"G.M.Bulley" wrote:

> I don't know about the rest of the Vanagons, maybe you got a special
> one, Kim.
>

I must have a special one as well.....  When I went out to clear the
driveway this morning you couldn't even see my '89 Jetta the drifts were so
high...  Had over two feet of powder from this storm...  I could get the
two Saturns dug out, but the Syncro was buried right up to the door handles
and couldn't fit the snowblower between it and my Westy.  I just put it in
granny low and "dropped the hammer"  <<G>>  She came out of the drift as if
it were a dry sunny summer day.  No spinning wheels, no fanfare, not even
enough wheel spin to activate the viscous coupling.

My neighbor across the street was standing there shaking his head... <<G>>
He stopped laughing at me when I hooked the tow strap to his Jeep Cherokee
and pulled him out of the 4' drift at little more than an idle...  In
reverse no less!

                Gotta Luv those new tires...  185R-14 Capitol D load range

                                        JonR

                Amherst, NH

        '87 Syncro GL

    (2) '83.5 Westies (with consecutive VINs)

        '66 Pop-top Westy (out back in the field till spring)