----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed DeBolt" <eddebolt@SOFTCOM.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon

> I find one of the best advantages of the syncros is that they perform well
> in cross winds and do not
> get blown around like the 2wd's. That advantage would definitely be lost.
>
> >Realisticly the main advantage to the syncro tranny would be
> >to get one with a rear locking differential... for all but
> >the hardcore off roader I am sure it would turn make a
> >standard 2WD van perform 90% as well as the syncro.
> >

Not forgetting that great benefit to Volkwagen themselves: that with the
absurd prices they charge for anything remotely matching the criteria
'Syncro' and 'Spares' they can afford to invest deeply in new vehicle
development; thus we're helping them produce a balance of payments deficit
both in the US and UK.

Clive