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Don
Bob
I won't drive the van daily, no way, and the Miata doesn't cut it for me in the winter. Guess I could get snow tires, but that still doesn't account for all the distracted drivers on the road.
I'm not sure paisan will lend us the XT nameplate. ;-)
-juice
-mike
If so they may call it the Subaru Forester XS 2.5T Premium. That's a real mouthful.
-juice
Bob
Of course, I'd probably end up driving it on trips. But what am I complaining about? I'd get the Subie to myself!
-Brian
Sorry, but wrong. We are getting the 2.5 with turbo! These mags are not up to date. Kind of dumb to have a Forester 2.5 XS with a 2.0 turbo...
Jim J.
Bob
Cheers Pat.
apparently its because European regulations say the speedometer must never read lower than the actual speed so the European manufacturers err on the other side. maybe that 0-60 time was really a 0-55!
-Colin
And you're absolutely right about the gender thing... I was equally thrilled with the boys AND my daughter... the dad thing knows no gender bias!
And it didn't rain after I washed the car... it snowed instead! A good 3-4 inches of light, blowing & drifting stuff that will be gone by the weekend, but it's still here now! And hold on to your hats... Seattle forecasted for 1-3 inches tomorrow!
All I have to do is just THINK about taking the snow tires off...
Cheers!
Paul
Ross
The previous Forester in Japan offered all three -- 2.5, 2.0 Turbo and 2.0 NA. Don't see why a 2.5 and 2.0T couldn't happen here.
Ken
-mike
I forget, what was the "real" name you were thinking about?
Patti
Paisan- stem on the apple LOL
twrx- I caught that even if no one else did. "Perfect Tommy, give her your jacket!" "Why me!?" "...because you're perfect..." "Oh, right...."
-mike
Pat: the Sport is a Canada-only model. I wonder if the seats are any different than ours. Bob's S Premium was comfortable enough on a 2 hour ride to Philly. Or maybe I like park benches.
Dennis: that explains Motor Trend's optimistic 0-60 times! ;-)
Any unknown boy's name is "Dave" in the context of the Subaru Crew, but we won't use that name because we know far too many Daves. Coincidence, I don't think so! Imagine, we call out "Hey Dave" and everyone looks! Can't have that!
The wife wants to use Maxwell Charles. I thought about using my name, maybe as a middle name, because that would be the 3rd generation to do so. But recently my dad and I have had our credit mixed up with each other - he applies for a loan and they think it's me - so we bagged that idea.
We'll see. Maybe I can sneak a "K" in the name somewhere!
-juice
:-)
Ross, middle Dave
Finally got my CR Auto Issue, and guess who is on top in reliability in the small SUV list? Forester BAY-BEE! Woo-hoo! Right on top by a decent margin! RAV4 fell in the ratings to average, and the CR-V isn't rated yet. For now that leaves the Forester as the only small SUV rated better than average. Buy anything else at your own risk! ;-)
All Subies are recommended, all Subies are good used car buys, and no Subies are reliability risks. WRX even won Most Fun, which someone already mentioned. Consistency is solid, with not one model rated merely average, quite impressive!
-juice
Ken
Jim- I gotta disagree. I think it far more likely that the Forester will get the 2.0L turbo. Otherwise, why include the engine displacement in the name unless you plan to offer more than one size engine?
-Frank P.
That much unsprung weight can create havoc, so I hope he's got the suspension sorted out. It looks lowered, so he's done something. I wouldn't call it boy-racer until I knew more about the setup, though.
-juice
-Frank P.
He is going to put in an STI engine and is building it up with money from a trust-fund or so he says. So bent rims aren't really an issue for him.
-mike
But it sounds like he's setting it up for the track, so I'm not sure if pothole compliance was high on his priority list.
-juice
-Frank P.
-juice
The wheels look *similar* to Prodrives from an angle, not near as good up close IMHO.
-Dennis
Ken
I stand corrected. Bling-bling!
-juice
IMHO the tire manufactures should have come out with an ad like this a long time ago.
-Dennis
Nice chat, folks. I want to see that pup's photo, Pat.
-juice
Cheers Pat.
Ross
Breed is mini schnauzer, on another note we going to have my daughters little schnauzer to look after in April.
She is posted to Korea for a year, and we have just heard that her husband has been deployed to Afganistan leaving on 5th April, needless to say we are less than happy with this news.
They are both staff sargeants in the US army
Cheers Pat.
-juice
Also glad to hear about the new 4-legged addition.
Steve
Stephen
Cheers Pat.
We will see we may have to think about a second dog eventually,if ours is too upset.
Thanks Steve appreciate the concern.
Cheers Pat.
I thought he'd miss Ashley, too, but he adjusted quite well after her stroke, and enjoys the extra attention he gets now.
I hope your new pup learns and adjusts that well, it was great.
-juice
Oh well it will keep us busy.
Cheers Pat.
Imagine trying to demonstrate, and then getting stuck. I'm sure the wife would take photos, invite the neighbors over, and have lots of fun at my expense!
-juice
We have a bit of the same problem. Sirius, the half Kelpie, half Pharoah Hound was a RSPCA rescue dog and she is very dodgy on the toilet taining front. She came from an inner city environment and will only urinate on concrete in her home yard. However she is a bit por on the "Let me out" message so we have to keep the back door open. That's fine now in mid-summer but might not be so nice when the winter comes.
She also believes that she is meant to sleep close to humans on their beds and tries to help when driving the car. We got a harness for her very quickly.
Cheers
Graham
Stephen
A day or so ago Patti mentioned that the dual range transmission was dropped from the US market at the time you moved from the decription 4WD to AWD. It was also suggested that it was percieved that dual range was unimportant to the US market. This did not happen in Australia.
I wonder whether cost considerations may be more relevant. In foreign markets, Subaru is percieved as up-scale. In Australasia, we percieve Subaru as being considerably upscale on say Toyota or Nissan, probably even above Honda, although Honda's build quality is better than the Subaru. Significant discounts do not really arise because of this perception. I saw the same thing in Europe where Subaru is seen as different, occupying a niche similar to say VW. That's not BMW or Merc but upper mid market. In both areas, Subarus tend to draw "different" buyers.
In contrast, in the USA it seems that Subaru sells largely on price competitiveness. If this is the case, decontenting would make sense. I wonder how much deleting the dual-range or self levelling rear suspension would save for SOA. Is the only chance for Subaru to spec up, to move the marekt perception as well?
Cheers
Graham