Drove a Syncro Vanagon over the weekend..

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

the quantum was a passat, or the dasher, as it was
called here.  
--- Matthew Kogan <matthew.kogan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> The only other syncro was the Quantums, which were
> basically Audi 4000's
> with a little different body.  But one was the
> Wagon, which was kinda cool.
> 
> Matthew
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lars Bruchmann" <pilotlars@yahoo.com>
> To: "Antaki" <wrack@comcast.net>;
> <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Drove a Syncro Vanagon over the
> weekend..
> 
> 
> > were buses the only sycros sold in the US??  were
> no
> > passat or golf syncros brought over?
> > --- Antaki <wrack@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > My personal VWs in our family's VW farm are: 1
> ea.
> > > '88 Scirocco 16V 2.0l and
> > > 1 ea. '86 Syncro Westfalia.
> > >
> > > They are both fun, on opposite ends of the
> spectrum.
> > > Guess which one is the
> > > money hog? Clue: only 8 valves...
> > >
> > > On the other hand, I doubt any Scirocco could
> > > survive, much less succeed,
> > > climbing the Stairsteps in the Hollister, CA
> > > off-road park!
> > > http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1179
> > > Every year in early May,
> > > we have the Syncro de Mayo there. Oh, what fun
> it is
> > > putting to shame many
> > > other Manly 4WD machines, with our quaint little
> > > boxes, some of which have
> > > stoves and upper deck sleeping!
> > >
> > > My daily commute is made a lot more enjoyable
> behind
> > > the wheel of Buzzbomb,
> > > the one with lotsa valves. Sigh...
> > >
> > > Roccin' Ron
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On
> Behalf
> > > Of David Utley
> > > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:56 AM
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: OT: Drove a Syncro Vanagon over the
> > > weekend..
> > >
> > >
> > > And I thoroughly enjoyed it!
> > >
> > > Don (the fella I work for on the weekends) had
> an 86
> > > (IIRC) Vanagon Syncro,
> > > 180K on the clock, some rust, it was evidentally
> > > from up north...  There is
> > > an intermittent hic-up with it.  It will cut-out
> > > occassionally for no reason
> > > we could find...  Shook the wiring, relay,
> brain,
> > > grounds, on and on, we
> > > could not get it to duplicate it while idling.
> > > However, it would
> > > occassionally pop-up while driving...  SO, Don
> > > wanted me to drive the thing
> > > hard up and down his gravel road...  So, I ran
> it
> > > through it's paces.  That
> > > is a lot of fun!  Ice would be more so.  The
> neat
> > > thing is when doing a turn
> > > around, it almost feels like it has 4-wheel
> > > steering.  Fish tails are
> > > difficult to produce, but fun when doing so...
> > >
> > > Not that anyone here would be interested, but
> the
> > > reason why the owner was
> > > searching for the problem is because he is going
> to
> > > sell it...  I think he
> > > is asking 2.5K, which may be a bit high with its
> > > present problems...  Couple
> > > of small wrinkles, brown in color, very clean
> > > interior.  A nice van, and a
> > > bodyman's dream (rust again)...
> > >
> > > I thought I would share some VW joy, I am not
> > > feeling it here on our local
> > > club website...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >   David
> > >
> > > PS--  Do 'good' and 'Monday' really go together?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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