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Mark
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
Bob
-juice
Steve
Switch your bookmark from "http://townhall-talk2..." to "http://townhall-talk..."
-Dave
(and will we be deleted for talking about it?)
-mike
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!
Performance seems better than usual, though I'm not sure that's directly related.
-juice
Steve
Steve
Jim
Time to feed the Hamster? ;-)
-juice
/direct/view/.eea1a91!Z=
On the question of do we exist, ever see "The Matrix"? (we are just fuel for the machine)
Steve
Talk about Outer Limits... or is this the Twilight Zone?
Going back into the morphing chamber now...
Cheers! Yikes!
Paul
(hammersley, that is)
-Colin
Jim
But then, how do I know that this is really me??
Steve
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.
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
and no, this is NOT Brenda pretending to be me!
Cheers!
Paul
OK. My brain hurts now.
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
-juice
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)
C'mon, old man winter. I dare ya. ;-)
-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
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
Thanks in Advance,
Serge
Greg
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
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
Bob
planting seeds of doubt.
I work in Palo Alto, live in Fremont.
Jim
You can sign up on line for a two week trial, and probably select last weeks issue.
Steve
Big advantage - I know what you too look like. No Edmunds Identity Theft here!
Steve
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
Greg
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?
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
;-)
-Colin