they were saying :
OK, the figures I found on Google were wrong. So that's the 2.5 Forester, managing the sparkling heights of 26mpg combined and 250g-km... Mmmm.
But don't forget this bit :-
Make that 1500kg kerb weight, but the point holds. Towing 2 ton with a Forester is liable to have the tail wag the dog in no short order.
A note about all the polluting 4x4 drivers... 1279they were saying : That mind of yours really IS closed, isn't it? That, in general, 4x4s-SUVs are larger, heavier, and far less efficient than the equivalent "normal car"; that they don't actually do anything...
Mmm. How clever of it to rewrite the basic laws of physics.
Without any locking diffs, one single wheel spinning will lose all the torque. With road-tread tyres, grip is limited at best on wet grbutt. With a compromised tread, as fitted as standard to most SUVs-4x4s, you're a little better, but that's down to the tread not the transmission - and there is, of course, a trade-off in on-road performance.
I didn't start this discussion.
I'm referring, you'll note to "SUV-style" "4x4s", and trying to exclude Subarus from that - which, personally, I'd think you'd be quite happy about, as they really aren't all that. They're a useful half-way house, nothing more - the Forester is a far worse vehicle in all respects to the XC70 or A6 AllRoad.
