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Subject:Re: Syncro as a daily driver?
From:Jake Beaulieu
Date:Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:29:18 -0800

I used my hard top Syncro as a daily driver during much of last summer and fall.� While it ran fine, it was a real pain for city driving.� It was just too big for narrow lanes and tight parking lots.� There is also a lot of topography where I live and I got real sick of stopping on steep inclines.� Of course, the stopping wasn't the problem, it was not rolling backwards 4 inches and hitting the guy behind me while getting going again.� I also found that I couldn't keep pace with the other drivers on steep grades.� This resulted in ridiculous road rage from both myself and other drivers.

My current daily driver is a 1988 Merkur XR4Ti.� It is only 1 year newer than my Syncro, but much better suited to city driving.� I love dropping the pedal and letting the turbo boost me up those same hills that bogged down the Syncro!� Now the traffic has a hard time keeping up with me!!!

jake
82 AC Westy
87 Syncro
88 Merkur XR4Ti

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