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Out walking the dog I came across three Subarus with stout looking towing shackles in place. Either this is a new “tactical” look, or else Subarus break down a lot.
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It's for pulling Jeeps out of the ditch...David G
Harbor Woodworks
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"It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
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Our 4-wheeler has a winch mounted on the front. Many times I have wised it was mounted on the rear.Comment
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What’s wrong w the standard eye-bolt that goes there? I can see it being a fashion knock off from humvee/jeep quasi military look. Good thing the plastic paint protector is there but does it make a rattling sound?Comment
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"If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red GreenComment
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Maybe the UBolt in the OP is just mounted to the plastic & is purely decorative?"If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red GreenComment
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I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.Comment
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I got stuck once in a FWD SAAB 99 one winter, venturing out onto an unplowed road I thought I knew fairly well. Turned out there was 2" of powder atop about 1/2" of ice that had ~ 10# of what looked like graupel underneath. Fronts broke thru, chassis bottomed out. That was back about 1971 I think. No snows on that SAAB.
Yep, learned that lesson driving a used Grand Voyager for a few years late in the '90's.
Had had it for about two weeks; we got a light snowfall one morning, I tried getting up what was a fairly steep, curvy suburban street. I think it had Michelins on it, tread looked good enough. Got half way up, zero traction. Gingerly backed into a driveway behind me, pulled back out headed downhill & promptly started sliding off the crown into the adjacent ditch, my foot never touched the gas once I got out of the driveway.
Got back home & promptly ordered a set of Blizzaks.
When BMW started importing their new MINI in 2003 I gave the Voyager to the Salvation Army, bought a Cooper off the lot then a set of Blizzaks for that.
Giving up on MINIS last October (had four since that first '03, 360,000 miles in all; hard to get serviced where I am now, besides it's always expensive) I bought a used 5-speed 2017 Impreza. First thing I did with that was try the Blizzaks I'd had on my last MINI, which worked OK but were a little different rolling diameter between front to back pairs.
Everyone I communicated with said that wasn't A Good Idea with its drivetrain so I bought a new set, never looked back.
I'm liking 4WD in winter weather.Comment
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Different sizes front & rear even on FWD can confuse ABS. On AWD or 4WD it puts huge strain on the driveline. Even a system line Audi's Quattro will be affected as it's tough on the differential clutch balancing front & rear.
We run AWD & snows 7 months out of the year - makes life a lot less worrisome. That being said, I ran RWD & FWD for many years with good snows & they were usually fine. It's the "usually" part that makes AWD nice. Any wheel drive is useless with crappy tires though."If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red GreenComment
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Six or 8" of snow will stop our 4-wheeler. Snow piles up underneath and the wheels lift enough to lose traction. Similarly, a 12" log athwart the trail, that a walker could easily step over, will stop it.Comment
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You're right. I should have been more precise...
Short-coupled jeeps driven by testosterone-poisoned young 'studs' who think 4WD makes you stop twice as fast on ice, and who may or may not have been drinking a BudLight 5 minutes ago.David G
Harbor Woodworks
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"It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
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Yep, why I 'upgraded' to a new set of four. When they go back on come November they'll get 'rotated' front to back.
The Blizzaks off that Clubman were only 0.030" different in tread depth, but given the universal opinions I got back from those I'd asked I felt it was worth the ante to buy a new set for all four corners.
The Blizzaks I took off will go onto my wife's 2006 MINI S Cabrio (she might drive 400 miles between November and May) so no real loss.Comment
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