Date:         Sat, 6 Mar 1999 15:39:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Syncro Safari in Rochester NY - Blizzard of 99
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Syncro-nuts

The Blizzard of 99 hits Rochester NY.  Well more snow has fallen in 48
hours in Rochester than the efficient NY crews can clear and salt.  My
Syncro has performed flawlessly going around all the stranded cars and
jack-knifed semis.

I had to go into work Friday morning with about 12 inches of blowing
snow on the road.  Already the roads were slick from the previous days
rain storm.  Going up the slope of one of the many moraine remnants of
the last ice age, I pulled the diff-lock and took off in the right
lane to pass a line of cars waiting patiently behind a semi
slip-sliding away sideways.  Wish there would have been a video camera
- Great advertising for Syncros and VW.  Traffic was crawling on the
expressway, never got out of 2nd gear.  I made it off the off-ramp
just in time because shortly afterwards it was considered too slick
for all traffic.  Worked till 3 while looking at the mess outside
through the windows.  It continued to snow all day to break a record
of 24+ inches in less than 24 hours.
The ride home was like a nuclear bomb had gone off with cars scattered
absolutely everywhere.  It was an obstacle course.  Semis and delivery
trucks were not helping the situation being jacknifed and sideways on
the road as well.  The Syncro performed very well even with the crappy
Gooyear P-rated junky all-weather tires that the PO threw on before
selling it.  I could tell that I had hardly any traction in the
slush/ice/snow.

Sounds like I better just order a good set of Michelins and quit
whining about the price.

The snow has been blowing all day dropping another 15 inches from Lake
Ontario in my neighborhood.  More fun in a Syncro!  It's more fun than
my Subaru Legacy.

Joel
89 Syncro GL Westy
In Rochacha NY


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