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Lots of great trip reports of famlies doing the full sized van thing too. Either way the Taco wont be any cheaper but youll have less capacity and space. Mileage will be pretty much a wash also. A heavy taco gets as bad or worse mileage than a mildly loaded full size.

Legacy with a 3.6 is a rare beast. I hauled racing sail boats all over the west coast with my Legacy 2.5 12yrs never had an issue other than cooling issues which seem to be addressed with the 2010 OB we use now. My thoughts are #1 My parents were teachers do it!!! Get out of dodge the second...

The 05 SLK 350 which is a tiny car has three and a two page spread sheet in 10pt font listing all the fuses. And some how the ignition can be killed by a inverter blowing a cig plug fuse? Dont ask.... Been there done that.

Depends on the trip. Lol At one time solo, a duffel bag, some basic gear and the 650cc bike was lots of fun. Today that same trip in the SLK 350 is just as fun. Wife, kids and dog the Subaru with the 4x6 tent trailer has proven quite good. Add a grand parent and the Sequoia has been good. Just...

After two seasons with our solar set up. I think being able to move the panel around to the sunny spots is a must. Oh and yes heat impacts power output. We just had a 85 degree day my pool solar temp showed 98 on the roof. My Solar panels saw a 30% hit, compared to the prior day where my roof...

The really good setups never get photographed. Everytime I set ours up all the Woodland Nymphs appear in bikinis to take showers. The last thing your thinking about is finding a camera at that point. What sucks is that your racing around getting more water because the show ends when the water...

The GT brand went into the dumper for many yrs. But just in the last few years they seem to be going back to the old play book, with solid nothing fancy frames, and good value durable starter components. The geometry they use also seems like a nice combo for new riders and average weekend...

By the way Santa Cruz was sold. I know one of the key players it was a really, really hard decision. Some of the key players are still involved so I think the brand will continue building good stuff for a while. But its always sad to see our local home grown NorCal iconic brands bought up by...

I have a 87 Tequesta in its 3rd rebuild. Its the kid hauler, pannier holder, farmers market / camping / beach mule today. In the past 7yrs I dont think its been under 60lbs packed weight everytime I ride it. My trail rig is a Alumimum 29er Zaskar, I picked it up on sale two yrs ago. Good value...

We put a built super bee 440 in dads old 78 long bed std cab pickup. I recall with the Alaskan camper we typically saw 6-7mpg! However it towed the heavy 18ft I/O 351 ski boat like it was nothing. I think the best part though was the 440 growling howl when you passed people doing 70mph with...

Treat the inverter as a stand alone system fuse between inverter and battery. Done Treat the solar system as its own system, controller, battery and solar panel. Done - if you want to power simple small stuff as you had described you can power your simple fuse box from the output side of the...

The difference is in how much power can be sent to either end. Subaru sends more power to either end than the Rav. Crv is strictly fwd above 25mph and I recall only sends like 15-20% max to the rear end. Its more like fwd with slight assist. Rav 4 is also much slower to shift power to the rear...

Wow look at that thing! Nice rig..

My old 93 was a daily driver for about a week. 13mpg and brake pads every 12k. I typically was riding the bike, or subaru ing it.

I think the controller 20amp or 30amp capacity is higher than most vehicles 7 pin output at the rear bumper. But yes that needs to be checked.

The cvt awd subarus are actually better at moving power around than the MT. Ive had both, the cvt has been far better.

I just skimmed this thread what a sad deal. I really liked that tiger pattern wood and build. I sort of recal maybe reading about how a mold could be taken. I recal posting that Earth Roamer probably held design royalties on the shell. Given we called that design theft in the sailing world...

Front and rear diff service. At fluid and your good to go. Never drive it hot, and consider anything over middle guage getting hot. The only real weak spot is cooling capacity in hot weather and climbs. Out side of that great rig.

I built one. But its bolted to my trailer and powers our tent lights and stuff, solar generator youtube lots of examples.

Old tech. The new crop of Subarus have even more advanced systems now than whats highlighted in this 2012 video for the xv launch.