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Subject:Re: Mention of Vanagon Syncro in new Car and Driver
From:Tobin Copley
Date:Wed, 3 May 2000 16:02:25 -0700

At 2:47 PM -0700 5/3/00, Ron 'Coyote' Lussier wrote:
>  > >From text:
>  > Okay, a really determined VW-phile could get all-wheel derive in the old
>  > Vanagon, a vehicle that made even glaciers look speedy...
>
>"Even glaciers look speedy"?  Hey, I like that!

Geez, if syncros make glaciers look speedy, does my diesel westy make
continental drift look like it gives whip lash??

T.
(Slow and loving it)
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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)