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Re: Running on the beach [ateixeira]
by xwesx
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Oct 19, 2009 (11:34 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Oct 19, 2009 11:15 am)
Certainly more than 99% of owners will ever try.
? Do you mean "never" try?
That sled hill next door to me that I mentioned last week gets more tempting every day. I think I am just going to have to do it before the snow flies (which is any moment now). 
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Re: Running on the beach [ateixeira]
by noey8
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Oct 19, 2009 (11:40 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Oct 19, 2009 11:15 am)
I think this is the vid you guys are referring too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yp1PkXizeQ
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Re: Running on the beach [noey8]
by kurtamaxxxguy
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Oct 19, 2009 (12:01 pm)
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Replying to: noey8 (Oct 19, 2009 11:40 am)
Yes , that is the Sand comparison video referred to earlier. 
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Re: Running on the beach [xwesx]
by ateixeira
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Oct 19, 2009 (12:14 pm)
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Replying to: xwesx (Oct 19, 2009 11:34 am)
I think I said it correctly - more than they'll ever attempt.
Most poeple just want to get out of the county fair grass parking lot on a rainy day without giving it a mud bath.
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Re: Running on the beach [noey8]
by ateixeira
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Oct 19, 2009 (12:20 pm)
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Replying to: noey8 (Oct 19, 2009 11:40 am)
The 2009 isn't even a turbo, the old one was. So even with a bunch less torque it easily performed better in deep sand.
Nice. 
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Re: Running on the beach [ateixeira]
by rsholland
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Oct 19, 2009 (12:39 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Oct 19, 2009 12:20 pm)
If that was a manual (we don't know that), it likely had a low range. This video was from the Ukraine, I believe. If it did have a low range, it would certainly have helped in that sand.
Bob
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Re: Running on the beach [ateixeira]
by xwesx
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Oct 19, 2009 (1:02 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Oct 19, 2009 12:14 pm)
Oh, gotcha. I completely misinterpreted what you wrote, there. 
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Re: Running on the beach [rsholland]
by noey8
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Oct 19, 2009 (2:43 pm)
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 19, 2009 12:39 pm)
I'm in the market for a 2010 forester and have been doing some research for quite some time now. I was really curious as to what transmission had a better performing awd (offroad). I actually contacted the owner of that red forester in the vid and he verified that it was an automatic.
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Re: Running on the beach [rsholland]
by rich28
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Oct 19, 2009 (3:41 pm)
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 19, 2009 12:39 pm)
Wouldn't the vehicle perform better in the sand with vdc off? That way, it's more like 4wd then awd.
Also, I'd like to see the Forester navigate the 4wd area in the Outer Banks, especially the steep ramps over the dunes. Whose gonna video that one???
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Re: Running on the beach [noey8]
by xwesx
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Oct 19, 2009 (3:55 pm)
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Replying to: noey8 (Oct 19, 2009 2:43 pm)
I am not going to comment on the AWD systems themselves, but without a low range, I sure find maneuvering a Subaru in off-road situations a lot easier with an auto versus a manual. I don't have any problem doing it with my old pickup truck, but the Subaru engine does not have nearly the torque and the Subaru also has a much more precise "trigger point" on the clutch pedal. That's just me, though.
That said, it didn't keep me from buying a manual.
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