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..Mike
Not styled by Lotus... Handling by Lotus.. Lotus tweaked the suspension..
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My best buddy in High School drove a Chevy Spectrum, which was a clone of the gasoline I-Mark. Not a bad little econobox.
His friend had an Impulse and de-badged it, keeping only the Lotus badges. It was funny how proud he was of that little car. It had ZERO torque, I think something like 99 lb-ft, but it did rev high enough to be fun.
http://img4.abload.de/img/imagen183lwy.jpg
anyhoo, I think her Dad sold it to his secretary in 1993 with 150k or so on it. After driving it for a few years it went to her son, then back to her. I think the rest of the car finally fell apart around the drive train at the 225k mark.
Kirsten learned stick on a 1975 International Harvester 1 Ton grain truck with straight cut gears, so I had a teacher with lots of experience. And stoic Scandinavian farm stock patience. :P
If so both of my brothers owned coupes. 1.6l running on alcohol, too.
Serge
Family is doing fine, older son is a baseball machine and the younger likes Boy Scouts and backpacking. I became a Scoutmaster last year and I'm having a great time watching the boys develop into leaders. Didn't make it to conference in Miami this year due to the economy, not sure about next year.
..Mike
..Mike
Has Subaru ever done anything like this? :confuse:
Bob
I managed to get our Caravan up and running yesterday; it is back to being smooth as butter! For some reason, when I tried connecting my OBD-II reader to it while diagnosing the problem (turned out to be a bad fuel pump), the reader would not link to the van. It just said, "ERROR." I need to check it again now that everything else is working properly. If the link is still bad, I will do a little more research into possible causes. We may still end up getting rid of it if we cannot use the on-board diagnostics system, as that could be a disaster later on as more problems inevitably arise. If I can fix it, though, I will.
20A fuse. My guess: rear oxygen sensor shorted to ground.
http://york.craigslist.org/cto/1324748109.html
Bob
Needs a longer wheelbase and a longer bed, too.
Makes you think if the new platform would be ideal. With a 4" longer wheelbase they could stretch the bed by 10" or so.
I think mine shorted while I was doing testing on the electrical system for the fuel pump. I probably just shorted something..... :mad:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=27842330&postcount=13
Another video here.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/19/video-brenda-priddy-international-spy-photog-- - of-mystery/
Love her license plate.
Bob
Go Brenda! :shades:
Oh I'm sure the people she's chasing already knew exactly what she drives. Heck, I'm sure she often walks right up to them.
The big advantage over other Nuvis is it has a large 5" screen (most NAVI screens are 4.3" or 3.5"), which is what sold me on it. Other features are Bluetooth and traffic. It also has a "trip log" which puts out a visual trail of the route you just took (sort of like breadcrumbs in the off-road mode), which allows you to retrace your route back to your starting point. Kinda neat.
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Bob
It is, however, a little too much car...er, suv, for us I think. It really drove home the point that we just don't need the ground clearance and the body roll that goes with it. We'd much prefer a Legacy wagon. I think for the time being we'll continue to maintain our '99....it just works better for us.
Since the ground clearance probably lets the Outback be classified as a truck for Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules, its lower mpg does not generate a penalty to Subaru by the government. A wagon with the same mpg = penalty.
If you like the 99's interior passenger room, you can essentially duplicate it with the current Impreza wagon. The cargo area is a bit shorter. The Forester has much more room than your 99.
http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/Vehicles/2009-honda-fit-sport/
Bob
Still, you'd be happier with an Impreza.
Just kidding. My brother's the judge. And I still don't show him any respect.
Yeah, I think if the Forester hadn't replaced a sportier vehicle, you may have been happier with it.
It varies by year but they usually have a Premium package that's a bargain for that model line up, hopefully it stays until you get one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPp-NFInXw
Do you really want to call your product Ugly??
The honest approach may have worked, getting people to laugh about it.
Even BMW had the Isetta...
kcram - Pickups/Wagons Host
But today they are only ugly (well not every Subaru)!!
The Isetta was a a panic move - they built them under license to have something to keep them in business in the 50's because the first two BMW's intoduced after WWII were horrid.
The new Forester is actually attractive, and that's strange to me.
It's just that Subaru has also always had, um, obscure cars? Quirky? Odd?
I'm thinking about the XT, SVX, 06 Tribeca, for starters.
Plus almost every car in the lineup has at least one unusual feature. The very first Legacy sedan had an odd shaped C-pillar, and that's just the start. The original Forester looked like it was 4" lower than it should have been. Remember the 02 WRX bug eyes? Heck all WRX headlights were unique, while we're at it.
The 95-09 Legacy and Outback lineup were surprinsingly mainstream, which no such oddities.