Watch This Before You Buy a Compact Crossover for Towing

Watch This Before You Buy a Compact Crossover for Towing | Subaru Crosstrek Review

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@ab2abblank607 6 ай бұрын

Great video! This will help those who are considering a CVT equipped Subaru for moderate terrain, overlanding use. If you're looking to do some back country exploring similar to what was shown in this video (towing or not), you're better off choosing a more off-road capable vehicle. Love the Bean trailers and look forward to seeing them in person!

@sgt.pepper4274 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you. Another reason I refused to get a SUV with a CVT trans. I looked at all SUVs in this price range (subaru, honda, toyota, Hyundai/Kia and Mazda came out on top by far with its CX-50 Meridian Edition. It's a 6 speed trans with a 4 cylinder turbo that produces 256 horsepower with 320lbs of torque. The vehicle does come with Falken wildpeak AT trail and they're not bad. But with a 1.5 inch lift and more aggressive off road tires this thing will absolutely go through stuff you can't imagine. Just deciding on which overlanding trailer to get now for a 2 year trip out west for dispersed camping and light overlanding.

@kevinh4935 4 ай бұрын

True, but not totally true. @wildb4this did it on April 4, 2024 with stock suspension.

@williamwiese9963 3 ай бұрын

Great video, but for more storage I'd add a nice roof rack system. Stay safe, love your campers I'm going to take a look.

@jenniferwilliams4331 4 ай бұрын

Drove mt CTW up the Alaska Highway and back. I think it does have good storage but you do need to pack it properly. That takes time and several trips to figure out. I also don't have a dog that needs the back seat. Thanks for the review!

@mark-di5pf 4 ай бұрын

our dog is our most important piece of cargo! His 100lbs does look funny in the back seat. It makes me smile!

@andrewanderson5297 5 ай бұрын

For the average person this combo, or an Outback combo would be fine... Not everybody is going to push it that far, but for those that do yeah it make sense to get a more specific vehicle. For the 80% crowd this or the Outback is a great combo.

@mark-di5pf 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. Probably more like 95% would not take it where we take Beans so an Outback would be great. The Crosstrek is a bit limited in its storage capacity for longer trips.

@Zanderthelab 4 ай бұрын

Omg love the bloopers!

@LNSPLTBLVD 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to get one in the future

@freedom_foz_6337 6 ай бұрын

Awesome idea to get a vehicle that many of your customers may also buy! I’ve towed in my non-wilderness 2020 Lifted and modified. Did great with the exception of very steep highway passes on super sustained inclines. I was still able to make it but had to drop down 5-10 MPH below the 65-75 mph speed limit. Not a big deal. I would 💯 recommend monitoring CVT temps when towing. I have a very good and cheap monitor video on my channel.

@dustinbranham9746 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video idea. As someone who lives in the PNW, at least half of my Bean usage is for ski camping. I currently tow with a RWD Jeep Grand Cherokee on winter tires. But I am planning to swap that vehicle for soothing with AWD. Living in Seattle, I would only consider smaller vehicles, and ideally I want the smallest AWD option available that can still safely tow the Bean. I mainly wonder about towing up ski mountains on snow covered roads, and towing across snowy interstate passes, though. Is there a downside to using a Crosstrek for those applications? I can never seem to find anything online about towing a teardrop in the snow the way I do.

@mark-di5pf 28 күн бұрын

The Crosstrek wilderness with #3500lb of tow capacity would do well you would need to watch speed and oil temperature on steep uphills. I would definitely want a brake controller in the Crosstrek with a Bean.

@Livingthegoodlife9000 5 ай бұрын

Which Ironman lift do you have on the Crosstrek? Normal or Spec-C.

@mark-di5pf 5 ай бұрын

normal

@ahoyer2 6 ай бұрын

Can you share what bike rack is being used at 11:46 and is it approved/recommended for travel trailers? Thanks!

@mark-di5pf 6 ай бұрын

It is a Thule rack and not approved for trailers. It is a bit rough on the bikes on those kinds of off road trails.

@eljefe68 6 ай бұрын

I can't believe you didn't have the articulating hitch on it. I have already ordered my Bean Stock and am trying to be patient, but failing miserably!

@cinner-binner 6 ай бұрын

We did have the Max Coupler hitch on it!

@eljefe68 6 ай бұрын

Ah, ok. I didn't see that.

@RaytheonNublinski 24 күн бұрын

Oof

@scottcalhoun5524 Ай бұрын

What about a regular Crosstrek? The tow capacity is 1/2 what the Wilderness is.

@odetoplants 3 ай бұрын

hi 👋🏼 would the Forester Wilderness perform any better?

@mark-di5pf 3 ай бұрын

it would pull the same, off road the same but have more cargo space.

@randalmartin22 6 ай бұрын

I don’t think people that own a crosstrek would have an expectation of getting up more serious 4WD roads. Honestly I wouldn’t take a crosstrek or even a forester up that section road where you stopped even without a trailer attached.

@angusmacdonald5300 6 ай бұрын

i had a Crosstrek Wilderness briefly. I honestly don’t know how it got such a high towing rating of 3500 lbs. i think it would be ok softroading (not this heavy duty off-roading) when towing a Bean trailer.

@CJLane-62 5 ай бұрын

Dat road is nothing Compared to the Roads in Arizona! 😅

@CJLane-62 5 ай бұрын

What about a '96 XJ Sport? With 264,000 miles on da motor?

@mark-di5pf 5 ай бұрын

great Jeep. A beast off road when properly configured. Not sure of its tow capacity.

@Zanderthelab 4 ай бұрын

You didn’t even try it with the Crosstrek. X-mode is a lot more capable that you give it credit for.

@mark-di5pf 4 ай бұрын

Crosstrek was in X mode the whole time we were off road. The Crosstrek was getting hung up on much smaller ledges than the one that turned us around. X mode is really good just not compared to 4 low and a locker.