Re: Trailering with Subaru Outback
Ted Nilson (teddybear@nac.net)
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:42:19 -0500
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hi Rye,
I trailered my P-19, Nightingale, behind a Legacy wagon with the 2.2 Liter
engine, for an eight hour trip to New Hampshire. I loaded most of the gear
into the back of the wagon except for the engine and portapotty. The
automatic trans seemed to suffer from overheating, so I stopped every hour
to cool it down and changed the fluid before I returned. I had no problems
braking, and the engine had adequate power for the task. We averaged 14 mpg.
However, I now tow the Nightingale with my Audi Quattro wagon with a manual
transmission. I just don't trust a slush box (automatic).
Ted Nilson
teddybear@nac.net
http://users.nac.net/teddybear
for an account of the SAIL FOR CFIDS sailathon check out the NJCFSA web site
at http://idt.net/~njcfsa
-----Original Message-----
From: Rye Gewalt <ryeg@vais.net>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 6:10 AM
Subject: Trailering with Subaru Outback
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Is anybody out there pulling a P19 with a recent Subaru Outback. I
>have a '97 with a 2.5L and wonder what experience people have had. The
>Outback is rated to 2000 pounds which is probably damm close to the
>weight of a fully set up '19.
>