[RWebb]

thx but a Syncro is only interesting to me if it is a Westy; for this vehicle "slot" in my life, I need a daily driver usable around town & the Syncro ain't that.

nice thing about a recent MY car or a new one is I don't have to F with it all the time - that gets old; esp. with a Sin-cro

of course, IF I did have a [reliable] Syncro Westy, I would not NEED the snow ability or off-hwy ability of abilities above - and the daily driver could be a 3 series BMW or a Miata or something like that - or a Honda CRX or CRZ...

but that is not the situation & now is not the time to fly all over creation looking for a Syncro Westy either...

- I looked at the Volvo brochures last nite - no mention of gnd. clearance at all, so I take that to mean they are not serious about anything except snow on the hwy.