[Healeys] Trailer advice

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Thu Aug 12 09:21:57 MDT 2021


Begs the question: How suitable for towing is a CVT (I believe all 
Subies use them)?

On 8/12/2021 8:18 AM, Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys wrote:
>
> If it is a manual car there is no problem at all in hilly country as 
> you have high and low gear to play with. Automatics can pull a bit 
> less but there should not be a problem really. In Europe Subaru's are 
> very sought after by the caravan crowd because of their permanent 4 
> wheel drive and ample pulling power, with or without turbo, 4 or 6 
> cylinder, diesel or petrol, be it Impreza, Forester, Legacy, Outback.
>
> Concerning brakes, I may hope that the trailer has its own properly 
> functioning braking system, as it should.
>
> Load on the hatch should be around 50-75kg.
>
>



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