing with only REAR wheels on the ground: NEVER! (Unless I suppose
>you've disassembled part of the drive train to prevent problems!)
>3. Towing with ALL FOUR wheels on the ground:  Tow van for unlimited speed
>for unlimited distance. 
>
>==========================================
>
>So it appears that either all four wheels ON the ground or all four wheels
>OFF are both acceptable towing solutions.  A while back I had to tow my
>Syncro about 60 miles & elected to use a friend and a tow bar to tow the van
>on the ground.  The cost of a tow-truck tow was much too high!

     Your right Jim did'nt read all the way to last line of Bentley.

>Scarry!!  I've had a big hunk of plate steel fly through my windshield at eye
>level once.  It took the rear-view mirror with it to come to rest above the
>back seat after missing my face by about 3".  Gives me the "willies" just to
>think about it.  What if I'd been driving just abother few inches to the
>right?  What if you windshield had been just a little weaker?

Wooa!!  Talk about lucky.  Since the rock misshap I try to stay clear of
large trucks.  Especialy the ones carring gravel or junk.

>Did the tow truck driver's knuckles drag the ground.  It's so comforting to
>know who you have to put your trust in sometimes.

Did'nt notice his arms, although his forhead did seem somewhat large.


>>86" Syncro GL
>
>How did you get a Syncro that's only 86" (inches)?  Everyone elses is 179.9"
>long
..
Should have been 86' 

>By the way, what year is your Syncro?  Mine is an '87.   :)

My Syncro is an 1986 GL bronze exterior and tan and brown interior.  It is
equiped with a locking rear diff.

Colin A Moran

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

86" Syncro GL