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Mike - bring photos if you have any.
-juice
Sorry folks. As much as I love my job, and this forum, I gotta be a Mom first. Let me know?
..Mike
Patti, perhaps we should start with asking you what the proceedure would be to get a group tour etc.
-mike
We missed you. I was hoping to finally meet you. We had a great time (don't mean to rub it in)! Some great folks, food, wine, roads, vistas, and, of course -- cars!
Bob
Garry Grimes has a list of attendess, there were 10 vehicles and about 20 people. His web site is http://www.subaruclub.com/. And a thanks to Garry for going through all the trouble of organizing the event.
As for freebies, we were loaded. Once again, our beloved Darlene of QSubaru hooked us up. I handed out Subaru logo sunglasses, very cool I must say, plus silver plated Subaru key chains to all the drivers.
Car highlights: I sat in an SVX for the first time, very cool. An RS with a carbon fiber adjustable wing and heavy mods wasn't hard to look at, and it's going turbo pretty soon too. Nice to see a pair of new Forester S+ models, driven by Bob and Dale.
Event highlights: nice folliage, though maybe a week past peak. Wine was great, love the Countryside Red and White at Oakencroft Vineyards.
Loosh - white had strong texture, a light peach aroma, full body, yet managed to be episcopalian in its behavior. In other words, it was YUMMY! The wife got a bit tipsy!
Lunch was pretty good, and our subgroup hike after lunch was fun. The drive up 81 didn't quite pan out, though Mike led with vigor and hit 80 on occasion. My compliments to a very easy-to-follow driver.
-juice
Craig
Reminds me, time for my flu shot.
-juice
Sorry I missed the tour. Although I did get to witness a "world" record in the "Sheaf Toss" at the Stone Mountain Scottish Highland Games on Saturday and then went for a day hike in the N GA mountains on Sunday.
-Frank P.
But ... I had a wonderful day walking on the North Central R.R. trail with my mother-in-law. Sheesh. Somebody Kill ME !!!!!!!
-hutch
-hutch
..Mike
..Mike
FWIW hutch, I missed FF too. I don't feel as bad about it, though.
Should have brought your mother-in-law to Charlottesville. She (and you) would have had a great time.
Bob
Oh that wasn't smart, not if I want to be invited on any off-road adventures organized by the Hutchinator! Ok, how's this:
Poor, poor Hutch. You are a selfless soul. We missed you but if you had made it there would have been too many Foresters there.
Cheers,
..Mike
..Mike
Everyone used to tease me about my front-wheel drive Prelude until I smoked them at the track! Got to teach those Bimmer punks a lesson ....
So true about the M3 -- great car with extreme limits that newbies probably should NOT probe. It does offer a certain level of forgiveness at the limit, but that limit is way the heck up there. Doesn't leave much room for error.
Your comments about the brakes were interesting.
Mike: did you notice similar braking performance at the track, or is the GT better equipped in the stopping department?
Craig
106mph sounds like a hoot. Bake those brake pads, too! My guess is the 2000 GT has more swept area. Or Mike was a bit freaked out to push his, uh, wife's car as hard as Loosh did. Plus he only had one day, not two.
Up on 3 wheels and all, eh? Yes, please send the photos. Though I don't know what's going on with Homepage.com - all my pages are down, and their main site doesn't have the link to register or login any more? Any insight?
BMW Roadside Assistance? LOL! Can you IMAGINE the operator on the other side? "Let me get this straight, you rolled over three times and...."
-juice
-juice
PS How'd you, the wine guru, like my wine review?
Per MY00 brochures, the Outback, Legacy L & GT all have: Front: 10.7-inch ventilated discs with twin-piston calipers + Rear: 11.3-inch discs. Regarding Loot's MY99 Outback vs. my wife's MY00 GT wagon brakes, I don't know if the discs are larger. They might be, as the weight increased 99->00. MY00 GT wagon 5MT = 3,440 lb, MY00 Outback wagon 5MT = 3,415 lb. Loosh or juice, got the 99 specs handy?
..Mike
..Mike
I may have a brochure at home. Here I have the 2000 and 2001s (which have 11.4" front discs for 2001).
One other factor - Mike's wheels have plenty of holes to allow air to cool the brakes, which may have helped. They're also 16"ers.
-juice
Talked to Rallispec today. THe mods I am considering on an Impreza wagon would run $3500-$4500, including labor. So I basically need to browbeat a dealer into selling me one for $14K and I will stay on budget. On the other hand, that is a trip to Europe.....
I do thing the GT wheels let the brakes vent better.
-juice
Pushing the envelope: Well, I guess everything is relative. After going 92mph on the 80 degree drop of 330Millennium ForceClubs (hehe, think I like that coaster?), everything seems slow to me.
..Mike
..Mike
-juice
PS The hand-held radios worked like a charm, too
..Mike
..Mike
-juice
In the meantime: please do not respond, or make
comments, about the problem user/post. It will only create more disruption to the topic. Please ignore as though it does not exist and continue with your discussion....
And now for the benefit of those that came here to discuss Subaru events, let's continue with this subject. Thanks for your participation.
Pocahontas,
Edmunds.com/Roving Host
'Twas a good time.
-juice
Bob
Bob
-juice
At 7 and 11pm Pacific, the Speedvision Touring car championship at Road Atlanta will air. I highly recommend catching this programme, especially for those of you who have been track junkies lately :-) Watch out for the two silver E46 BMW 328i's.
In addition, the Speedvision GT and Touring car championships at Laguna Seca will be airing back-to-back on Saturday starting at 5pm and ending at 7pm. Watch for the two Audi S4s in the GT championships. It's always fun to watch the AWD cars leapfrog the BMW M3s and Porsche 996s at the standing start!
On Sunday at 11am Pacific, we'll start off with MotorVision (another highly recommended show) which covers many European vehicles that we don't get in North America. Next is Motor Trend TV (possibly coverage of the x of the year awards), and then live coverage of the American LeMans series starting at 12pm and ending around 3pm.
Enjoy!! I know I will be :-)
Drew/aling
Townhall Community Leader/Vans Conference
Cheers,
WDB
I also noticed that almost all taxis are either Volvo or Mercedes, both quite well-equipped. Did you know that Swedish taxi drivers do not expect tips? and you can pay by credit card...
If it was not too cold and too socialist for my taste, I would have moved to Sweden...
BTW, Volvos in Sweden are more expensive than here in US, at least used to be.
..Mike
..Mike
Oddly I didn't see that many Subarus in Stockholm. It could be that AWD carries a fuel economy penalty, and that means a lot more in a land with $5/gal gas than it does here. Or maybe Subies haven't penetrated that market yet. Or maybe if I had gotten out into the countryside, or further north where it snows more, I would have seen more. Whatever, there weren't many in Stockholm.
The socialism in Sweden is pretty tolerable as such things go. I'd have trouble with how low in the sky the sun is in winter, but otherwise I could live there too. It's beautiful.
Cheers,
WDB
Mike: don't feel too jealous. My dad has satellite, and he has more receivers, adapters, dishes, and remotes than you can shake a stick at, plus $80 monthly bills.
OK, he gets a LOT of channels, but still...
-juice
I guess taxis are subsidized over there. Everything in Sweden is either heavily taxed or subsidized, or may be both... ;-)
For those of you who missed the American LeMans series, it will be re-running again today on Speedvision at 5pm to 8pm Pacific, and again at 9pm to 12pm Pacific. I managed to catch it on the weekend and highly recommend watching at least the last 1 or 1.5 hours of the event. Lots of action!
The Speedvision GT and Touring car championships at Laguna Seca will re-run on Thursday November 2nd, at 9 am to 11 am Pacific. Again, lots of action!
For those of you in Canada, the Canadian Rally Championship will air on Saturday November 4th on TSN. Coverage of the "Rallye of the Voyageurs" at 1 am Pacific, and "Rallye Auto Charlevoix" at 10 am Pacific.
On Monday November 6th, get ready for the FIA World Rally Championship in San Remo. Coverage on Speedvision (1/2 programme) at 5:30 pm and again at 9:30 pm Pacific. If you miss it on Monday, it will re-run on Saturday November 11th at 11:30am.
That's all for now! :-)
Drew/aling
Townhall Community Leader/Vans Conference
Garry
www.subaruclub.com
-mike
The DC show has never been an important show, in terms of model introductions. It's really the last of the past year's shows, rather then the first of the upcoming shows. Having said that, here's what I expect to see:
The new 2002 Explorer and Mountaineer.
Ford has in the past been good to the DC show in that they have unveiled several "about-to-debut" models. I expect that to continue. The new Explorers/Mountaineers have sort of debuted - in the press - but not for the general public. The vehicle is supposed to be in showrooms shortly after the first of the year, so it would make sense for it to show up here first - especially after all the tire problems. If it does show up, I'd be interested as to what tire brand it's wearing.
Subaru
You can certainly expect the LL Bean and VDC. Don't expect the new Impreza. That will debut in Detroit a few weeks hence. However, Subaru could(?) tease us with a display of their new rally-racer that's based upon the the new Impreza! Remember last year they had a racing Impreza on display. Hmmm... that sure would be worth the price of admission!
Other than that I don't expect much. Most of last year's concept vehicles will be on display. You may(?) see a production version of Chevy's Avalanche, since that will go on sale this spring.
Bob
Auto Show - also worth the price of admission.
In fact, I think that would be more likely to show up than the new Impreza racer.
Bob
paisan: yellowbikedon has done some preliminary home work on that, just so there's no duplication of effort. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure I can go, because I may have used up all my leave.
Have the Isuzu topics started up yet? That could be the first event for the group.
Bob: I'm bumming 'cause I'll miss the DC show too! Last year I even nabbed some free passes for me and Mike Smith (which, incidentally, was the first time we met in person).
I'll be in Brazil, on a beach somewhere, so I won't be too broken hearted!
The 2000 Neon had its debut in DC. Isn't that funny? They had the Detriot Show for the "official" debut, but I vividly recall seeing it weeks earlier in DC. (Big deal, I know...)
They'll have the ST-X and the LL Bean or VDC. I would most definitely had gone.
Anyone in the DC area that wants to go let me know - I may be able to score some free passes again.
-juice
-mike
Also, if anyone is interested in attending the Philadelphia Auto Show please let me know. I don't even know when it is yet but I can check into it if anyone is interested.
Finally, I'm a definite maybe for the SOA tour . I'd love to go but need more information - especially on how long a trip it will be total - before I can commit.
Best,
-wdb
Oops, I forgot I have a wife and kids...
That happens a lot with car events! Just ask my wife!
Fair enough, then. I'll go ahead and try to secure some free passes, and once I do I'll offer them up to the Crew.
-juice
-mike