Re: a few odds and ends... some electrons for thought

["Barton P. Chambers" <bartonc@mailhost.infi.net>]

Peter Henriksen writes:
> This may also come as a surprise to the people who authored the German
> VW (corporate HQ) WWW page at http://www.vw.iplus.com. They seem to
> think there's a Passat Syncro available

and Yer Kindly ol' Unka Bart respondeth:

Quite.  Unfortunately, VW is a tricky bunch, and apparently has been studying
the art of doublespeak in the hallowed halls of the US Congress (where things
do not always mean what they sound like they mean).

My '87 Quantum Syncro is an Audi 4KQ under the skin, but the current Passat
Syncro uses a viscous coupling, not the Quattro system, to link the front and
back wheels.  "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose, but a Syncro is not always a 
Quattro."

The moral of this is "Think Globally, Act Loco."