Per and other Syncronauts,

On Wed, 1999-10-27 01:42:25 +0200, Per Lindgren wrote:

> ...
> Picture this; you are out off-roading in the forest or down a logging
> road in your Syncro, enjoying the scenery when you get a flat tire, the
> right front gets a small nail in it. You are 20 miles from the nearest
> surfaced road, another 40 miles to the nearest place to get the tire
> fixed, and it's a sunday afternoon. Your Syncro is equipped with
> 27x8,5-14, but your spare is the regular 185R14 or 205/70R14, it doesn't
> matter which. You only have that one spare, and no other tools than what
> your Syncro came with from the factory.

I don't know off the top of  my head what the  difference in diameter is
between your normal tires and your spare.  But you could probably adjust
effective  diameters by   airing  the  spare  or  the other  tires  down
accordingly.   Or you could simply  ignore the tire differences, because
it's only twenty miles, because you're only creeping anyway, and because
on soft terrain the tires will slip  rather than the viscous coupling go
bad.

But then: what  the heck are you doing  in the woods, twenty miles  away
from any reasonable  road in  a Syncro WITHOUT  ANY  TOOLS?  After  all,
that's what I need my Vanagon for: to carry all the tools I need because
I'm driving a Vanagon :-)

Sincerely
 Rainer

'89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"

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