"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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The Subaru Tribeca was designed for road use. It has no undercarriage
protection like the Outback.

All that the "undercarraige" protection does is bend up into the suspension
and drivetrain when you scrape across something. Plastic skidplates are even
more of a joke, as much as the "Outback" in the real outback:

http://www.4x4now.com/eh.htm

http://www.4x4wire.com/trail/report/ut/elephanthill/

http://sangres.com/features/4x4.htm

Where does one put the winch on an "Outback"?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

All that the "undercarraige" protection does is bend up into the
suspension
and drivetrain when you scrape across something. Plastic skidplates are
even
more of a joke, as much as the "Outback" in the real outback:


There are all kinds of off road applications out there and the Outback
is used in plenty. It's one of the top cars around in PA for example
where many homes are set in unpaved areas and outselling all other cars
there and only trailing pickup trucks in sales.
The undercarriage transmission cover is not just for rocks and you
could find almost the same thing on the original and amazing Toyota
Landcruiser.

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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The undercarriage transmission cover is not just for rocks and you
could find almost the same thing on the original and amazing Toyota
Landcruiser.

The Landcruiser had 1/8" steel skid plates. I pulled them because they kept
bending into the driveshaft. The transmission did not have a skid plate,
except for a little bendy thing. My trusty LC went up both the Como Lake
Road (Colorado's worse!) and Elephant Hill (Utah's worse) at night!

It is a truly amazing Landcruiser!

Amen!

"Capt. Rob" wrote:

All that the "undercarraige" protection does is bend up into the
suspension
and drivetrain when you scrape across something. Plastic skidplates are
even
more of a joke, as much as the "Outback" in the real outback:

There are all kinds of off road applications out there and the Outback
is used in plenty. It's one of the top cars around in PA for example
where many homes are set in unpaved areas and outselling all other cars
there and only trailing pickup trucks in sales.

Living on an unpaved road is not an "off road application".

Cheers
Marty