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Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Welcome back Juice! Glad to hear you had a great time.

    Mark
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Pat: I think Mac wants you to get a new Mac. ;-)

    I'm having a tough time catching up at work, that'll teach me to be gone for so long. Hope to catch up on the other topics soon.

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I noticed you haven't posted over in the Future Models thread yet... What's been announced in the past week may be just too much to digest. ;)

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I have...um...211 posts to catch up on!

    -juice
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    and the format of the page changed!

    Steve
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    so, you got sucked in into beta-land too huh? :D


    Switch your bookmark from "http://townhall-talk2..." to "http://townhall-talk..."


    -Dave

  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    what if mine is already set at town-talk. and i STILL have a format change??? lol
    (and will we be deleted for talking about it?)
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Beta-land has taken over both urls I think.

    -mike
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    ....ALPHA-LAND!!! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    ...your computers...we have taken over.....*and I can't remember the rest of the "Outer Limits" lingo.

    If you haven't figured it out, the new look is now live. You can post any comments/observations in this discussion in News & Views:

    Town Hall New Look!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Some of the fonts are bigger and easier to read.

    Performance seems better than usual, though I'm not sure that's directly related.

    -juice
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    but I cannot get to "Subaru Crew" which had maybe 21 topics. I am on a more generic Subaru page with maybe 40 topics.

    Steve
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Will we know it if we (and I don't just mean our posts...) have been deleted? What will it feel like in nether-nether land???

    Steve
  • jimmyp1jimmyp1 Member Posts: 640
    I get that different looking board and no 'crew' when I log in from other computers. Been that way for months for me. I can't figure it out.

    Jim
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I shouldn't have said anything, now the boards are slow.

    Time to feed the Hamster? ;-)

    -juice
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    Doesn't that bring us back to the question ... how do we know that we really exist in the first place?
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    try this url to get to subaru crew .. i don't seem to have a problem ..

    /direct/view/.eea1a91!Z=
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Thanks - got it....

    On the question of do we exist, ever see "The Matrix"? (we are just fuel for the machine)

    Steve
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    She posted that link, I copied & pasted it, and it logged me on as her!

    Talk about Outer Limits... or is this the Twilight Zone?

    Going back into the morphing chamber now...

    Cheers! Yikes!
    Paul
    (hammersley, that is)
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    that's scary. even if your passwords were the same that just shouldn't happen!

    -Colin
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,397
    Looks like the characters after "14@" are individual IDs.

    Jim
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I'm making 'ghost posts'? ... didn't know I was putting up 'personal information' in the URL ...
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Just because you call your self that, it could be Paul doing an early April Fools impression of you!!

    But then, how do I know that this is really me??

    Steve
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    ...about that.

    If person A posts a link which includes their logon information (the stuff between the @s), and then person B clicks on that link before person A either logs out or times out, person B will be logged in as person A.

    This also happened with the previous discussion software, but it's a little(just a little) better with WebX in that the "logon" eventually times out, even if the person (person A) doesn't explicitly log off. Go back and click on that link now and you should be registered as a "guest" on the page.

    When you paste the link into the text box, delete all of the information between @ @. That info is different each time you log on, but it does identify who you are in the Town Hall.
  • jay_24jay_24 Member Posts: 536
    I think this should get you to the Subaru Crew via mouse clicks...

    Car Discussion....
    then 'Owners Clubs' (Don't pick Subaru)
    Pick 'Display All owners Club Discussions'
    Then pick Subaru Crew from the list (top one for me)

    --jay
  • hammersleyhammersley Member Posts: 684
    It's easy to tell us apart... Brenda is MUCH better looking & has a LOT more hair!

    and no, this is NOT Brenda pretending to be me!

    Cheers!
    Paul
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    that it's not me pretending to be you .. while someone else who isn't me is pretending to be me ... and all along it wasn't 'me' at all?
  • wrxsoon1wrxsoon1 Member Posts: 158
    it was Ken pretending to be Juice, pretending to be Paul, pretending to be Brenda.

    OK. My brain hurts now.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Brenda=Paul? You have now entered the Twilight Zone.

    Sorry I missed the chat - my ISP failed me completely. I tried both my machine and the wife's, with no luck. I was bummed.

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Don't get me wrong - the wife was more than happy to have my help. The nanny is still on vacation and the lil' one has pink eye (getting better finally).

    -juice
  • hammersleyhammersley Member Posts: 684
    Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday?

    Missed the chat, darnit, but was otherwise engaged demonstrating all my protective gear & air pack stuff to a very attentive group of Tiger Cubs. Must have been something good... kept their attention for longer than 15 minutes!

    Cheers!
    Paul
    (the non-Brenda)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Where's the heavy duty snow storm? I think this is the 5th time Sandy has been blanketed by snow this winter, just never enough to truly challenge her.

    C'mon, old man winter. I dare ya. ;-)

    -juice
  • jay_24jay_24 Member Posts: 536
    Juice,

    at least you have snow. Here in the great frozen north (MN/WI), we just have brown grass. Total snow since November is about 5". Only a dusting exists now....

    --jay
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    It was a great pleasure to meet with KenS (and ride in his immaculate Forester "Raven")! Hope to meet other members of this board in real life at some point.
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Well, after flying all the way out to the East Coast and getting to meet some Crew members, I finally had a chance to meet up with Kate (and her Forester) who works right across town.

    It's nice to match up the real person behind all the posts! We grabbed lunch nearby and had a chance to chat in real time without hitting 'enter'. The really bizzare thing about meeting Crew members in person is that they already know all sorts of odd facts about you from past posts. Kate and I had some laughs remembering the good old "CR-V vs. Forester" topic with hondabro.

    Kate also generously donated her stroller and fold-away play pen for this expecting daddy. Thanks, Kate!

    I certainly hope that we can keep growing the West Coast Crew meets in the future!

    Oh, and Kate was being nice when she said immaculate. Raven's a bit dingy from my neglect. I'm going to give him a proper wash this evening if I can get out of here early.

    Ken
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Do any of you have subscriptions to the WSJ on-line...some of you may remember a request from a lady re: WRX experiences; anyway, I responded and my brother called me up today to tell me that a friend of his had seen me mentioned in Wed Jan 15's auto column re my WRX. If you have a subscription, could you send me a link that doesn't need a logon, or even a hard copy print of the page?
    Thanks in Advance,
    Serge
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    How did you know it really was Kate?

    Greg
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,397
    So Kate and Ken, when and where was this West coast meet?

    I probably couldn't have made it as I just returned from a week in San Antonio but keep me posted on the next one!

    Spent that week in a rental Mitsu Galant. The seat belt buckle drops to the floor and you have to reach down there to retrive it every time you buckle up. What a pain! I was so glad to get home to my Subie.

    Jim
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Greg: Yeah, wouldn't that be funny if I just happened to take some random Forester owner to lunch!

    Jim: Calling it a "meet" is a little overboard. More like a casual Friday lunch. I'll let you know when we decide to meet again. Whereabout are you in CA?

    Ken
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    As you probably know, our friend from Iraq is said to have a number of doubles to be be used for photo-ops...

    Bob
    planting seeds of doubt. ;)
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,397
    Ken,
    I work in Palo Alto, live in Fremont.
    Jim
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    I was interviewed back in early December by the WSJ for an article on the OBW to be published in late December or early January. When I didn't see anything appear, I called her. Seems her editor thought that they had done enough late 'boomers' cars in recent weeks, and wanted to do some things of interest to 'X' and 'Y'. So congrats - the WRX makes the cut. She said the OBW might appear later in the Winter, early Spring.

    You can sign up on line for a two week trial, and probably select last weeks issue.

    Steve
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    How about we get a hold of Lyn and have lunch? Can't let Ken and Kate have all the fun, can we?
    Big advantage - I know what you too look like. No Edmunds Identity Theft here!

    Steve
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Jim,

    That's right. I think you mentioned that before. I live in San Mateo while Kate's in the East Bay. We'll have to pick a convenient time.

    Ken
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Sounds good to me. I can show you my new head gasket. :)

    Greg
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    As you probably know, our friend from Iraq is said to have a number of doubles to be be used for photo-ops...

    OMG! His double must have shaved mustache, lost half of his weight, and memorized some "pearls" from very old (98-99?) heated discussions of CR-V vs Forester topic -- all this just to pretend to be Ken!

    OTOH, it planted some evil ideas in my so far so innocent head... should I get Margaret Thatcher or Nicole Kidman pretending to be Kate5000 in the real-life meeting with Subaru Crew?
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    (cross posted on meet the members and the wrx forum)

    Hey folks,

    I guess this counts as one of my quarterly pop-ins, but I will probably be a more active participant in the near future. After 2 years of itching, I finally scratched and bought an 03 WRX (sedan) today. I don't like the looks of the 04 front end (mutated 90s Mazda 323?), and the new incentives made an 03 very compelling. I bought at Pence Subaru near Richmond, VA and got the car for $3000 under MSRP. They are offering that deal on all WRXs in stock, which means you can really clean up if you get a model with no options (works out to about $1000 under invoice on a base sedan). My car is Sedona Red, and came with the short-throw shifter (awesome!), arm rest, rear spoiler, turbo gauge, and winter mats.

    Has anyone bought the Subaru car cover for the WRX? If so, what is the material and color? Does the cover accomodate the rear spoiler?

    Also, has anyone upgraded the speakers in their WRX? Is it easy (ie, pop off the grille) or more complicated (door panel removal)?

    One of the highlights of my buying experience was watching the dent wizard work a small ding out of the front fender. It was almost imperceptable, but the sales guy wanted it to be right. I was skeptical, but the dent wizard did an amazing job and it was really cool to watch. I was blown away, and now the fender looks perfect.

    I briefly considered a Nissan 350Z, since it is a bargain in base model form ($26800), but it was a little too flashy for me, never mind that the interior was kind of plasticky and far-out (like the Altima). As I was cruising home in the WRX today, over backroads that were dry/wet with occasional snow drifts, I was glad I went with the WRX. AWD really helps put all that horsepower to the road with ease. And the interior of the WRX, while conservative looking, totally gets out of the way during sprited driving. The steering wheel, shifter, and pedals become natural extensions of the driver, and the seat is just perfect. Amazing for a compact car! This even blows away my previous sports car, a 97 Honda Prelude, in almost every aspect. The Prelude was a handful to get off the line with 200 HP going to the front wheels. The WRX pretty much breezes off the line.

    My only beef so far is with the units used for the turbo gauge: MPa. So, 1 atmosphere of boost, which would be about 15 psi in common everyday units, would read as 0.1 MPa. Not the most intuitive scale (to me at least).

    Craig
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    If you do get Nicole Kidman to be your stand-in, I have a lot of vacation I can burn to make it out to your local meeting!

    ;-)

    -Colin
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