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  • css1css1 Member Posts: 247
    Sounds like a good Idea. Do you know the dates yet?
  • css1css1 Member Posts: 247
    Mazal Tov!!!!!!

    I'm very happy for you.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    They moved it to right after NAIAS, i.e. Detroit. So it's usually mid January, come to think of it.

    We'll give everyone a heads-up well in advance. Let's also try to get Frank, Lucien, and whoever else wants to come.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    edited September 2010
    Has anyone tried pairing an iPhone with any Bluetooth device; be it an in-dash factory unit, or a stand-alone unit like a Garmin? What I'd like to know is, does the phonebook automatically from your cell phone transfer over to the Bluetooth devise?

    I ask this because apparently it doesn't with the Subaru Bluetooth; and I was just told by a Subaru rep that it's the phone's problem (most phonebooks from other phones do transfer this data), as the iPhone won't allow it to happen. I'm curious to see if anyone has experienced this.

    Apparently you can "manually" transfer this info to the Subie Bluetooth, but it won't do so "automatically."

    Below is a quote from SOA on this topic:

    You can store contacts from the very popular iPhone with the Bluetooth products in our vehicles. As noted on our Web site, there is no automatic transfering/importing of contacts from an iPhone to Bluetooth. Contacts from iPhones can be manually entered, though.

    The issue is that the iPhone does not have this capability. Apple iPhones do not allow for contact information transfer via Bluetooth at this time. Online news indicates that Apple may be in the process of offering an application to do such, however it appears currently the only available app is "Bump It" which allows phonebook transfer; but, only to other iPhones.


    Bob
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    When I first paired my iPhone4 to my G37 it asked me if I wanted to transfer my contacts over. I didn't actually do this because with my onscreen menus it's just as easy to access my iPhone contacts as the ones programmed directly into the bluetooth in my car, so I don't really know if the transfer would have been successful. But I'm sure it would have worked fine since I did transfer a few frequently used numbers into my Car unit without any problems.

    I was pretty unhappy with the iPod interface in my STI so it wouldn't surprise me if they still don't have it right. :(

    tom
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    Bluetooth compatibility always seems a bit of a crap shoot, and in some cases even dependant on provider. This was a problem with the iPhone and many interfaces. Have seen the same complaint on Pruis boards. Not sure if the i4 has solved this.
    Dras Prius downloaded our BB contact lists automatically after prompting. Hate the voice recognition on the Prius though, it never gets it right and is cumbersome to try again. BB voice dialling is spot on.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You saw my BlackBery contacts on the Garmin - does the iPhone behave differently? I think so...must be the phone, then.
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Have you played the Vehicle Rating Game? First round prizes being awarded soon!
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    Did he want to go up on 2 wheels?!?!?!? I have always thought that being a co-driver is one to the toughest things in Motorsports, it's cool they showed some of that side of it.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,728
    I have always thought that being a co-driver is one to the toughest things in Motorsports, it's cool they showed some of that side of it.

    Yes, that was great! This was the best video of its kind that I have seen. Thanks for sharing, Bob; I really enjoyed it.
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I had read that yesterday but never saw the video. Pretty cool.
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Wow! I'm sitting here giggling at work! These guys are insane.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    My SVX just sprung a tiny pinhole leak in the top- has anyone ever tried sealing it with one of those epoxy kits? It would be alot easier than replacing the whole radiator!

    tom
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'd worry about an external seal since it's internally pressurized. Can you weld?

    MythBusters showed that pepper works as a temporary fix. LOL
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,728
    I have used JB Weld to "fix" those kind of leaks before on older trucks. You have to drain the fluid to below that point, scrape down the outside nice and clean with a wire brush, then apply the epoxy, work it around real well, and let it cure for 24 hours or so before testing. I also patched up a gas tank this way and it worked for at least four years (I stopped using that chassis after that, but the "weld" was still holding!). On a radiator, it really just depends on how well the epoxy bonds to the metal. It is a tiny hole, but pressurized fluid will find its way through if there is any path for it to take.
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  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    edited September 2010
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    A slightly unusual question. We are about to be hit with a major locust plague, Australian Plague Locusts swarm occasionally building from small background numbers to huge winged swarms that devour anything green. The last big plague was about 37 years ago. The current forecast is for hundreds of billions of locusts, throughout New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia but particularly focused on my home state of Victoria.

    http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/locusts/current

    They devour anything green. My mother tells of a plague in the early 1950's where they ate the green paint off the concrete, following the line of the exposed paint from the shadows as the sun tracked across the sky.

    However I have driven through plagues before and know the drill. You stop quickly and brush off the dead locusts from the radiator before they clog all cooling. At next chance, you spray a jet of water back through the radiator to clear the fins.

    Removing bugs from the windscreen is another thing entirely.

    With planning, you can fit a screen, either bought commercially or fabricated from fly-screen material.

    Do you guys ever see anything similar.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    We get something similar every 17 years. They're called the 17-year locust (or cicada).

    http://www.squidoo.com/17-year-cicadas

    Bob
  • colin_lcolin_l Member Posts: 591
    When I was a kid growing up in Kansas, the terms locust and cicada were interchangeable to me.

    Much later I find out they aren't the same. A cicada is a bulbous, fat bug that makes a very distinctive chirping, particularly at dusk. A locust is a large winged grasshopper.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Thanks guys.

    I heard about the pepper fix- sounds weird to me but I guess it works.

    I'll have to try that stuff Wes, I've never tried it before and was wondering if it was worth it. I don't really have time right now to pull my radiator and install a new one- this sounds much quicker! :)

    tom
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    I remember driving through Florida as a kid seeing the front of the car plastered with mosquitos- but I'm sure getting plastered with locusts is another experience altogether!

    tom
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Tom, is the leak a crack in the plastic top tank, or at the crimp seal with the metal fins, or an individual fin line and the top plate? The answer on the epoxy fix is 'it all depends on the site of the leak'.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    It's a pinhole at the top. I didn't get a good look at it because it was at night and radiator fluid was squirting out periodically. I was going to take a better look today.

    tom
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I could not see the image, maybe you have to be her "friend". I sent an invite, doubt she'll remember me.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,664
    I went to the Reds/Diamondbacks game last night.... and, the place was crazy with mayflies...

    If you haven't seen one, they look like a double-sized mosquito, but the wings seem similar to a cicada (waxy, amber wings).. Fortunately, they are harmless, other than just being irritating..

    They were landing on the backstop by the thousands.... Every time they would foul a ball back off the screen, they would all launch simultaneously into the air... Interesting, but a little gross... :surprise:

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  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    well, it turns out there was a tiny crack in the top tank of the radiator where it meets the upper hose. I guess this is a problem with SVXs.

    I sanded it down, cleaned it with alcohol, and tried sealing it with JB weld. After letting it cure for 36hours it held for about 5 minutes. :(

    Oh well, time to replace the radiator.

    It figures, when the SVX decides to become problematic my son gets into a small fender bender putting his car out of commision for the week. :mad:

    Good news is he wasn't hurt (very slow collision) and because of accident forgivenss my rates won't double!!! :D

    The joys of having teenagers. . .

    tom
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Juice, let me think about it later this week. I definitely would suggest Sanibel, Marco Island, or Captiva on the West coast. Tampa/St.Pete is a nice area also (home of Mastro Subaru and my car) as is Fort Myers, great for shells and sunsets. The Keys are OK. I'll look into other places.

    As for the bridge, that's the old 7-Mile Bridge with missing sections. The new one runs parallel to the old one and is complete. Hey, we may not know how to vote, but we do finish the bridges.!
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Tom, sounds like a week you want to erase from your calender. :)

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sanibel keeps coming up...interesting.

    Update: looks like we only have about 3 days, because they want to spend the last 2 in Ft. Lauderdale.

    And now one of the families wants to spend one night in Key West.

    Not sure we have time for one night on the west coast...have to think about that. The next day would be a long drive to Key West, and we'd be in the car that whole day.

    I may end up not stopping on the west coast at all, since they want a night in Key West.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Wouldn't that be great! If you could erase one week from your life, what would you do?

    Hmm, maybe I shouldn't think too hard about that!

    tom
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I like hatchbacks, don't get me wrong, but I feel this story has more to it.

    He mentions all the % break downs minus the Jetta/Golf, which is the model most biased towards sedans. Last I saw the Jetta outsold the Golf 7 to 1. That may have thrown off the whole point he was trying to make. Why not at least list the % like he did for every other car?
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,728
    It is funny that the Focus was mentioned in that article. I actually called Ford in disbelief back in 2008, as I was considering buying a new Focus. I told them that I wouldn't even consider a car like that without a 5-door offering, as the whole point of the genre was efficiency! As it was, I ended up getting the Escort I have now (yeah, its a sedan, but I also didn't buy it new nor choose it from a long list of alternatives) for $800 and put off a "new" personal car purchase for a half-decade or more.
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited September 2010
    I owned a 1991 Escort GT 3 door hatch.

    Later they replaced it with a coupe based on that same old platform, and it killed the utility without making improvments.

    Then came the decent ZX3 and ZX5 models. Especially the SVT ones.

    Then they updated them again without going to the new Euro platform.

    It's like Ford tries hard every other attempt.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    edited September 2010
    He fully admits that VW is the exception to this trend.

    In Camp Volkswagen, the Jetta has outsold the Golf hatchback since time immemorial – a reality that has long flummoxed the automaker's German leadership because demand for the hatchback has consistently outstripped the sedan everywhere else in the world. VW execs have seemingly finally given in, however, awarding its Stateside outpost a 2011 Jetta designed specifically for U.S. consumers (read: bigger, decontented and less costly), so it will be interesting to see what happens to the Golf's sales.

    So he doesn't show the Golf/Jetta percentage breakdown. I don't see that as a problem. If the Jetta outsold the Golf 7 to 1, as you suggest, or 30 to 1, it doesn't make any difference. All it shows is VW is the exception to this trend.

    Frankly I'm surprised the Impreza 5-door and 4-door were so close. I see far more 5-doors than I see 4-doors, and every Subaru salesman I've spoken to says the 5-door greatly outsells the 4-door.

    Bob
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    But they still don't buy wagons.
    It's funny, because I have always thought sedans were stodgy and boring. I've always liked the lines of a hatch much better.
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    I guess we are certainly not 'average' based on our car body style choices. Our 9 new car purchases:

    Ford Fiesta - hatchback
    Datsun 810 - 2 door coupe - sedan
    Chevy Nova (Corolla) - hatchback
    Toyota Camry - wagon
    Toyota Corolla - wagon
    Dodge Grand Caravan - 5dr minivan
    Ford Windstar - 5dr minivan
    Subaru Outback - wagon
    Honda Odyssey - 5dr minivan
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Neither are we:

    Escort - 3 door hatch
    626 - sedan
    Forester - 5 door wagon/crossover
    Legacy wagon 5 door
    Sienna - 5 door minivan
    Forester - 5 door wagon/crossover

    With the lone exception of the 626, we've always prefered hatch/liftbacks.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I think if I put hard numbers down, I will be better understood:

    For 2009 sales totaled:

    Golf: 15,752
    Jetta: 108,427

    Actually in 2010 the Golf has picked up quite a bit, but it's still more than 3 to 1 in favor of the Jetta, and remember the Jetta costs more.

    VW brought Jetta prices down. It's de-contented and now they offer the 2.slow again (115hp, believe it or not). So let's see what happens.
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    edited September 2010
    VW brought Jetta prices down. It's de-contented and now they offer the 2.slow again (115hp, believe it or not). So let's see what happens.

    But that's only on the Jetta S so they could promote a low price.

    The VW fanbois are up in arms but they don't realize that the Jetta isn't targeting them. It's targeting Civic, Corolla and 3 customers. According to Automobile magazine, the low budget soft touch interiors (for VW) are better than anything that Honda or Toyota offers. The torsion beam suspension won't matter to the target market.

    The SE gets the 2.5L I5 which will be the bigger seller. Coming next spring will be the GLI with an independent rear suspension and upgraded interiors for those people willing to fork over big dollars for a VW.
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    Our list in Purchase order:
    88 Tercel - Hatch
    89 Civic - H
    92 Pathfinder - SUV
    98 Sienna - MV
    00 Yukon XL - SUV
    02 VW Beetle - ?? It's really a hatch, but unique.
    98 Altima - Sedan (bought used as a gap vehicle. Boring, but it was very reliable)
    04 WRX - H
    04 Yukon XL 3/4 ton - SUV
    09 WRX - H
    11 Prius - H

    My wife always says she prefers the look of sedans, but she has never owned one!
  • colin_lcolin_l Member Posts: 591
    I don't buy hatchbacks. Not one, ever.

    Shopped the Golf vs the Jetta... Golf is nicer, more options, very similar price. Jetta has more room. Jetta Sportwagen has even more room, but is fugly as all hell.

    I think my next purchase is a SUV because a hatchback or wagon can't tow what I want/need.
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I'm not including the cars bought for the ex ... but I've bought

    '73 Chevrolet Nova sedan (yeah, a mistake lol)
    '76 Chevrolet Suburban
    '79 Chevrolet 3/4 ton truck (a mistake but only because I ended up with TWO little ones instead of just the one!)
    '80 Chevrolet Malibu sedan (do you see a trend in brand here?)
    '87 Chevrolet Suburban
    '93 Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan (but kept the Suburban, too!)
    '97 Chevrolet Suburban
    '01 Subaru Outback

    The Suburbans were great with the family needs at the time. My favorite is still the '87 we bought because it was the "mid" trim level. No carpet, no "fancy" stuff. It was great for hauling the kids and their friends around through school groups, band stuff, girl scouts, church groups, etc. The first car I bought without the "influence" of the ex was the Subaru ... and I still love it ... I don't know that I will ever buy another car that isn't a hatchback or a wagon of some type ....

    Brenda
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Jetta wagons are boxy and plain, but I can't see how they're ugly.

    Jetta keeps getting face-lifted. I swear I didn't even get used to the new one and now a restyle is already upon us.
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Today one of the electronic/mfg rags that I get featured an article about Khrdro's hybrid car announcement. This augments the electric car and several other vehicles they already build (some 700,000 last year). They also license designs from Peugeot, Suzuki, and even the Mercedes E class. They even ship to Europe, Africa & Asia. Who knew? I certainly didn't....
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,728
    Not I. Wikipedia has information on the company, of course! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Khodro
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  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    edited October 2010
    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/2011-hyundai-sonata-turbo-priced-at-24-145/#c- ontinued

    274 hp, 269 lb-ft torque

    33 highway mpg on 87-octane gas

    Starting at $24,145.00

    The only thing missing is AWD
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/2011-hyundai-sonata-turbo-priced-at-24-145/#c- ontinued

    274 hp, 269 lb-ft torque

    33 highway mpg on 87-octane gas

    Starting at $24,145.00

    The only thing missing is AWD.

    Bob
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