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Mark
For SOAs sake it would be good if the majority of B9s went to newbies.
-juice
You are the one with SOA connections, anyone you can check with about that?
-juice
parking light switch for on top of the steering column
That's just it, it's a parking light. It's used more in Europe on very dark roads that are also narrow. It's a way to leave lights on, but dim, so people don't side swipe you.
loud humming noises on cold start-up (fuel pump)
Sounds right, try this to verify - turn the ignition to the ON position, but before you start it listen for a "whirr". That's the fuel pump priming the fuel pressure. The sound should be familiar to you, then.
Sears X-Cargo 20cuft cargo carrier fits on the factory crossbars perfectly
Sweet. Perfect for when you have 6-7 passengers.
Welcome to the forums, can I just ask you to use a few paragraphs to make future posts easier to read? Thanks.
-juice
The fuel pump noises are normal on startup -- almost all modern fuel injected cars do this now.
Craig
I may have spoken to soon - around town today It dropped down to 18MPG - still not bad for the first 100 miles.
I leased this car so I won't be adding anythying.
The car does not have Nav or DVD but came with puddle lights, RV mirror, rear bumper cover , mudflaps, shock sensor, roof rails, wheel locks, and the dealer updated me to the 5 pass. cargo mat at N/C.
Funny thing though - the wheel locks were not on or in the car - (but on the monroney)so I'm taking rubber mats instead.
My lease is only two years so am already looking forward to an '08 Subaru??.
When my daughter begins driving later this year we will give her the '01 Forester and my wife will pick up a car - and right now it's another Tribeca!! She loves this car.
The Tribeca is solid and well planted on the road. I thought I would have problems with rear visibility, but it's not as bad as some people have stated. You have to use the mirrors. The Pacifica is far worse and you couldn't give me that car.
In 5 months I've only seen 5 Tribecas on the road and only one in my town - I like having a unique vehicle - I'll enjoy that as long as I can.
Charlie
I see them about a couple of times a week, but they're not common, not yet anyway.
-juice
Sweet. Perfect for when you have 6-7 passengers.
Or when you have 2 large dogs & a cat and want to go visit your parents over Christmas!
That's what we do with my OB now, but everyone would be a little more comfortable in a Tribeca. Hopefully next year!
Christina
For those who have been asking about satellite radio, I purchased an Audiovox plug-n-play unit with the car docking station and the FM modulator. I had a local car audio technician install in my Tribeca.
I bought the unit from Crutchfield, which was terrific. They provided adapters to the antenna input of the car radio, so my Sirius radio is hard-wired into my radio through the antenna input.
The only thing I don't like about it is that the Sirius unit needs to be off in order to use the radio, or it gets all kinds of interference. When I was using the FM transmitter option in my old car, I could just switch between station pre-sets on the radio and it worked fine whether the Sirius radio was on or off.
Hope this helps.
Of course, the upside to the modulator is that the signal will be a lot stronger than the transmitter. Still not as good as a direct line in, but the next best alternative.
Craig
reuben2: why would you want to turn off Sirius, though? Isn't it a whole lot better than FM?
-juice
should i buy a tribeca?
As to weather you should buy one - if you like it sure buy one. They seem to be well built, reliable, handle well - but a lot of car buying is very subjective.
Good Luck
B9 Tribeca fuels record sales year for Subaru (journalandcourier.com)
Steve, Host
I read somewhere that they expect Xenon and memory seats to be avail for the Europe models. These are 2 things that I would love to have when I do buy the Tribeca sometime next year....
He ran a new antenna wire from the dashboard to the back of the car by hiding it behind the trim pieces and up through the tube that holds electrical wires going to the rear door. The antenna itself is on the back left side of the car, right in front of the spoiler.
2-adults, 2-children, 1-rooftop cargo, lot's of hills across the appalachains, used cruise control @ 5 to 8 mph over speed limit.
MPG=21
B9 did downshift a lot but not too unusual for those hills.
Unfortanately no snow or rain, have heard complaints about the factory tires in rain or snow has anybody had any problems?
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-jXfdsYVxd6Y/cgi-bin/ProdSearch.asp?search=sirius+st- armate+replay
It's only about 1 1/4" wide and 4" long. I put two small velcro tabs to the left of the gear shift and ran the power cable into one of the adapters in the cargo compartment. I ran the antenna above the rear hatch with the antenna runnng just under the trim. You can't see any wires and it took me about 10 minutes to do the whole thing.
So far the radio works great. I notice that it sounded a little tinny with the FM modulator (kind of AM radio-like) but sounds great if you adjust the bass and treble just a little. The Replay allows you to broadcast to any FM station so you can always find a clear channel. So far, though, I haven't had to change settings. It only takes a second to unplug the radio if I want to use it in the house.
It doesn't cut out any FM signals so all I have to do to listen to local radio is switch stations. The truth is that I'm listening to local radio only 10% of the time, mainly for local road conditions and news.
Craig
As for whether you should buy a Tribeca, well, you are reading probably the best source of info in this forum. Once you've read the wealth of info here (and other places) in the back logs, then drive one, and drive other similar vehicles. Your gut feeling will tell you what to do :-)
-Karen in AZ-
Have read on Tirerack where others with the Goodyear LS2 have had terrible traction in rain and snow anyone experience this with there B9's?
with better tires on during the summer the B9 is a different beast. handles well.
as far as the NAV question. I am disappointed in the NAV. just last night it wanted me to turn left then go about 1 mile turn right 2 miles then turn right 1 mile BACK to the road I was currently on.
last month it wanted me to go one block up to the smaller back road behind a small town instead of staying on the 2 wide lane main street! kept saying to detour up to this tiny back alley road... an i saw the route was parrallel to my current larger road until this small alley merged back INTO the same main road I was currently on.
I have not had any of my previous 2 NAVs do that. (last one was Chrysler which is an ALPINE unit) and before that was Acura (not sure who they use).
I think if they make options for Europe, they're very likely to appear on the US models as well.
-juice
-Karen-
There aren't 8 seat belts, so that's not the best idea.
-juice
At least they all fit.
They watch TV or play video games.
Tim
Was it worth it, any positive/negative changes?
What did you do with the OE tires if still had good tread remaining?
signed:debating new tires
Tim
The Info button cycles between trip computer displays. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out what the Audio button does. Can anyone provide any insight? I could not find it in the owner's manual either.
Also -- has anyone measured real MPG to see how it compares to what the trip computer says? How accurate is the trip computer's measurement?
Thanks!
Craig
The stock tires are wasting space in my garage right now.
Don't we have subwoofers in our cars? Has anyone tried the optional Subaru subwoofer?
-Charles
http://www.cars101.com/subaru/tribeca/tribeca2006.html
I replaced the speakers on my '98 Forester with the "premium sound" package speakers, and I'd rate them "poor" and merely "fair". The fronts were 2-ways but the rear speakers were cheap dual-cone paper speakers even for the premium!
I asked my dealer buddy about this, he says most owners care more about AM reception and weather band than they do about highs and lows.
That's different for the Tribeca and for the STI and Legacy GT, I suggested. He agreed. Subaru needs to improve on this.
-juice