the wetness is where a subaru can excel! enjoy it!Got said:Great photos. Looks nice and warm and dry. Toooo much rain in the Pacific North West. I have yet to drive my Crosstrek on a dry day.![]()
I have taken it to around Big Bear Lake, CA (http://jascha.me/2012/11/12/adventure-log-big-bear-lake/) and it performed great! There was a lot of driving on steep, rough dirt roads with no issue. On the twisty highway drive up I had it in virtual manual mode on the CVT to keep the revs up and enjoy the twisty stuff a bit more. All around enjoyable considering I took it on some serious dirt roads right after.AWDking said:awesome pics, man! Have you done a lot/any mountain road climbing? I am wondering how the Crosstrek does up a constant incline. I have taken a 4cyl Corolla up from sea level to about 7000 feet and the car struggled the whole time.
That's good to know for me, since I have done the Big Bear trip many o' times. In my current 2003 Impreza that climb is pretty rough, hoping the Crosstrek handles it much better!jascha said:I have taken it to around Big Bear Lake, CA (http://jascha.me/2012/11/12/adventure-log-big-bear-lake/) and it performed great! There was a lot of driving on steep, rough dirt roads with no issue. On the twisty highway drive up I had it in virtual manual mode on the CVT to keep the revs up and enjoy the twisty stuff a bit more. All around enjoyable considering I took it on some serious dirt roads right after.AWDking said:awesome pics, man! Have you done a lot/any mountain road climbing? I am wondering how the Crosstrek does up a constant incline. I have taken a 4cyl Corolla up from sea level to about 7000 feet and the car struggled the whole time.
Your article put a huge ;D on my face! The adventure! The light off-roading! ZOMFG!!! Awesome stuff!jascha said:I have taken it to around Big Bear Lake, CA (http://jascha.me/2012/11/12/adventure-log-big-bear-lake/) and it performed great! There was a lot of driving on steep, rough dirt roads with no issue. On the twisty highway drive up I had it in virtual manual mode on the CVT to keep the revs up and enjoy the twisty stuff a bit more. All around enjoyable considering I took it on some serious dirt roads right after.AWDking said:awesome pics, man! Have you done a lot/any mountain road climbing? I am wondering how the Crosstrek does up a constant incline. I have taken a 4cyl Corolla up from sea level to about 7000 feet and the car struggled the whole time.
Deserts are great, but I bet you have some awesome mountain terrain to drive up in the Northeast area.AlexAlejan said:Awesome pics. Just got my crosstrek and the wife and I already thinking of somewhere to take it. The Mojave looks beautiful!
Yep we do, too many mountains to pick from. I went to wedding in the Catskill Mtns in NY a few months ago, and some of those hills were a challenge for me 2000 altima. Wish I had my crosstrek back then! My brother in law lives in new hampshire so we might take a trip up there sometime later this year.ClubCrosstrek said:Deserts are great, but I bet you have some awesome mountain terrain to drive up in the Northeast area.
Sounds great. We have some nice mountains surrounding LA but nothing like back east (at least as far as I've gone).AlexAlejan said:Yep we do, too many mountains to pick from. I went to wedding in the Catskill Mtns in NY a few months ago, and some of those hills were a challenge for me 2000 altima. Wish I had my crosstrek back then! My brother in law lives in new hampshire so we might take a trip up there sometime later this year.ClubCrosstrek said:Deserts are great, but I bet you have some awesome mountain terrain to drive up in the Northeast area.