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Date:         Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:55:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Disadvantages of syncros AND syncro question
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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>Disadvantages of Syncro:


>Several hundred pounds heavier: slower, more cumbersome handling




Not sure what you mean by "handling" but there were several articles in the mid 80s that reviewed the then-new Syncro and they proclaimed universally how much BETTER it handled than the normal Vanagon. They attributed this to the permanent 4-wheel drive, which makes sense: Anectodotally, my Audi 200 TQ Wagon handles better than any BMW I've ever owned (1600, 2002ti, Bavaria, 2800cs, 745i).




And my Syncro handles amazingly well for a van/bus -- I'm quite pleased with it.


Folks, with the Syncro, VW got it right!








<bold>Michael J. Sullivan


</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design


Open Market, Inc.


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'87 GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny"


'89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon "Wizard"




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