>>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
>
>Hello everyone!
>     The Syncro has ample ground clearence.   Its limiting factors are,
>front and rear over hang, only 95 hp and exposed exhaust system.  I have
>driven my Syncro off road alot.  It has better traction ability than my '90
>S-10 blazer.  I have crawled over rocks and logs, through deep mud, forded
>shallow streams, climbed steep grades and buried  it up to the frame in mud.
>Colin A Moran

I wonder how deep you can ford with these things. Aren't the air intakes
approximately 5 feet off the ground? Does ignition get flooded out 1st?

Russ
>
>If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
>baffle them with bull sh*t.
>
> '86 Syncro GL