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For reference, where I live a GMC dealer let me take a new serria (50 miles on it) home for the weekend. Same thing with the dodge dealer we bought our van from.
I've asked the sales people about why they have to ride along. Guess its because of insurance. Too many stollen ones, and too many used in other crimes.
--Jay
Ken
-Lucien Walsh
1999 Legacy 2.5GT
1999 Outback (wife)
-Colin
'95 BMW M3
replaced a '99 Impreza 2.5RS and I *won't leave*
;-)
Patti
2K2 WRX + whatever they've given me to drive over the years.
'95 BMW M3
replaced a '99 Impreza 2.5RS and I *won't leave*
You better not! We need full gearhead and petrochemical representation! (that's a complement, btw)
Cheers,
..Mike
..Mike
Welcome
-Dave
1998 SGP Outback Limited
1999 GBP Outback Sport (Mom's)
(Who is it, for you rock fans?)
Serge (the only one)
2002 WRX Wagon
Wife has a 2001 Legacy GT sedan
--Kate
2001 Subaru Forester S Premium
(1992 and 1993 Subaru Loyales prior to that)
The Outback is the wintergreen color and I love it. I've put about 35,000 miles on it in about 2 years. I've made several trips of over 3,000 miles round trip in it. OCCASIONALLY I have wished for a bit more power, but for 99% of the driving I do, 4 cyl is fine. It has the all-weather package which I absolutely love. I am a Texas transplant, and bought the car shortly after moving to 'snow country'. We had something like 78" of snow that year by December 31. It started snowing in November and didn't stop. The car performed like a dream.
Ken (I'll make the chat again one of these days!)
1998 Forester S, sparking clean with Klasse ;-)
All the best,
howard
-Paisan
'88 Subaru XT6 AT (sold)
'91 Subaru XT6 MT (sold)
'92 Subaru SVX (just bought)
'00 Isuzu Trooper LS
others in my family:
'97 Legacy L
'97 Outback
'00 Outback
'93 Legacy FWD
For Serge's benefit, there is a line on the Emerson Lake and Palmer song Karn Evil 9, First Impression on Brain Salad Surgery which runs:
Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends,
We're so glad you could attend,
Come inside, come inside
There behind a glass is a real blade of glass.
be careful as you pass,
Move along! Move along!
Come inside, the show's about to start
Guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth!
You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo
You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll
I've always suspected that part of the motivation was the PT Barnum philosophy (This Way to the Egress).
Now what really worries me is that I am word perfect (I think) on a song I have not heard for 25 years. I never even really liked it. However, there is a lovely rendition of Jerusalem, my favourite hymn, on the album (We had this at our wedding notwithstanding that it is actually a battle hymn) together with a zippy little ditty, Benny the Bouncer.
Now Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance,
He'd smash your granny's face up given half the chance,
He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid,
He thought he was the meanest, until he met with Savage Syd....
And we worry about Rap artists.
Cheers
Graham
Cheers
Graham
Also, welcome to the Crew, ladywclass!
The chat was up, but I'm not able to use it because the Java chat program requires an Internet-visible IP address (a security hole large enough to drive a bus full of hackers through). I'm behind a firewall using NAT so I don't have a unique Internet address. Windows Messenger, AOL IM, and Yahoo! Messenger chat programs work through SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies behind firewalls, Edmunds' should too.
The HTML chat is not user-friendly (I'm being generous); when refreshing over DSL, last night's chat with 8 participants quickly scrolled off the Lilliputian chat window.
Unfortunately, the HTML interface is not worth the agony so I won't make chats until the Java chat program works through a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy. I realize firewall users may be the minority (well, if you exclude Subaru corporate users and that my problem may not be a priority.
Cheers,
..Mike
PS - I sure wanted to talk about the 2004 Forester 2.5l turbo rumor!
..Mike
Bob
-mike
..Mike
..Mike
..Mike
..Mike
-mike
Patti
I'm in southern New Jersey. Feel free to e-mail me a name if you know of anyone that is good.
Thanks!
Patti
Serge
-mike
Steve: I fully agree about the L/SE. In fact I bet it'll not only steal away GT sales, but also some base Outback sales.
Sorry I had to miss the chat - our nanny is a grandma for the first time, and we took her to see her grandson.
Welcome Brenda. And no, it wasn't me that invited her to join, though I'm glad she did. Wintergreen is a wonderful color!
-juice
'98 Forester Project 2.5RS (inside joke)
'02 Wintergreen Legacy L "juice Special Edition (*)"
* we added all the SE options ourselves!
I've really narrowed my search down. Now trying to decide between: used 02 Forester, 03 Forester, 03 OBS, 03 Legacy SE wagon or a used 02 WRX wagon. I turned 60 this summer, so I think I'm mature enough to own a WRX; I bet I could keep it down to one speeding ticket a month. Wow, what a beautifully nasty machine. In heaven we'll all get to drive WRXs and the highway cops will be stuck in clapped-out Saturns.
Steve
Somehow, I always expected Foresters to be less expensive than Outbacks...
Lady - Welcome.
Greg
01 Winestone OB, which picked up a nail in one of my new tires yesterday. arghhh!
jorge
extremely proud owner of 2003 Forester X manual
1994 Impreza 2wd sedan (mom)
I've taught general ed 1st grade, gifted ed K-6 for 10 years, supervisor of g/t program K-12 while teaching full time, general ed 4th grade, low income, high income, diverse population and 'white bread' (lol) A move to Indiana and the only job available is in the 'shortage' area of special education ... so here I am ... 3rd year in elementary special education on a severe disabilities license. I work a split schedule 1/2 time at one school, then 1/2 time in the other. I've done this the past two years, but this year was transferred to two different schools than the ones where I've worked. It's 'interesting'.
So what do YOU teach jorge?
Any help would be appreciated...thanks
Serge
Cheers!
Paul
...um, no I don't think I did. I did have a terminal get a little crusty though. never reached the point you described.
-Colin
I think your problem was induced by the service (probably NOT intentionally). Fluid level and clean connections are all you really need to do to a battery. If those things are good on your GT, at most, ask a trusted mechanic to check the battery but I wouldn't just change it. My $0.02.
Jim
Colin- duh, my bad...I meant rims. Rota Subzeros are getting so cheap I am thinking of getting a set of 17"s, but then I don't think you ever bothered, did you?
heh heh I guess you got 'em now though....
Sounds like the dealer is suspect. A battery tune-up and the leads all corroded? Anyway, it's good to know you've got everything working now. If you're concerned about future battery lead corrosion, just get some dielectric grease.
Ken
my career teaching spans the time you taught gifted ed i believe...this is my third year teaching first grade, a wonderful time of life
also did straight or combos of second, third and fourth for a few years apiece and some other stuff, categoricals, governance, etc.
i remember being at nsci a few years ago and hearing about "standards and accountability: texas style" it was actually more like "el paso style" but it seemed pretty harsh, like factory conditions during the 1800's
do you see education heading anywhere in particular?
regards, jorge
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aint that a kick in the pants?
best to all,
jorge
Downside was that my exhaust leak finally gave out
-mike
-Dave
But I don't know about petroleum jelly, that stuff will just melt off when hot, won't it? I was at my brother-in-laws in CT when I swapped my battery, he had that spray stuff purpose built for battery terminals, so we used that.
1st in class? Nice run. Did you win a plaque or anything like that? Pics?
Base Outbacks run $22,895 at MSRP, plus freight, lots of Subies are cheaper than that: Legacy L, L/SE, Impreza TS, RS, Outback Sport, and Forester X. The GT and the XS are the same price.
What you might be seeing is steeper discounts on base models (someone mentioned a $1200 incentive to clear the 2002s) and little availability of the cheaper models. But I've seen tons of L/SEs in dealers.
-juice
In fact, her average is creeping up slowly, currently 24.89mpg. Sandy's is 24.95mpg, but I have a feeling the Legacy will beat the Forester eventually.
More good news - the wife went to court over that speeding ticket and got off with PBJ. Peanut-butter and jelly? No, probation before judgement. No points! :-)
Saturday we got nice weather so we were even in the water. Sunday it rained so we hit the LL Bean outlet, natch.
-juice