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97 messages, Last post on Apr 21, 2008 at 6:24 AM
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Replying to: aatherton (Dec 18, 2007 4:33 pm) Sorry for the delay. We just got back in town. The owner's manual, I believe, has different figures for the two transmissions. I will check it again when I get some sleep to make sure. Fred
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Replying to: xtop (Dec 28, 2007 8:10 am) Not exactly. See page 8-19. The figures are the same for the two transmissions. Except, for the AT, the 2400 lbs is reduced to 1000 lbs when towing a trailer on a long uphill grade continuously for over 5 miles with an outside temperature of 104F or above.
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Replying to: aatherton (Dec 28, 2007 4:32 pm)  -Frank |
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Replying to: kayakingsue (Aug 01, 2007 6:34 pm) |
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Replying to: jontautic (Apr 06, 2008 2:51 pm) Bob |
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Replying to: jontautic (Apr 06, 2008 2:51 pm) See if you can lighten it up as much as possible, perhaps by loading the gear inside the cargo area of the car instead of under the seat of the jet skis. I towed with my 98 (also over that 1000 lb limit) and noticed braking distances were a lot greater. Still, I managed OK, taking is easy. No harm to the Forester, which was reliable for the 9 years I had it, until I sold it. |
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Replying to: jontautic (Apr 06, 2008 2:51 pm) The car will be fine. You will only be as fine as your driving care. I towed a 2000-lb boat for many years, without trailer brakes, never feeling the need for them, or knowing what they were for. Until one rainy day I entered an unexpectedly sharp turn on a rural road at 45 mph, felt it was too fast, and applied the brakes as I entered. The trailer being at an angle to the car in the turn, it began to push the rear and of the car around. I had to get off the brakes and roll around the turn without slowing. After that I was very aware of what side-force on my hitch could do. You will be fine, as long as you don't brake too hard in the middle of a turn or have to do a panic stop. In a panic stop, you expect to not stop as fast as a bare car, but what you don't expect is that with the slightest deviation from a straight line stop, the trailer can push the rear end of the car to the side and then jack knife it, instantly.
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Replying to: aatherton (Apr 07, 2008 10:21 am) This will be our first really long trip and it's a shakedown for an even longer trip to upstate New York in July. I may be able to get the new suspension, battery and its isolator in by then. Good luck on the trailer brakes. Fortunately, our little T  B trailer at least has inertia brakes and they have worked well so far. I'm going out to pick up our trailer from its storage on the 19th and we're leaving on the 23rd. Wish us luck, please. Fred |
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"... I am looking at alternative batteries and such to open up some space." Check out the Odessey PC680 and tray kit from PPI: http://www.paradigmperformance.net/products/forester/batt.html Specs on the Odessey: http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc680.htm
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Replying to: aatherton (Apr 08, 2008 4:26 am) Did you look at the coil overs for the Forester? Fred
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