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I have a soul
Posted by: desertdave on Mar-06-13 2:12 PM (EST)

Bought the plus model in March, installed SSD rails, use Yakima railgrabbers with 58" crossbars.

Perfect for sea kayaks with a 54" spread front to rear on the crossbars. Carry 2 plus paddles, if I wanted to buy one set of J saddles could carry 3.

Perfect for white water boat with a 39" spread on the bars, carry 3 fat creek boats plus paddles with stackers.

I had a budget of $20K, this cost $17.6K so out the door with license and suffocating CA taxes was less than budget.

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good kayak hauling cars/crossovers - yogelena - Mar-06-13 1:41 PM
- Have you... - ByronWalter - Mar-06-13 1:48 PM
  - Impreza v CrossTrek - jsmarch - Mar-06-13 9:26 PM
- toyota matrix - nickjc - Mar-06-13 2:00 PM
  - Pontiac Vibe - Waterbird - Mar-09-13 1:09 PM
- Racks - suiram - Mar-06-13 2:03 PM
- I have a soul - desertdave - Mar-06-13 2:12 PM
  - Honda Fit - dc9mm - Mar-06-13 3:12 PM
  - but would you ever sell your Soul? - slushpaddler - Mar-06-13 3:49 PM
    - What a beauty! - clydehedlund - Mar-07-13 2:40 AM
  - What's an SSD rail? - Kocho - Mar-06-13 4:09 PM
    - Installed set on wife's 2010 model - andy - Mar-07-13 8:02 AM
      - curious... - edzep - Mar-07-13 3:12 PM
    - Here's the website for SSD - desertdave - Mar-07-13 7:41 PM
  - Nice little car - BHMACIN - Mar-11-13 11:28 AM
- Subaru Outback - seadart - Mar-06-13 3:37 PM
- if you don't need AWD - slushpaddler - Mar-06-13 3:51 PM
  - ground clearance - joshua78 - Mar-06-13 8:32 PM
    - 18 mpg on the highway? - Canuka - Mar-07-13 9:29 AM
    - Trucks versus cars - guideboatguy - Mar-07-13 1:03 PM
    - sure - slushpaddler - Mar-07-13 3:12 PM
      - 4wd? - joshua78 - Mar-07-13 9:49 PM
        
        Same experience - pikabike - Mar-08-13 1:48 PM
      - 4wd? - joshua78 - Mar-07-13 9:49 PM
  - I've been looking too - randy_morgart - Mar-23-13 10:47 AM
- Mini - carldelo - Mar-07-13 2:22 PM
  - curious... - edzep - Mar-07-13 3:07 PM
    - Maybe longer - carldelo - Mar-07-13 11:20 PM
  - I never tire of looking at that photo - slushpaddler - Mar-21-13 11:29 AM
    - Thanks - carldelo - Mar-21-13 1:46 PM
- America Hates Wagons - Kudzu - Mar-07-13 4:42 PM
  - well put - suiram - Mar-07-13 5:02 PM
  - I just bought a wagon, - kaptynkayak - Mar-07-13 6:47 PM
    - That's Too Bad - clydehedlund - Mar-07-13 7:41 PM
  - Well, it's not that we hate them - Wayne_Smith - Mar-08-13 8:56 AM
  - Yep - Canuka - Mar-08-13 8:57 AM
  - Late 90's compact wagons were great - LeeG - Mar-09-13 10:06 AM
  - HEY REX... - scupperfrank - Mar-21-13 7:15 PM
- Is The New Rav4 Too High? - clydehedlund - Mar-07-13 6:04 PM
  - Got rid of stupid tail gate and wheel - seadart - Mar-07-13 7:49 PM
- Base VW Golf - t.george - Mar-08-13 8:51 AM
- Why Crossover? - LeeG - Mar-08-13 5:00 PM
  - "crossover" is the biggest scam today - slushpaddler - Mar-21-13 11:31 AM
- Impressed by Impreza - rosborn45 - Mar-08-13 6:01 PM
  - Quite a change - LeeG - Mar-09-13 9:57 AM
    - improved Subaru gas milage - ret603 - Mar-09-13 10:23 AM
      - Smaller engine also - LeeG - Mar-09-13 10:45 AM
        
        Think the OP left - dc9mm - Mar-09-13 11:25 AM
        engines vs CVT - ret603 - Mar-09-13 5:55 PM
        
        Making them lighter... - johnysmoke - Mar-09-13 9:13 PM
- Acura TSX Sportwagon - clydehedlund - Mar-10-13 8:42 PM
  - Yeah, nice. - Canuka - Mar-11-13 11:52 AM
- kayak transport cars/SUV's - yogelena - Mar-21-13 6:56 AM
  - hybrid Subaru coming soon - abz - Mar-21-13 9:27 AM
    - that's too bad - slushpaddler - Mar-21-13 11:33 AM
      - Not just "tarted up" - Canuka - Mar-21-13 2:13 PM
        
        and weight - slushpaddler - Mar-21-13 2:25 PM
    - The Cross Trek... - ByronWalter - Mar-21-13 2:06 PM
      - ROFL - suiram - Mar-22-13 7:40 AM
        
        :) - slushpaddler - Mar-22-13 10:03 AM
- Impreza Sport Limited - kathleen - Mar-23-13 6:05 PM
  - Another Subaru fan - oldgator - Mar-24-13 4:39 PM

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