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Hey all! I wanted to do a write up on my Smittybilt Overlander Tent. I didn't even know Smittybilt was in the RTT tent game until about 10 minutes before I bought this. I picked up the deal from 4WheelParts last year when they had it for $599.00 After tax I paid $659.00 with free in store...

Hey everyone. I spent last weekend in the Ocala National Forest with a day trip to Gainesville to check out the Sweetwater Wetlands Park out there. It was the first multi-day trip in my 2016 Subaru Outback. When they say the Outback was built for Forest roads, they mean it! I probably put on...

Haha, funny story. I had to convince my mom that Subaru's are good cars. She bought one back in the early 80's. It was the car from Hell. It broke down the first day, took it back got a new one. That one lasted a few weeks. She got into a fight with the dealer and ended up returning it in the...

I did not account for that. I do know it's roughly a 2 MPH change at 70 MPH. ie) 68 MPH indicated = 70 MPH ground speed Just out of curiosity I calculated the difference in MPG just now using my Fuelly data. The tires have a 3.5% larger circumference than stock. Using that I multiplied my miles...

I tell ya, I never thought I would end up with an Outback. The only Subaru experience I've had was someone I know in High School had one. It was a hand me down wagon, not sure what model or year. He was always blasting around and hooning the living daylights out of it, and not the safe ways. I...

I do a lot of highway or back road 60 mph driving. If I'm around town I never drive more than 5 miles but I spend a lot of time in not-my-town whenever I can. I'm pretty casual when I drive so I keep it around 2000 RPM a lot of the time. Ok, here's a bit more on the car. I'm trying to write...

Some. I can actually fit it in my garage. The height comes to right around 6' 6". You do have to pay attention to the height of where you are trying to park, some are 6' 5" and those I have to avoid, but if it's a 7' clearance I can get in just fine. Yeah the fuel milage gets me a bit. However...

So I’ve had my car for just under 4 months, I’m about to cross 10,000 miles and I’m getting ready for some longer trips with more camping. I figured this is a good time to start my build log. I bought this car to build into an expedition style offroader. That said, since this is my first real...

I'm running 245/65R17 Cooper AT3's on my 2016 Outback. They hit my milage a bit but I think you can get them in a more stock size. They are a great light AT tire. I'm wanted something for driving to Alaska this summer so I needed an AT that was good on the highway and had a good enough tread for...

Whoa I didn't realize this thread had grown so much. Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm picking up a few small things here and there as I get money. I'm self employed so I'm just saving and going month to month with the build, if it's a good month I throw some money at the car, if it's slow...

Awesome story, can't wait to see how the van build turns out! I'm so excited to see what people do with the 4x4 Sprinters.

Nice! I'm heading that way this weekend. I almost went last weekend but decided to wait until I got a spare tire. I don't have one and hate tempting fate, so that should be fixed by Wednesday. Great photos, thanks for sharing!

I haven't had it on a long trip yet. I just did 250 miles of back roads from Tampa to Orlando. Mix of traffic, 60 mph and a short bit of 70 mph. 24 mpg (hand calculated) on the trip, but I was pretty light on the gas the whole way. I was surprised how well it did. The car is also very stable...

For me? Nope. For my parents? Probably. We have a 9 year old Honda Pilot that is about to hit 180,000 miles. We will probably have it a few more years, but then I could see my dad looking at the new Ridgeline. They don't need a truck for any reason, but it would be a bit different and he would...

I sat in one the other day, it felt much smaller inside than I had expected. I was surprised, I think my friends Tacoma feels larger inside. Still, they are very nice trucks. It was just outside of my price range and I had to draw the line somewhere when I bought my Subaru a few months ago. In...

I finally got my Smittybilt Overlander Tent mounted on my Outback. I put it on my stock crossbars which was the hard part. I didn't have enough room to get a regular socket wrench under the bar, I had to go out and buy a ratcheting wrench which saved the day. The stock cross bars are also so...

Hummer are great vehicles, I had a 3.7 H3 for a few years, loved every second. Fuel cost ultimately got to me and I had to sell it. It looks like you've got a ton of great info already. They are shockingly robust compared to what their "mall crawler" image they have attracted over the years...

Yeah, I went through this same thing a few months ago. I wanted the space of an E-350 the offroad ability of a jeep and the fuel economy of a Honda Civic. Sadly there's not much out there. I looked at the Transit Connect but I didn't trust it's driveline getting off road. You will have to...

4 Wheel Parts also lets you pick up in store and save on shipping. I just got one for $659 :Wow1: I had but the idea of getting a RTT on the back burner but at that price I whipped out my card on the spot. I'll give a full review once I get it. I can't wait. I'm going to have to install it in...

Thanks again all. For the CB I will probably get the Midland 75-822. I like that you have the option of making it portable. I know the range is pretty low when it's portable but it's still a nice feature. I had a Cobra 29LX a few years ago that had great quality and range but was huge. I think...