On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Keeping the NVC fluff to a minimum after Friday but not so old, I have my
> eye on a Syncro hardtop here in town that is owned by the scion of the
> family that owned the VW dealership here, a business now sold and moved
> under some massive corporate dealership umbrella.  He grew up working in
> that shop and bought the van new, but mostly drives a Chevy pickup now for
> his photography biz.  I learned those details from another former employee
> of the same dealership who remembers him as a kid in the shop, and that guy
> also owns a Syncro he'll probably never part with.  And there's a third guy
> still at that corporate dealership with yet a third Syncro that will
> probably need to be pried from his cold, dead hands.  If I can outlive any
> one of those three I'll be golden.
>
> More older, non-VW stories for Friday next.
>
> Stephen
>

   So, are you going to work at the VW dealership before or after you get
hold of your Syncro?   Seems like everyone you mention is a VW-related
worker.    Is that a requirement to own a Syncro?
 I have heard they are expensive to maintain...unless perhaps one works at
a VW place...Hee hee.