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I've been wanting to take my Forester up to the Silver Lake sand dunes (by Mears, Michigan) since I bought the thing but never got around to it. My birthday was this week though and I declared that would be my birthday activity.
I went up to my brother's the night before and came up with a mounting bracket for the flag (10', required for entry to the dunes). I aired the tires down to 12 psi, which are actually like-new Bridgestone Blizzaks (the Forester is now my winter-beater basically and isn't driven in "summer").
My fiancee and I brought along her brother. My best buddy, who happened to buy a Suzuki X90 a short while back, was able to scramble and get the engine work done that he needed to do and was able to come up as well. My older brother, who's been wanting a 4 door Wrangler since they came out, bought a new one this year and brought that along too. This was at the top of "test hill," the biggest one there.
An idea of what the place is like
I made it up pretty much every time but the X90 had some trouble. We figured it was due to a lack of power...poor thing only has a 1.8L. He had to use low range while I was making it up in 2nd gear. It's a mix of having enough momentum and traction
I went up to my brother's the night before and came up with a mounting bracket for the flag (10', required for entry to the dunes). I aired the tires down to 12 psi, which are actually like-new Bridgestone Blizzaks (the Forester is now my winter-beater basically and isn't driven in "summer").

My fiancee and I brought along her brother. My best buddy, who happened to buy a Suzuki X90 a short while back, was able to scramble and get the engine work done that he needed to do and was able to come up as well. My older brother, who's been wanting a 4 door Wrangler since they came out, bought a new one this year and brought that along too. This was at the top of "test hill," the biggest one there.

An idea of what the place is like



I made it up pretty much every time but the X90 had some trouble. We figured it was due to a lack of power...poor thing only has a 1.8L. He had to use low range while I was making it up in 2nd gear. It's a mix of having enough momentum and traction
