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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You could still make use of the baby wipe dispenser, LOL.

    The Colin Edition has the potential to be the funnest.

    * no back seat
    * added lightness all over the place
    * H6 (or H8)
    * VTD w/rear bias
    * forged 18" rims w/summer tires
    * snow tires set included
    * passenger eject seat (for whiners)
    * low-mass forged internals
    * FRONT quaiffe LSD
    * race cage and harness
    * special "date mode" for quiet operation

    -juice
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    ROFL.

    --> good thing it's after 5 and few people are still in the office. :)

    ~c
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    My Mk II Golf GTi had the ideal set up for changing kids. Robust parcel shelf was strong enough for a kicking infant and space underneath for shoving in all the bits. Mind you, I look at my tall ten year old and it seems like only yesterday that we used to do this regularly.

    My wife also wanted shaded glass so she could breast feed the baby without the locals perving at her.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    http://www.subaru.com.au/news/?newsid=11985
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    http://www.subaru.ie/IMGIE/WWW/subaru_ie.nsf/NULL/7BE1F9A6F4E37BD- - - - - 180256E04005CDE32?Opendocument

    Interesting that the specs on this site are given in both metric units and in U.S. units.

    Of course we knew the US-spec models are underrated as far as towing is concerned, but this is the first time I've actually seen it listed (in pounds) on a non-U.S. site.

    2.5i Estate Outback:

    Towing weights lb (kg)
    Braked 3968 (1800) 3968 (1800)
    Unbraked 1609 (730) 1653 (750)

    H-6 Legacy sedan:

    Towing weights lb (kg)
    Braked 4409 (2000)
    Unbraked 1653 (750)

    Bob
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    Re. the 7 passenger, I don't know the colour, as the pictures were B/W.
    I scoured but didn't see posted pics here. Got a link?

    Nicholas
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    I can deal with using Kilowatts instead of HP to rate power but for some reason "Newton metres" to measure torque just strikes me as a hilariously funny term ;-)

    -Frank P
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    I'll teach Brooke that one.

    "Daddy, what is that whistle/whisper from Cinco the XT? Brooke, that is Cinco making many newtons!"

    :lol:

    -Brian
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    mine would be the B9, but keyboard operated so i could drive fast ...
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    LOL! <really wants to say something here, but went down that road last week!>
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Well after seeing a couple of references to the Nissan Armada board, I noticed this morning that it was very active so I decided to finally drop in for a peek. Holy cow! Now there's a batch of really unhappy owners. And while I kinda feel sorry for them, a tiny voice in the back of my head is saying "Ha! That's what you get for buying a gas-guzzling road-behemoth to impress the neighbors. I know, shame on me.

    -Frank P

    P.S. Hey Brenda, when do you sleep? ;-)
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    And what happened to the 4Runner? It used to be my favorite- classic looking, not too big, timeless. Now it's big and chunky and ungainly looking, like the old model went on a bender, got hitched in Vegas to an Avalanche, and had the 2004 model as a kid.

    Oh and Paul Eklund is selling me the spare rim off the 2004 AlCan Rally Forester XT for $100! Woot! So I'm a step closer to Plus Zero UHP/AS tires rather than a second set of rims.
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    are they complaining about things other than gas mileage and exhaust noise?

    ~c
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Loosh: Can Eklund send you some underbody armor as well? Might come in handy in Charm City. ;-)

    Ed
  • atlgaxtatlgaxt Member Posts: 501
    A very pronounced and weird resonance (with some claiming an increase in cabin pressure) at speed and a shaking roof that Nissan has not been able to address.

    Brake rotor problems. Weird popping noises in the drivetrain. A "helicopter noise" from the engine compartment at some speeds. Low quality interior trim and rattles.

    Note - I never drove an Armada. These are just some of the complaints I have seen. Looks like Nissan's big turn around has hit a rough patch.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Yeah, it's having some teething issues, nothing major. This is a good example of why one should NOT buy a first year model. I'm sure Nissan will get things sorted out before long.

    Bob
  • slazengerslazenger Member Posts: 99
    Just saw a silver 2005 GT on road here in Ann Arbor. It had manufacturer plate. SOA has an emission testing center here in Ann Arbor. This might have been a test unit. It was funny to see two WRX drivers chasing this GT. They were following so closely that at one point one of them was just about to rear end GT.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    of the latest minivans, and the Honda is still the best in their opinion, closely followed by the Toyota, then Nissan, Dodge and Ford.

    They loved the "Sto 'n Go" seats in the Dodge, but the rest of the vehicle was seriously out-paced by the Japanese brands. Ford, in their words hit a "bunt," or in my words, "too little, too late;" really a very meager effort on Ford's part, IMO.

    Speaking of Ford, anybody catch the new Mercury minivan TV commercials, where they parallel park a competing van into an impossibly small parking space, then do the same with a Villager, but this time in a "normal size" parking space? That has to be one of the most phony TV commercials ever...

    Bob
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    welllll i'm usually asleep at 5 am, but the allergies have been awful the last couple of days .. so i've been awake by 3 am and then can't get back to sleep ... i think i'm feeling a little better today and it's raining lightly now which should help settle some of the tree pollens
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    went to bed shortly after the chat feeling better than earlier in the week ... only to be wide awake at 1:45 am ... can't keep working on these sleeping hours ....
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    I heard that sleep was over-rated anyway!
  • atlgaxtatlgaxt Member Posts: 501
    The whole series of Mercury and Ford minivan commercials has me stumped.

    There is the stupid parking commercial Bob noted. BTW, whoever needs a forward parking assist should have their license revoked.

    Then there is the stupid one talking about the cooled seats. They show a guy getting into his vehicle on a hot and sunny day and getting burned on the hot seat of a typical minivan. Then they show someone under the same hot and sunny conditions sitting on a presumably hot Mercury seat and after he sits down, he hits the seat cooler. Even if the stupid thing worked instantly, which it would not, wouldn't he already have been burned sitting down before hitting the seat cooler? What is the point?

    Then there is the one showing someone fighting to remove the rear seat on a Chrysler minivan. So then the Ford or Mercury shows their fold down back seat, as if it were some great Ford innovation, and as if Honda, Mazda, Chrysler etc. did not have these type of seats for the past several years. Shoot, Chrysler now has the 2nd and 3rd row fold down.

    AAAAGGGHHHH. This kind of stuff drives me crazy.
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    That is so true.. I've seen it and found it stupid. I thought the same thing, instant cooling seats? Sheesh, the guys hamstrings are already fried.... What idiot ad agency came up with this so I can personally go to their office and pimp slap them...
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    even exists, if this is the best they can do...

    I too wondered what idiot thought of cooled seats!?!? As Elm said, once you sit down on hot seats, your leg is fried. I also agree about the forward parking sensors. Who's their target audience? Idiots?

    Bob
  • tincup47tincup47 Member Posts: 1,508
    Many luxury brands have cooled seats, Lexus or MB came up with them I think. They are not there to avoid burning your legs (that is dumb in the commercial, but marketing types go for the LCD), they are there to increase comfort on hot days like seat heaters do on cold days. Front parking sensors are also found on other luxury vehicles. I do agree that for most people these are uneccesary, but people today want bells and whistles regardless of the usefulness.
     We had a customer that lived in Kauai in Hawaii that was upset that we did not offer a NAV disc for the island. It has one road!!!
  • amsbearamsbear Member Posts: 147
    Use an auto start device in conjunction with these features and you may have a winner.

    Alan
    98 OBW Ltd (w/ black leather seats)
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    I may not mind cooled seats. I find that the WRX material tends to hold heat on sunny days and even warm up with prolonged driving. Not hot, just warm. I'm sure the black doesn't help.
    Yep, getting up to 70F today. Scorching for April. Wonder how the black material will be in high summer.

    Nicholas
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Chuck, I find it hard to believe that cooled seats offer any real advantage over air conditioning. It sounds more like an answer to a question no one asked.

    Bob
  • tincup47tincup47 Member Posts: 1,508
    I don't neccesarily disagree, I feel quite a few of the gadgets on new cars are basically silly. I have on occasions on long trips thought that having a cool breeze on my posterior might be nice, but it's not something I need for daily driving. I am not including safety items such as ABS, EBD, DCS, etc. in the silly category. One of the silliest things I've seen is the heated, reclining, massage rear seats that are available on the Lexus LS430. The fact that silly bells and whistles like this kept the Jag XJ from beating the LS430 in C&D's comparison test a few months ago is mind boggling. The Jag was the clear performance winner in the test. And, yes I am biased ;)
  • ldbrickerldbricker Member Posts: 140
    especially when talking about south Texas where temp and humidity both approach triple digits for very prolonged periods. I think they would be most helpful to offset the humidity. There are plenty of times you get out of the car and although the a/c was maxed and your face etc. was cool your back is still wet from being in contact with the seat and having no circulation around it. As soon as MB or Lexus or one of those really cool brands loans me a car I'll post results.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I'm known as a gadget-friendly guy. Normally I like gadgets&#151;if they improve humankind even in some small way. I like BMW's heated steering wheel, for example&#151;which, BTW, many here think I'm nuts for doing so.

    Having said that, until I experience the *benefits* of cooled seats, I will remain a skeptic.

    Bob
  • atlgaxtatlgaxt Member Posts: 501
    Being somewhat lacking in the intellect department and not being a high paid techie who knows all the secret systems like most of the rest of y'all, I rely on Google for 99.9% of my internet searching.

    A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to look at the Subaru web page (Subaru.com), and as I do with everything else, I typed in Subaru on Google.

    I got web pages for accessories, racing, every other Subaru division on the planet (UK, Australia, weird Asian fonts etc.) but not the main page for Subaru of America. Since then I have tried this on multiple occasions.

    With practically every other major consumer product, type in the name and the official U.S. website will be the first to pop up. I know I can just put in the address, but sometimes the simple name is not the actual URL (as an example, Mazda website is MazdaUSA.com).

    Does this seem odd to anyone but me?
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    having cooling seats but first the commercial is a misconception of it's function. It's a stupid marketing approach and it sux!!!

    Second, the functionality of this feature, gadget or whistle, is the fact of having cooler legs and buttocks. In addition, if you're driving in shorts, then you avoid the slippery sweat event.

    People pay for any gadget that's 'cool' and new (no pun intended) ~ ah.. who am I kidding... YES PUN INTENDED ;-)
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    http://www.subdriven.com/artman/publish/article_169.shtml

    to be entered in C&D's "One Lap of America."

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    There's a pix over at nabisco (non-Subaru thread, News & Rumors area) of a new BMW 7 Series with a pickup bed grafted on the ear end!

    No, this is not a Bangle job, but instead a bangled job...

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=7071&sid=17- 8&n=158
  • slazengerslazenger Member Posts: 99
    try googling this....



    * Go to www.google.com

    * Type "weapons of mass destruction" in the entry box

    * Click "I'm feeling lucky" button
  • ldbrickerldbricker Member Posts: 140
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    That's an external site. Google doesn't have a sense of humor!

    I rode in a Lincoln that had cooled seats, and it was awesome. Basically, cool air is directed out through the perforations in the leather. It was quite comfortable.

    Craig
  • ldbrickerldbricker Member Posts: 140
    so external site or not they dimmed significantly in my POV.
  • tincup47tincup47 Member Posts: 1,508
    Jag isn't going to make a crossover. Just like Land Rover isn't going to make a sedan or wagon. Jag and Land Rover are closely linked in PAG.
  • atlgaxtatlgaxt Member Posts: 501
    Someone tricked the Google system with the WMD site, so you cannot blame Google for the contents of that site.

    However, what I want to know is why can't you find the official Subaru of America site using the most popular and supposedly most advanced search engine on the net?

    I've tried Subaru, Subaru of America (with and without "quotes") ,official website of subaru, Subaru SOA .... and many other combinations. Nothing I have punched in will pull up Subaru's official American website using Google.

    Heck, if I punch in my name I'll get half a dozen different references to me, and my company website pulls up at the top, and it is not like I am sending Google money or like anyone would ever do a search of me (you would have to be a very sad and sick individual to waste time on searching about a nobody like me), but I still come up on Google. What is up with Subaru and why can't they get respect from Google?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    My buddy's Aviator has cooled seats. I think any cloth or even perforated leather seats are fine. It did work, though, basically keeping you from sweating on a hot summer day.

    My Miata has non-perforated leather so my shirt is all wet on a hot day, but to get fans to work you'd need to perforate the seats first, and then of course they might not be necessary.

    Sorry, I lost the URL for that 7 seater pic, any one else have it handy?

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    It's nothing more than a Traviq with the R1e nose Photoshopped on, as well as slightly more aggressive looking wheels and wheel arches.

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    What does that mean? The answer can be found somewhere in the link below.

    http://www.rollsroycemotorcars.com/

    Bob
  • goneskiiangoneskiian Member Posts: 381
    It didn't take me long to find it! For some reason I decided to click on Design. I don't know why but it just fit the person asking the question! LOL! ;-)

    That's an interesting word they've coined isn't it Bob?

    I was thinking about something else I used to "waft" to my college buddies! LOL!

    -Ian
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    waft = sniff or smell, right?

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Ian- I sounds like it was too easy to find. I was hoping it would become a "Where's Waldo" type of game.

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    is RR-ism, and it's mentioned at least twice on that site, one of which is the definition and how it came into being.

    For those slackers out there, it can be found via Google, but don't look for it in Webster's dictionary.

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I actually have the red one, it's here:

    http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290819759&p=4206014533- &idx=4

    Poor image quality, though. I think that came from some JDM magazine.

    -juice
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