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Subject:Re: Expensive Syncro Westie
From:Thomas Butler
Date:Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:04:12 -0500

I have an '87 syncro weekender.  I paid $3000 dollars for it last summer.  I
was looking for a camper and this is all that was available - oddly enough
we don't see many campers for sale in Minnesota.

I'm starting to think I got a pretty good deal.

>From: Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Expensive Syncro Westie
>Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:27:51 -0800
>
>There are lots of nice places in Baja where 2wd Vanagons simply can't go
>and come back from but Syncros can. Next time you come down I will show
>you some where Syncro is a must. If you take a 2wd down there, you just
>need to avoid certain spots and routes. There are still plenty of places
>to see even with 2wd and 99% of the time a 2wd is fine as long as you
>don't stop. Of course I often like to stop at nice remote places. Then I
>eventually want to get moving again and that is the main problem for 2wd.
>
>Mark
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>Benny boy wrote:
>
>>You Syncro guys are crasy :-) Same stuff here on local mailing list, i
>>understand NOTHING about that "Syncro Trend", but hey, i like when they
>>come
>>to the shop, good money :-)))) and they come often!
>>
>>Of course it's nice to camp in the wild, or on a beach or for some ligh
>>off
>>road "road trip" (even if a 2WD will follow most of the time)but for 80k,
>>i
>>can buy a lot of cool toys instead, do many trips. As an example: i have
>>been in Baja and the need for a Syncro was... NEVER, i went onto beachs,
>>sandy/rocky off road, desert path. ..........