Can't report on this weekend, nor on non-syncro handling, but I have plowed
through very slippery stuff in my syncro.  I didn't know what to expect
first time out with it and carried, and used, chains.  The syncro with 15"
wheels, AT tires, and chains on the front is simply a beast in the snow.
All last year, only used the chains that once.

Still waiting to get out first time this season.  Other than wind, what is
the snow like up at kirkwood????  Looking forward to this coming weekend and
holiday break.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Spletzer" <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Sierra Snow

> So I was wondering if anybody has been driving their Vans in the Sierras
> this week.  After spending the weekend at Kirkwood and getting enough snow
> to actually close the mountain, my friends and I made our way home over
> Carson and Luther Pass very (VERY) slowly through howling wind and driving
> snow in his 4WD pathfinder, and I found myself being very thankful to not
be
> in the van.   And very sad that I was thinking this.
>
> However, I've never used the van in bad weather other than pouring rain,
and
> I was wondering if anybody made their way through the same storm in their
> van, and if so, how they fared.  I saw some small 2wd drive cars, but most
> of them were embedded in snowbanks or other cars.  (Worst conditions I've
> ever driven in!)
>
> Anybody make it through?
>
> -eric
>
>
> ----------------------
> '85 GL Camper (Moby)
> San Francisco, CA
>