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I've used this sort of approximation technique while teaching a freshman-level class in the mathematics of flight, and it really works. To keep things on a simple level, we use a lot of "ones" in the formula - 1 foot for distance increments, 1 second for time increments, etc. Makes the math simple, and the students like it. But the real kicker is seeing the approximation match exact theory almost perfectly.
If somebody can get the data, I can crunch the numbers! In the spirit of Click & Clack, you can send your data to me on a new PowerBook G3 . . .
Craig
I spoke to Dana today, and there was an issue with the chat overlapping with the CSG's chat. The room was double-booked and that's why she was there as a Moderator.
We'll have our own session this Thursday from 9 to 10pm eastern time (6-7 pacific), so don't miss it. There is a link at the top of the Subaru Crew topics page.
-juice
Less expensive rally tires have a simple pattern and you cut additional grooves / remove blocks as needed. You can do this to a Michelin or Pirelli as well of course, but they make so many variants it may not be necessary.
Ken-- I'm the one getting the clutch and I prefer to tear up tarmac instead of getting dirty. Easier to keep the shiny side up too. ;-)
-Colin
thanks in advance.
by the way, i have to say that my fiance and i absolutely love this car!
:-))
Rsss
Cheers,
-wdb
I have DSL! This is an amazing thing because of two reasons: 1) I don't even have access to cable TV on my rural stretch of road; 2) the local telco is Conestoga Telephone Company, a throwback to the pre-Ma Bell days that never got swallowed up and has remained a tiny, rural, independent phone company since just after they invented the blasted things. They apparently decided to reinvent themselves as a CLEC and are now in cahoots with local ISPs offering DSL to us hicks. I got 960K downstream and 128K upstream, the fastest offering available. They're using the Nortel system, which works over longer distances (up to 4 miles) but doesn't deliver the 2-4Mbps speeds that some of them claim. I wanted to share the connection with multiple computers so I went out and got myself a router, an Asante unit that also has the capability to act as a print server for Windoze boxen.
This morning the DSL line was activated (apparently while I was using that very same phone line as a modem connection!) and I got a chance to make it all go. Zoom! I downloaded a largish file from my service provider's site, assuming that there would not be a lot of 'net stuff between me and them and therefore the test would be a reasonable gauge of my line's throughput. I'm 3.3 miles from the switch, according the phone company, and I hit a steady 70KBps downloading that file. Good enough!
The final amazing thing is that I got all of this accomplished just under two weeks after I first heard about it. One of those weeks is this week, a holiday week. That is flat amazing.
Cheers,
-wdb
Still debating studs vs. studless snow tires... the skating rinks that substitute for roads around here vs. having driven studs in the winter as long as I've been driving vs. the noise on bare pavement vs. the damage they cause to the roads, vs. etc etc... Any input from the snow belt bunch would be appreciated - I'll wait to go to Les Schwab's for a day or two... thanks, gang!
Cheers!
Paul
http://natescape.com/subaru/
But, I defer to the experts for more detailed info.
I do have the Donnely ECT mirror on order and will have it professionaly installed. Has anyone had their dealer do it? How much did they charge? I do not have the harness.
Has anyone experienced brake squeaking? My 2k OB has 27k on it, and the brakes squeak during hard braking, during the final phase of stopping. Two visits to my dealer, they say there is no problem and the pad thickness is fine. I don't think the brakes should be squeaking.
Vince14
Anyway know where to find Ken's notes...Ken are you around?
Also, Gentex makes a similar mirror.
bit
gentex mirror, I recall, is more expensive.
Vince14
Ed
Good luck, and let us know what you decide and how they work for you!
Cheers,
-wdb
-mike
http://www.iace.com/ia/trooper
Nice pics. Salt on the new soob already???
-Tony
Dennis
On a serious note just hit 20000 trouble free miles on my 2000 Outback Ltd. 13 months with only Oil changes every 3000-4000 miles and tire rotation every other oil change ...I love this Soob ...my second, I drove the first for 40000 trouble free miles .
Jerry
Had a good look at the new Outback H6 today while my 99 model was serviced. I really can't figure how Subaru in Australia can validate a $10,000 price premium (about USD 5,250) for a snappier engine and a Momo steering wheel in very dubious taste. It was only 9:00am but the sun had already heated the fake wood to incredibly unpleasant temperature. The rest of the wheel, clad in leather was fine. The beige leather inside a blue car was also pretty tacky.
Don't think I will be in a hurry to upgrade.
Cheers
Graham
Come on Subaru, let's see this engine in some lesser Subarus, without all the extra bells and whistles.
Bob
typo above was, the Pilgrims Curse .
Anyway it seems to me that it is not the color of
the new car but the very fact that it is new that attracts those bombadiering birds; now that I've driven the brand-newness off my Titanium '00 GT, the poops/mile has gone way down. I'd happily back a taxpayer-funded study of that phenomenon.
As for the H6 and its price, I may be way off base
here but Subaru is a small firm as car companies
go, and development and initial tooling costs for a motor are very high - to the point that some
European manufacturers jointly develop new motors - so perhaps the initial price premium for the H6 is Subaru's way of recouping some of those costs. Also IIRC the production of the new H6 was supposed to be in pretty small numbers at first, so that makes it a scarce commodity. I agree that the cost should be lower, but I don't mind letting the early adopters help make it more affordable for cheapskates like me .
Cheers,
-wdb
Looks like a number of us who were questioning the value of the H6 before it was released, were right.
Bob
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I have the Donnely ECT mirror on order and will
have it professionaly installed. Has anyone had
their dealer do it? How much did they charge? I do
not have the harness.
Has anyone experienced brake squeaking? My 2k OB
has 27k on it, and the brakes squeak during hard
braking, during the final phase of stopping. Two
visits to my dealer, they say there is no problem
and the pad thickness is fine. I don't think the
brakes should be squeaking.
Vince14
@ 30K miles I generally will go get a pair of pads for about $35 from Pep boys and replace em. I just did that on my dad's '97 Legacy.
-mike
http://www.iace.com/ia/trooper
Cheers,
-wdb
Regards,
James
-mike
Nobody was injured, but that horrible sreeching metal and broken glass sound is still in my head. My daughter was in a back seat, and now complains about headache and sore back of her head: her head hit the headrest quite strongly.
We stayed our 4 nights in Vegas, but had to cancel
all our off-roading plans: going off-road with a tailgate literally taped on the car, did seem like such a good idea. Then we slowly (14h) came back.
To make matters worse, the driver of Ford pickup did not speak any English (Spanish only), had Nevada license plates and some suspicious insurance from AZ, and now I have to deal with all that mess from SF Bay area. Yikes.
Yesterday I went to body shop which was recommended by the Subaru dealer (B&S Auto Body and Paint, in Livermore, CA). Preliminary estimate is $4300. Tailgate and both bumpers have to be replaced, frame needs straightening, some other things too. Plus of course repaint-refinish.
Questions to my Subaru friends:
a) what to watch for when body is repaired on Forester (or Soobs in general)? Anyone knows about that B&S shop in Livermore? Any body shops you can recommend?
b) any advice on how better to deal with out-of-state accidents and underinsured (probably) drivers?
c) the driver of the Mercury (car that was in front of me) appeared to be friends with the Ford pickup driver. Immediately after the accident, they engaged in conversation is Spanish, and later I saw them reading and coordinating each other's written statements. I reported this to the police on the scene, but they did not bother to look into that. Call me paranoid, but sometimes I think it might have been a setup for me to hit old Mercury, to collect from my insurance, however, it was a botched job. Should I follow up on this?
d) Both drivers of the Mercury and Ford pickup did not have regular laminated driver licenses, but instead had some pieces of folded paper, w/o picture ID. Police seemed to be satisfied with their papers, but I smelled something fishy. In general, state troopers on the scene did not seem to care whether those drivers are legit or not. Where do you go to complain about police conduct in such cases?
I took photographs at the accident scene. Will post them later on. You all know how much I loved my little Forester, and seeing it ruined makes me sick.
--Kate
By the way the accident definitely smells like a setup. They may not be after the car repair, they may be angling for medical fraud. That means they have to have a crooked doctor in on the deal. Make a fuss about it with your insurance company.
-wdb
As to the repairs, I would probably go to the dealer you use. If they don't have an in-house body shop, I would find out who they do use.
We just had some body work done on my daughter's '92 Prelude. The Honda dealer did not have their own body shop, but they recommended the shop that they use. We ended up using that shop and the work was excellent.
Bob
-mike
Ross
Sorry to hear about the car, but it's good to know that you & daughter are okay, however, I agree with soon2bsubee -- definitely have your daughter checked out -- if only for *my* peace of mind. Being a dad makes you worry about everyone else's kids as well... :-)
Drew,
I'm sorry, but I must have missed the story about your ML. I sure am sorry to see those pics, but I sure hope everyone on your end is okay.
Everybody just remember one thing, we may be the best drivers out there, but everyone else is only second best. :-) Take care.
-Dan
As far as the damage/fault issues, give all the information you can possibly think of to your insurance company & let them go to work on your behalf... after all, that's why you've been paying them all that money all these years!
Re the officer's conduct: If you know what department (city PD/county sheriff/state police) they were from, call their headquarters in Vegas or wherever, & ask for that officer's supervisor. If you don't get any satisfaction there, contact that Department's Office of Professional Standards (Dragnet called it Internal Affairs) The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Be "mad as hell & not going to take it anymore!!"
You go, girl!
Paul
This happened over two years ago, and I walked away with just bruises, albeit large bruises from the seatbelt pretensioner pulling the belt extremely tight. I did feel sore for a while, but when you see the pictures, you can understand why. The F250, is afterall, a large and heavy truck. The fact that it ran a red light (and consequently hit me at the intersection) didn't help either. FWIW, I replaced that vehicle with another similiar (but MY2K vs. MY1999) model.
Drew/aling
Townhall Community Leader/Vans Conference
The previous comments do apply. First make sure you and the kid are physically okay then chase issue over car. The back end scam is common world wide, usually for medical fraud. Express your concerns, in writing, to your insurer very early, flagging that the pattern of behaviour of the two drivers gave you concern. Also flag your concern to the relevant police department, again in writing. The off-hand manner of the attending police officers may just be the objective view of an outsider (they have to cope with lots of differing peoples's opinions without taking sides) but if you have flagged your concern that you alerted the police to the potential set-up at the outset, it protects your bum in years to come. It may also be appropriate to make a sworn statement of the circumstances and the fact that you raised your concerns with the police.
Cheers
Graham
I'd go through your insurance, and to your dealer to fix it, but with parts from Darlene. Sounds complicated, I know, but bear with me.
First get a complete written estimate, and submit it to your insurance. They should give you all but your deductable, and then the rest once they settle with the other guy's insurance. So if it's $4300 damage, minus $500 deductable, they should cut you a check for $3800.
Now, order parts from Darlene, which will likely knock a hefty amount off their premium, and you'll likely be able to get it fixed with OE parts for $3800 or less, with nothing out of your pocket.
Finally, once the insurance pays up, and if you feel so inclined, submit the lower price and refund the difference.
Ross: good one. Hope it cheered Kate up a bit.
Dogs in the car? Yes, but mine are toys. They have harnesses, so it's easy to belt them down (with the standard seatbelts). Though they haven't come along on the last couple of road trips.
Loosh: saw your article in SCOA's newsletter. BTW, it's free for SCOA members, who also enjoy a 10% discount at several dealerships on parts and labor. Check out www.subaruclub.com.
5 series? Wow, lap of luxury. Isn't that a bit big for autoX?
paisan: I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but CarMax will buy your used car even if you don't make a purchase there.
I saw Warren Brown's review in the print version of the Post (front page, too). I liked when he said the "four feels like a six", not to mention the reported 26 mpg for the VDC! Holy Cow! Sin ain't cheap? Then why not mention the LL Bean model?
wdb: DSL? We tried for months. Terrible service, never worked, gave up. You're in the lucky minority, it seems.
-juice
Juice: Yes Carmax was the place! Thanks.
-mike
http://www.thejuiceman.homepage.com/mirror.htm
They are meant to complement those the manufacturer provides you.
-juice