Date:         Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:32:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro 16 and Tristar for sale in US
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
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Thanks bunches for the answer.  This is the sixth one, and they're all
different.  Great imaginations out there!  Makes for real interesting
reading though.

Now if someone could tell me why neither my aux battery nor AC compressor
are getting juice I'd be a complete man again.  Could I have lost two relays
at the same time?  Naw, that'd be too cruel.

Mike
85 Westy [or Worsty depending on my, and its, mood]

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@aol.com>
To: Mike Miller <mwm@lanset.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Syncro 16 and Tristar for sale in US


> In a message dated 10/20/99 5:45:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mwm@LANSET.COM
> writes:
>
> << What the heck are 'tristars' [besides a business jet] and Syncro 16's
or
>  12's for that matter?  While I'm asking what's a FLAP?
>
>  Mike
>  85 Westy [badly driven]
>   >>
>
>
> Ahhh...newbies :<)
> TriStar =  what you get when you take a late model doublecab syncro and a
> Carat and combine them.  Its a rare limited edition fancy doublecab
syncro,
> with all the power options, alloys, roll bar, etc.  Basically a truck that
> you dont want to use as a truck :<)
>
> Syncro 16" = european model syncros that came with 16" steel wheels,
instead
> of the standard 14" we have here in the US  i believe the syncro 16"s also
> had some other suspension mods?  Per L could answer this better, i think
he
> has one.
>
> FLAPS = Friendly Local Auto Parts Store, or F*ckin' Lame Auto Parts Store.
> could mean either, depending if they carry the part you're looking for or
> not, and the mood you're in.
>
> syncro 12"s?  never heard of them.   maybe somethin from down in the
projects
> ..   seems like cars down there get lower and lower everyday.. :<)
>
> chris