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Subject:Re: Syncros
Date:Fri, 17 May 1996 12:56:30 -0400

In a message dated 96-05-16 14:36:09 EDT, 30erainey@sophia.sph.unc.edu (Eric
Rainey) writes:

<snip>
>Reading some of the posts, I get the idea the people go mudslinging in the
>syncros.  Is a syncros a real 4X4 kind of vehicle, like the toyata 4wd pu I
>had?  I thought it was 4wd in the same sense as my dad's subaru legacy is a
>4wd, i.e. better on road traction, no jumping logs and boulders.
<snip>

In most situations the Syncro's off-road capability lies between the two.
 Much closer to the 4x4 truck capability than the Legacy's.  In some
situations, the Syncro makes a more capable off-roader than the Toyota 4x4
you mention.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg