I've owned the bay (westy 78 [why did I sell it?!]) and the splitty (62). I
currently own two vanagons 84 GL and 85 Westy.  The 78 bay was far superior
to all others as far as snow/mud/sand were concerned.  BUT, I would keep the
syncro and use it.  Why have it if you're not going to use it?!

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: snow driving vanagon vs baywindow

Hey all,
I am wondering how well bay window busses drive in the snow compared to 2wd
vanagons.  I had a 2wd vanagon that was so so at best in the snow.  With
studded tires it was better obviously.  I now have a syncro westy that is of
course superior.  I am contimplating selling my syncro and down grading to a
bay window camper since i rarely use my syncro, i put maybe 5000 miles a
year on it, and because it is so nice, i rarely take it off roading out of
fear of wrecking it.  Here in Montana snow and mud will alway be a factor so
how well do bay's handle? I have heard that they do better then vanagons due
to the slim tires and weight.  Is this true?  hopefully someone ut there has
had both and can give good input to my question here.
TIA
jason
87 syncro westy

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