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-juice
Warning - do not open this at work, I laughed uncontrollably, someone thought I was having a heart attack because I was unable to speak!
-juice
What is even wierder is reading the comments from folk who have watched the video. A surprising number seem convinced it is a modified real mower and miss the joke.
Cheers
Graham
Steve
if you have a closer look you will see that the deck and apparent top of the motor cover are actiually two aerofoils with the sides acting as the upright thingeys which stop air spilling. Looing at the website it apparently is a very easy to contol RC plane.
Cheers
Graham
Bob
This is great news for Subaru, and should reflect very nicely in improved sales, as many people take CR's ratings as gospel.
Bob
-Frank
<< the anti cliche man
I can imagine the sales pitch: "Invest billions, and you might make $5 per car you sell, if you don't lose money on each transaction operating your billion dollar dealership!"
Frank: think about it, though, Subaru was in the top 5 before, with all the head gasket issues. That went away some time during MY2002.
CR specifically rated 2004 models alone, no other model years. My 2004, head gaskets were just a memory. Other issues like the wheel bearings from 98-01 are also in the past. You might say clutches up to 2001 or so.
All sorted out by the time 2004s came out.
Besides that, there hasn't really been a single stand-out problem with any of the cars. What's the biggest complaint now? Brake feel? Not even an issue of reliability.
I believe it. What we observed here is right in line with CR's reports.
As much criticism as CR gets, look at the reliability scores and the head gaskets are starting to show up on the surveys (below average for the 98-99 Forester). Same with Honda transmissions (99 Ody) and other common issues we hear about here on Edmunds.
It's just data, but it tends to be accurate IMO.
-juice
grrr i hate when friends find a weak spot...
rsholland, "The Forums Test Drive Team" #150, 5 Mar 2005 4:43 pm
Bob
Check out the Zaroot, I thought the lower door folding out as a step was an innovative idea. This could be a 3 door version of the XTerra, I guess, probably without the gullwings.
It has windows like the SVX!
Then check out the Civic - if you look closely it has a J-curve character line around the rear flanks, just like the Tribeca does.
Interesting, no?
-juice
-Frank
Yep. 5-speed auto or 6-speed manual, plus a great new 4.0 DOHC V6, which is based on their excellent 3.5 engine. These items are all found on the all-new Pathfinder and Frontier too. Lot's of refinements in just about every area too. It's a much better vehicle than the one it replaces.
Bob
My wife and I are looking at the Off Road version which includes hill start assist, hill decent control, locking rear diffy, VDC, Bilstein suspension, off road tires, and 4-wheel limited slip. It's one of the few remaining SUVs that can handle true off road duty.
The Off Road will sticker for around $28,000 with all the options we want (side air bags, tow package, blah, blah, blah).
-juice
no it was more detailed
btw i think this is pretty detailed
http://auto-information.org/checklist.htm
-juice
-juice
Steve
I have taken the kids with me on test drives. In fact the lowlight of the Nissan Armada test drive was when my daughter (age 5) could not reach the rear door handle.
Kids like to be self-sufficient, so that ruled it out right there, off the bat it got crossed off my list.
I might not have noticed if I went shopping alone.
She can let herself in the Forester. In fact I have to open the door but even my 2 year old can climb in and out of the Forester by himself.
Try that in a taller SUV - like a 4Runner or Armada. Ain't happening. Might even be dangerous.
Call that Ease of Use or whatever, but it matters every time you use it.
-juice
but I'd always thought they could pull out of it until now.
my loan through MMNA finance was sold to a third party effective 3/1/05. my loan is A) not 0%
to me those three factors would indicate that this loan would be something you would want to own, as a finance company, in the long run. selling my loan makes no sense unless it's a desperate grab for cash before the doors close...
so now I'm starting to suspect that might be what's going on. cue the funeral march--
~Colin
-juice
Kids like to be self-sufficient, so that ruled it out right there, off the bat it got crossed off my list.
Wouldn't your 20 MPG threshold have ruled it out in the first place?
After I came to, he explained to me that the EPA numbers are actually not bad for this class.
I actually went there to test drive a Quest, but I met Bob and he wanted to test an Armada. So we drove both!
-juice
It may not necessarily be so.
In the Financial Industry, Loan Swap has become a common staple and your loan could well be that.
-Dave
-juice
perhaps I'm looking at it in an overly simplistic way but it seems to me that immediate liquid cash is the only thing you gain by selling a loan.
combined with all the other bad news about Mitsu, I started wondering if I'd have warranty coverage pretty soon.
bah.
~Colin
-juice
Was it sold to a "name brand" company? Also, many times when loans are sold they only transfer the servicing. Mitsubishi Finance may still be getting the money and it would cost them less to pay someone to service them instead of doing so itself.
Colin you answered a question I had formulated to ask, what actually does happen if they go bellyup as regards warranty coverage?
I think I read somewhere that even though GM took over Daewoo they would not honour outstanding warranties.. In Canada they are selling the old Daewoo Lanos as the Chev Aveo.
Cheers Pat.
(for those who don't know, John Ebstein was one of the principal designers of the Studebaker Avanti, and who also was a good friend of my father-in-law)
Peter apparently was doing a Google search on his dad, and came upon my post to you here at Edmunds! As I had mentioned before, it's probably been 30 years since we last spoke, maybe more!
Send me an e-mail, I can fill you in on some more details. BTW, I invited Peter to post here, so don't be surprised if by chance he does.
Bob
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Not too shabby a week for Subaru. Not too good a week for German automakers.
Bob
-Frank
What I like about Subaru is not the quality or reliability alone, it's the fact that among the more reliable brands Subaru is one of the few that actually has some CHARACTER.
Get in a Subie and even blindfolded you know it's a Subaru just from the sound of the boxer.
Blindfolded you could not tell a Honda from a Toyota from a Mazda from a Mitsubishi from a Suzuki from a Nissan to save your life!
In a world where cars seem to have converged, Subaru is one of the few that stand out as unique, and yes, quirky. They have personality.
That is why I think they might be perceived as more of a threat to BMW than other Japanese manufacturers.
-juice
They say it's Accord vs. Camry.
I say it's Accord = Camry.
Civic = Corolla. They're all virtuall the same.
-juice
-juice