I was thinking of doing the same thing, in the San Francisco Bay Area,
because I would like to get rid of my commute car and save on the insurance
and repair bills for having another vehicle.

However, my round trip five days a week would be about 60 miles per day, and
our Syncro gets lousy fuel mileage.  (I drive to public transit, and then
take the transit to San Francisco.)  With my commute car I get high enough
fuel mileage that I typically don't fill up for almost two weeks.  The
syncro I would fill at least once a week and sometimes more.  Also, my
morning commute is almost all stop and go, 30mph or so.  I am used to
driving a Vanagon (since 1986), but sometimes in commute traffic they are
tiresome.  It has the original motor and with such a slow commute a more
powerful motor is not an issue.  We'll probably upgrade someday.

I am having the same dilemma, I guess.  There is also the wear and tear on
the Syncro, and they don't exactly grow on trees.  Ours is 7-passenger (I do
not want a camper at this time), and we have used it to camp.  I do like the
visibility in my commute due to sitting up higher, and just the comfort
factor in general.  I am not sure I like using the extra fuel and the wear
and tear, however.

Donna, 1987 Syncro

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are a lot of ideas bouncing around the inside air space of that
> large head of mine and one of them is procuring a passenger Syncro as
> a daily driver.  It seems like a decent idea as it would keep me from
> buying newer, more expensive and possibly less entertaining modes of
> transportation.  It will hold my whole family plus luggage on our long
> trips.  With an engine conversion it should reasonably swift,
> efficient and dependable.  Plus I know how to fix just about anything
> on one since I have had Vanagon Westies for 9 years now (first one was
> my primary transport).
>
>  I come to you asking for a sanity check.  I live and commute around
> Atlanta.  Am I crazy?
>
> --
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>
> Chris S.
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