"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
09/24/2020 at 14:34 • Filed to: None
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
09/24/2020 at 14:34 • Filed to: None | 2
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no
having cancelled a few long planned vacations this year we stayed local (just into the mountains an hour or so) and stayed in an A ir stream. def glamping compared to our usual tent camping. Large fridge, a flushing toilet, hot water on demand, a shower, legit beds for all four of us.
oh yeah, and a built in delux bbq, which did of course have its own fridge next to it too :D
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 14:40 |
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But d
id you die?
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/24/2020 at 14:43 |
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We are all dead on oppo if you haven’t realized that yet. This is purgatory.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 14:47 |
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Report back from the dealer service department and let us know.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
09/24/2020 at 14:53 |
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The people here are way too nice for that.
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MonkeePuzzle
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/24/2020 at 15:27 |
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GTFAC!
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 15:29 |
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LOL
Kinja says you posted this 89 seconds ago...
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 15:33 |
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No, U.
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/24/2020 at 15:38 |
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“ And, as you die careening off the highway in your overloaded CR-V towing your Land Yacht, please have the courtesy to shoot the video in landscape mode you heathen.”
Oh, yes, RIP.
ranwhenparked
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 15:51 |
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Something tells me a British person would still insist on trying to pull it with that.
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MonkeePuzzle
> ranwhenparked
09/24/2020 at 16:24 |
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nah, the brits will pull it with a small sedan, but it’d be a diesel sedan at least.
TrickJos
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 16:35 |
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I was just thinking yesterday that I hadn’t seen GTFAC in a while.
Edgyhal94
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 16:51 |
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Awful people who happen to be British will pull with a small hatchback or diesel Vauxhall Astra estate just to make driving in the summer unbearable. Bastards. A nice Brit will consider their choice of tow car and ether buy a Kia Sorento, if their mean with their money, or a Land Rover if they actually don’t want to cause a mile long queue behind them of frustrated drivers, because land rovers can actually tow damn things, at normal speeds. I have a hatred of people who tow with FWD cars. Stop it, you’re ruining my already shite “holiday” to Cornwall where I’m already gonna have to deal with constant rain and camping...
dumpsterfire!
> MonkeePuzzle
09/24/2020 at 17:22 |
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Im gonna say “it depends”. A 31 foot Airstream LandYacht and some elevation will kill a CRV methinks. A smaller one maybe ok?
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MonkeePuzzle
> dumpsterfire!
09/24/2020 at 17:34 |
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well I live at 5000+ft, and this was at ~9000ft :D
so, no.
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ranwhenparked
> Edgyhal94
09/24/2020 at 19:06 |
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And, here, people will buy an F-350 dually diesel 4x4 to tow a single axle utility trailer that they use to haul leaves and sticks to the dump
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Edgyhal94
09/24/2020 at 22:24 |
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My experience to the lake district, made me understand Top Gears caravan hatred .
duurtlang
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 03:32 |
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Brits don’t own small sedans, and it’s hard to tow something with a car that is not available in your market. Cars like the Jetta, Focus sedan or an Astra sedan are not even offered, let alone bought.
P5guy now GTIguy
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 09:52 |
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Those wheels look way better than the directional ones those CR-Vs usually have.
PS9
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 10:50 |
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No, it isn’t. You need, at least, a 20L Diesel V8 making 2k ft-lb of torque mounted in a truck that takes up both lanes of traffic. Note: This observation comes from the average truck I see here in the US longer than a limo with duallys in the back towing a dingy.
/s
Michael
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 11:29 |
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Not sure if serious, but here you go
The average weight of an Airstream trailer is 2,500-10,000 pounds:
Classic: 7,788 lbs.
Globetrotter: 5,297 lbs.
International Serenity: 4,761 lbs.
Flying Cloud: 3,852 lbs.
Caravel: 3,200 lbs.
Bambi: 2,900 lbs.
Nest: 3,400 lbs.
Basecamp: 2,585 lbs.
Against a 1,500 lbs towing capacity, we’re gonna go with a hard NO if you’re in the USA. As written by other commenters, in Britain you’re as likely as not to have a WORSE car and still tow these things
Future next gen S2000 owner
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 11:42 |
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I’m gonna say no. That Rav4 thing is probably only good for 3500lbs. I’d bet the Airstream is all of that.
Smaller one, yeah but probably not the one pictured.
Moltenburn
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2020 at 12:05 |
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Even with the turbo engine, the limiting factor is the horse crap CVT transmission. I doubt it is rated beyond 2500 lbs. Same happens with DCT transmissions too. That airstream pictured is easy 6500 lbs modern day 4Runner would have a hard time getting that up a 9000ft pass. It would do it but slowly. CRV not a chance.
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MonkeePuzzle
> P5guy now GTIguy
09/25/2020 at 12:25 |
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thanks. these are from a generation older CR-V as we bought ours with the base model steel wheel option.
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MonkeePuzzle
> PS9
09/25/2020 at 12:27 |
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towing a dinghy, that could have easily sat up in the bed!
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MonkeePuzzle
> Michael
09/25/2020 at 12:28 |
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the CR-V is a perfectly adequate car, but I can tell when it’s got a full load of passengers, camping gear, a cooler full of food etc for when we go camping. It’s already somewhat dragging to carry what it’s designed to carry.
I do suspect some magic smoke and an unpleasant smell would emanate
from the car within minutes of attempting to tow an RV