(Liam Finley) wrote in message . com...
(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message news:4035b4c5$1@darkstar...
LOL. I bet you live somewhere a bit flat? Good for you...

Not exactly.

As much as I'd like to support yours and Greenwell's illusions, my
4-cylinder trailering experience includes trips of up to 1500 miles
covering mountainous terrain in the eastern Sierras and Nevada Great
Basin.

It's true, I've never towed my trailer to Lake Tahoe in the snow, but
given that the only soaring operation there closes in September, I
don't see the need.

Try towing something heavy uphill, both ways, in the snow. 3 percent
or
better grade. Sure sure, on the flat roads and beaches of Santa
Cruz I'd tow a catamaran, but a heavy trailer of ski gear up
to Tahoe with four people seemed to like a nice big engine...

The lengths people will go to to rationalize the purchase of these
expensive underperforming little gliders!