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-mike
28x got out w/o a moving violation
3x got a mover but for far less than I had actually been pulled for and those 3 were out of state.
So yes, I do have protocol, it helps to have protocol for being pulled over especially cause I drive like 40-50K miles/year.
-mike
Ask to see a couple of installs. Looks for bubbles, neat cuts, edges peeling, stuff like that. A good install is the key.
-juice
o No Radar Detector
o Clean Record on the Police Computer
o Open both front windows, keep hands on wheel, don't get paperwork or until cop shows up at door, put on interior light
o Don't make him chase you far
o Lots of Sir's or Ma'ams
o PBA card of someone on the force with their shield #, hand it in with your liscence as if it were part of your paperwork
Basically if you have a clean record and they think this was a one-time occurance, they'll give you the benefit of the doubt and let you go. When asked about a PBA/FOP card always indicate that you have a close friend or relative "on the job" that way they know you didn't just contribute money but actually know someone who puts their life on the line like they do.
-mike
I drove in the UK for about 16 years and got pulled over several times, usually on some pretext when they were bored or wanted to check out the car, but once with some justification when I got a ticket for doing 93mph in a Hillman Imp in a 70mph limit on a straight and deserted road at 3 a.m. But I was younger then, drove more at night, and drove attention-getting cars.
Has anyone had trouble with their OB fog light grills? I take mine off when washing the car and I think some sort of plastic tab behind the light is broken because the grill doesn't seem to lock back in place properly on one of them. This happened when I attempted to put it on upside-down.
BTW, I have the premium sound package so I hardly ever hear the noise any more.
YetAnotherDave
Bob
Mirrors, when out, put greater air pressure on the window overall than when they are in from the turbulence they create. This changes the sealing characteristics of the window. The turbulence generated by the mirrors carries noise differently also.
-mike
-mike
Example:
air filter 40% increase
muffler tip 30% increase
Chrome gas door30% increase
100% EASY!
some one sent me a link a year ago about how to get that all cool look, including: Blue headlights (plastic wrap), big muffler (painted coffee can), Chrome accents (silver duct tape) and racing stripes (green 6" masking tape)
These guys had step by step instructions and pictures, and even ACTUAL HP figures.
steve-v
Silly question but just how steep was the hill to allow the Imp to get to that sort of speed?
Reminds me that I had a Golf GTi MkII and was overtaken down a steep hill near Brighton (England) by a Relianty Robin 3 wheeler. Scared me as I was doing over 90mph and this thing was chronically unstable as it went by. One of those occassions when you back off hard and wait for the accident to happen in front of you.
Cheers
Graham
Anybody who loves cars has to make it to the UK. It's a gold mine of 4-wheeled, 3-wheeled and 2-wheeled contraptions.
Bob
Since I work in the area of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, I had planned to experiment with various "fixes" to reduce the noise. But the hood deflector seemed to take care of the problem. Or maybe it's just that my mirrors are getting dirty!!
Regarding the door seals -- if the glass is not sitting up against the seals properly, have the dealer adjust the glass position. It should be pretty obvious if the glass is not aligned properly.
I have been pretty happy ordering parts from Liberty Subaru in NJ (www.newsubaru.com).
BTW, just got back from a ski trip, and the LL Bean rocked. Awesome ski car. I saw a ton of Subarus on the mountain, and even an "official" Subaru of America Outback with some cool graphics on it. Wish I had my camera along to snap a picture.
Craig
Regards,
Brian K
I think it is described in the manual somewhere too.
Steve
-mike
If you do get picked then be polite, calm, respectful and keep attitude in spare tire well. Like Paisan said turn interiors on and keep hands on wheel, do as told. I watched a 62 in a 55 warning escalate into several tickets because "What the #$%@ do you want" is not an accepted greeting in our society
28 years, 1,000,000 plus miles, all 50 states, 2 tickets (year 1, same stop), stopped 5 times normally, once felony style. They were looking for someone else, drawn weapons do make you more polite. ;-}
Steve
This man was married to a woman who, as they used to say, "had a mouth on her." She lit into her husband with a stream of blistering criticism punctuated by foul language--the "f word" and the "a word" and all the others. The trooper had already written his ticket, but he was stunned by what he was hearing from the passenger's seat. The trooper tore up the ticket, saying, "You poor jerk, you got a lot more punishment from her than you'd get from this."
That became their standard ticket protocol, not that this lady needed any encouragement to launch into a tirade when her husband screwed up again. I'm not sure this would still work, but it did in a less cynical age.
What should I use on the leather seats and how often should a treatment be applied. We live in Arizona and the car will be parked outside most of the week. We are planning to tint the windows next month.
Thanks!
Steve
Steve: the paint is cured at the factory, so wax away. Check out the thread under Subaru Crew, we have a whole OCD club going regarding car care.
-juice
The best to apply conditioner, is to pour a small amount on the seat then spread with your bare hands, ( great for the hands as well)then after about ten minutes wipe it all over well with a cloth.
Enjoy your new Bean.
cheers Pat.
Craig
Our Bean is just about 6-months old and just turned over 13,000 miles. My wife called the dealer because the CEL was on (not gas cap related). She also complained of a bad smell when she drives the car like burning oil or something. Dealer says there were loose coolant hose clamps (causing the smell) and they have to take the computer and send it back to Subaru for re-programming(!?!?!?) The Bean will be laid-up for 3-days to a week. This may explain the poor fuel economy of this car(?) So far we have not been able to achieve the numbers that are talked about on this list. She gets average of 19 to 20mpg (mostly freeway driving, 35 mile one-way open freeway trip to work). Last fall we were able to get close to 25mpg on a long road trip (Mpls. to KC). Still, not quite the numbers I would expect. I'll post once the Bean is back from the dealer with re-programming.
Paul in MN.
-juice
-mike
http://homepage.mac.com/craig_hunter/window/
The pictures are from the rear door on the driver's side, but I imagine it would apply to the other doors. Let me know if you have any questions. There are basic adjustments for side to side position, and "stops" that control the vertical limits for up and down. If you took pictures of your glass, I could compare it to my car and see if it is off and by how much.
Craig
The fog lamp shields are removed by rotating counter-clockwise (the previous 30 degree estimate is good) - reverse the procedure to reinstall. Note the "TOP" embossed on the uppermost "crossbar." My hunch is that they're easy to break, so take it easy (perhaps not a good idea to do in sub-zero WX).
I've been driving since 1964, and have received one ticket (in 1968, for doing 65 in a 55 - Route 309 in PA - by a very polite state trooper who was attracted to my flaming red/orange Fiat 124 Sport Coupe for some reason(?!)). Multiple cross-country treks as I moved around in the Air Force - I'd guess I've driven around 1.5 million miles by tallying up cars and mileage. Always noted on long trips that the same car(s) would go flying by a couple of times in the same day - unsure if speed-induced higher fuel consumption or smaller bladder kept making them stop. Generally speaking, speeding didn't seem to make much sense on any level (although I fully agree with the "minnow" theory - especially in urban areas like Seattle).
Funniest ticket I heard of (related by my mom) - in the 60s, she and my dad were headed downtown Philly for dinner and apparently he was regaling her with some story. A cop who'd been following them for some time (in normal city traffic) finally pulled them over and threatened to give my dad a ticket for talking too much - and not paying enough attention to driving. Long before cell phones!
Ken in Seattle (sunshine, finally)
As for Reliants (Mr Beans car) they had a fiberglass body and about a 850 cc engine I think. Quite a good power/weight ratio, but definitely a laughing stock. It is surprisingly difficult to roll a 3-wheeler; the body is always very light and the engine is usually between the two driven wheels; as the car tips it goes towards the single wheel, and the weight of the engine is away from the direction of tip (if you see what I mean). So it is sort of self-righting. To a degree.
When I was in college in England in the 60s my friend had an AC. Most people here probably only know the Cobra, but AC made all kinds of junk. This thing was a tiny two seat 3-wheeler with a single cylinder, two stroke, 500cc motorbike engine in the back, driving the two rear wheels with a rubber band arrangement on a tapered cylinder (a la DAF and Subaru Justy I think), meaning no gears, the engine rpm was more or less constant. He was a big fellow and drove it like a madman trailing blue smoke and with his elbow stuck out the fold-up window; it would roll so much the aluminum body would scrape along the ground. In the wet the belt would slip on the cylinder; it would lose traction and start to slow down, but then the friction of the slipping belt would dry it and it would grip again, so wed go along in a series of surges with the engine banging away like the clappers the whole time.
I also had a friend who collected pre-war cars. At one time he had a giant Auburn(sp?) about 30 ft long. But the one I remember best was the Citroen light 15, as mentioned by Bob. I went with him to pick one up. We traveled in an identical car, and were to tow the new acquisition back as it was not running or licenced. So I sat in the towed Citroen while he drove the other one from Southend back to London, about 50 miles. The towing device was a rope and the technique for the towee is to keep your foot hovering over the brake pedal in order to keep the rope taught, avoiding sudden lurches which could break it, and to avoid rear-ending the towing vehicle, which of course is supposed to brake gently. So about halfway back he seemed to forget I was 5 ft behind him (no mirror). The Light 15 was front wheel drive and handled very nicely. But not when it being towed. He kept increasing speed and zipping around roundabouts and curves while I desperately tried to keep mine on the road. I had no means of attracting his attention (no battery therefore no horn). Eventually the rope broke and I went sailing off onto the grass at a roundabout.
Cars are so boring now.
Can somone tell me how to post a picture right into the post rather than a link?
Brian
Oh, how many times the speeding tolerance was dropped when a radar detector was observed in a passing car. ;-)
Things police offices wish they could say:
"The answer to this question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or dog?"
"So, you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can write anything I want on the ticket, huh?"
"Yes sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I am the shift supervisor?"
"Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."
"Life's tough, it's tougher if you're stupid."
"No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to have quotas, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we want."
Cheers,
Tom
Ross
Craig
-mike
How does one get into the FOP?
-Dave
-mike
Also, did you notice if the lights are any brighter without the grilles blocking them?
-juice
-mike
I was thinking about getting some of the protective film, but it's really expensive. I will check into it though.
I do think the light projection on the ground was a little more uniform/brighter, but it may be in my head. The way the light spreads out from those beams, the grilles should have very little effect. I can always do an un-scientific test, however . . . .
Craig