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Subject:Re: Synchro Power?
From:Steve
Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:50:04 -0800

in the summer time, every one will pass you going up I 80 to tahoe, but in the
winter you will be the one doing the passing if it's snowing and blowing.  If
you get a 2wd vanagon, you get passed all year!
steve

Justin Gordon wrote:

> Thanks to the responses I've gotten from Syncro owners. I'm considering
> purchasing a Syncro to travel from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe.
>
> How is the power on the 1986 Syncro Westy engine. I've heard that the engine
> is too small to pull such a big car with the camper up the hill. I.e., would
> I be going in 2nd up I-80? or is the power just fine for the long trip?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Justin Gordon