Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Brooke is a big sister now, whether she knows it or not!

    -Brian
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Am I right that you exactly guessed both the height and weight? That's incredible!

    -Frank P.
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Congrats, even though I lost the pool!

    Steve
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    Enjoy the little ones while they're still little.

    One more crew baby out of the oven. So, who's next?

    DaveM
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Congratulations to you, your wife, Brooke and of course Brogan. It is wonderful news and has brightened the day for the entire crew.

    Greg
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Congratulations Brian!!!

    -Dennis
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I was so close!

    But hey, what matters is that Mama Bear and the new Baby Bear are healthy and happy! Congrats!

    Wait a sec, I was closest on the weight, I said 8 lbs 8 oz, just 4 oz off. I believe I won that category. :-)

    The best part is now that Brian won't be getting any sleep, he can post on Edmunds even at 3am! ;-)

    -juice
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Brian,

    Congrats to you and your wife on Brogan's birth!

    It's nice to hear good news for a change.

    Mark
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Brian,

    Congratulations! That's fantastic news. Enjoy the new baby. Erina's already 6 weeks old and she's changed quite a bit since her birthday.

    Ken
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Yeah, I guess I did pick the height and weight dead on! Maybe if I thought about the date a bit more before picking, I could have keyed in on it better! LOL!

    Serge - What are you going to do now that you've won the Subearu Baby Pool? ;-)

    -Brian
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Congratulations to you and your wife!

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Hmm, I was going by nygreg's list on the previous page. Guess that didn't include your own guesses. But you're an insider so that's not fair. ;-)

    -juice
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Yeah, I just won sleepless nights and poopy diapers! LOL ;-)

    -Brian
  • barresa62barresa62 Member Posts: 1,379
    A new baby and a new day!

    Congratulations to you and your wife!

    Oh yeah...and about those sleepness nights & poopy diapers...

    At least when Brogan's a teenager you will have lost the poopy diaper part of the equation, LOL!

    Seriously, your life has just changed for the better...no doubt about it!

    Happy for you and yours in Seattle,
    Stephen
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Congratulations!

    Welcome to the planet, Brogan!
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    First off, a huge welcome to the world to Brogan! and to the rest of the 3 Bears, mazel tov and best wishes....since juice and I won 1/2 of the contest, you can buy us both beers (or should that be BEARS?). Again, our congrats...
    Serge, Susan, and Michael

    P.S. Buy an extra large garbage can with a VERY tight top!
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    Welcome to the world, Brogan Bear!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    And since it's a boy, you'll save on jewelry. One ear ring! ;-)

    -juice, enjoying a virtual teddy bear and a virtual glass of bubbly
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    A new subie enthusiast :)

    -mike
  • armac13armac13 Member Posts: 1,129
    Congratulations. May you all be healthy and happy. It is a marvelous experience to raise a baby. Enjoy every aspect of your role.

    Ross
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    what kind of turbo power subies will be turning out in, oh, I don't know.....18 years?

    Greg
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Congratulations all round to the Bear household.

    Coincidentally, I had my almost-ten-year-old daughter snuggled up on my lap as I read through the recent posts and we were talking about her baby brother's birth. Although just three at the time, Tamsin has absolute recall of the details including the chocolates she snaffled from her mum as she and baby brother exchanged gifts. She has just butted in to point out the toy she bought Angus (a blue towelling wrist rattler with an elephant on it) and the fact that she rode on my shoulders through Cirencester as we went present hunting.

    Any moment now she will bring out the McDonalds toy from the Happy Meal that she had after visiting the hospital.

    The years just fly by. Enjoy every moment of having babies

    Cheers

    Graham
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    My congratulations to you and your wife, and that be a good Irish name too.

    Thanks again to the rest of you guys for your concern for my daughter.

      cheers Pat.
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    How is she?? And her friends??
  • rangerron7rangerron7 Member Posts: 317
  • hammersleyhammersley Member Posts: 684
    Brian: Congrats all around!
    Brings back not-so-very-old memories of new babies around here... grin

    Cheers! (and a bubble gum cigar)
    Paul
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    Congrats on the new addition to the family!

    The CREW just keeps growing.

    Jim
  • wrxsoon1wrxsoon1 Member Posts: 158
    Whew!...

    Just made it through nearly 200 messages. OUCH! My eyeballs hurt!

    Pat - Glad to hear your daughter and her friends made it through that wreck. YIKES! Those photos looked frightful.

    Greg - My condolences on the loss of your Mum. I've still got both my parents around and I shudder at the thought of having them pass on. I think I'll call them tomorrow to remind them how much I love them.

    Brian - Congratulations to you and the Bear family! What wonderful news! Welcome Brogan! Great name by the way. ;^)

    -Ian
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Anybody else notice Subaru's sudden and seemingly pervasive use of the term "symetrical all-wheel drive system"? (press releases, Baja ads etc.) I'm gussing that with more and more makes and models debuting with AWD, it's an attempt to differentiate Subaru's system from the rest of the industry's.

    -Frank P.
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Yeah, I've noticed that too.
    Subaru needs to put on a press or public demonstration of VDC, like they did for the dealers at Flemington Raceway when the VDC OB was released.

    They made some slippery obstacle courses and went up against a few luxury SUV's. The VDC dominated from what I've heard.

    -Dennis
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Greg: I wonder how many of our kids will inherit our current Subies! ;-)

    Frank: yes, I've noticed that, but they've actually used it for a while now. Maybe they will emphasize it more.

    Subaru should film a commercial showing off VDC. Motorweek has a tidbit about traction/stability control and they show two BMWs side-by-side, one with, and one without, and at the same speed the one without skids out, the other doesn't.

    Simple demonstration of the technology. Come to think of it, I've seen print ads, but not many on TV for the VDC, if any.

    -juice
  • hgutsteinhgutstein Member Posts: 65
    Enjoy the new addition - wonderful times ahead!

    Howard
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    I think Subaru might be going for a global marketing approach with the symmetrical AWD story also. That's what they've been pitching in Japan for some time (they call it "symmetry AWD"). I do agree that it adds differentiation in the US market with so many AWD vehicles now coming up.

    From the CanadianDriver.com article on the 2005 Legacy:

    You're probably getting as tired as some of us car scribes are of hearing this, but it bears repeating: Subaru's full-time AWD system is simpler, smoother, more efficient, and just better than anyone else's out there. The horizontally-opposed engines have a lower centre of gravity and allow for a symmetrical drivetrain that makes for a simpler, more elegantly-designed chassis; the longitudinal layout means power flows directly, rather than going around corners and gears and adding complication. The result is more predictable behaviour, more neutral handling, and less mechanical complexity.

    Subaru should hire these folks into their marketing team!

    BTW, this week in Motorweek: STi vs. EVO. Set your TiVos!

    Ken
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    Ken- Actually, there's a good chance that Subaru's marketing team did write most of that. It's been my experience that car reviewers pretty freely plagarize from the manufacturer's marketing literature (with of course, the tacit approval of the manufacturer). This is considered a win-win situation since it makes the reviewer's job easier while the manufacturer gets to influence (at least indirectly) what is said about their product.

    -Frank P.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    So Frank, I guess *that's* why all reviews sound the same.

    More and more, I feel a test drive is critical. A review is just one opinion, who knows if that guy drives an Aztec?

    -juice
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Thanks, Ken!

    I'll set my first generation Sony VHS VCR. :-)

    -Dennis
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Juice - that's the plan. In 6 years, my daugther will begin driving. She gets the OB and we get a nice, new, Subaru turbo something or other. I keep telling her to be good to the OB. It will be the perfect car for her.

    Greg
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Dennis,

    At least it's not a Sony Betamax VCR!

    Ken
    (TiVo convert)
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I was in Annapolis today, and while there I stopped by the Subie dealer. While chatting with a sales guy I found out he was at the Baltimore Auto Show the same time juice, Dave, Paisan and myself were there. And to prove it, he had several pictures of the STi up on his wall—and one with juice, Dave, Paisan and myself in it!!

    Bob
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    That's a riot! We are famous or is that infamous?

    -mike
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    wonder if he copy doop us copies :)

    -Dave
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Very cool. Glad to see they value enthusiasts. I'll have to pay a visit since I drive by there (twice) every time I go to the beach!

    -juice
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Wow, what a great chat!

    Had most of the usual suspects, even Brogan popped in with Papa Bear for a "goo" and a "ga".

    I'm gonna e-mail Patti tomorrow to ask if she's heard anything, and to follow up on her back, see if she's feelin' better. I'll get back to you guys soon as I hear.

    -juice
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    it was more like a 'gurgle' and 'coo'. oh, and a 'rumble' down below.

    -Brian
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Sorry I missed the chat. I was feeding Erina and she was just chugging away. She put down about 5oz. of pumped milk. Holy smokes!

    Ken
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Rumble, hmm, is that why you had to bail? ;-)

    -juice
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    yep, diaper duty called! but, the chat was almost over, so I probably didn't miss much. ;-)

    -Brian
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Not much, just the part where Edmunds raffled off free cars and we each won a shiny new STi. No biggie!

    -juice
  • francophilefrancophile Member Posts: 667
    We had a lot of snow this winter in the Northeast. (It was a *great* year to own a Subie!) The last of the storms came in April and dumped about 6 inches of snow around here, about 2 inches of which melted away immediately as it hit the ground. That kind of snowfall makes for very, very slippery driving condtions because of the wet, packed snow underneath everything that is still falling.

    I had an appointment in town and, as usual, I did not think twice about keeping it. I have winter tires on my '00 Legacy GT sedan and it basically goes whereever and whenever I need it to go. On this particular drive it was pretty obvious to me that the main roads would be clogged with crashes and crawling vehicles, so I stayed on the back roads.

    One small problem -- the schools had decided, too late, to send the kids home, and the school buses were out. Driving up a _very_ steep hill near home, I came upon a school bus, about half filled with middle and high schoolers, which had slid into a ditch. I drove very slowly and carefully around the bus, then stopped a bit further up the hill and walked back to see if I could render assistance. Silly of me, as it turns out. When I stuck my head in the door of the bus it became quite evident to me that school buses these days are festooned with all sorts of communications devices from two-way radios to pagers to cellphones. The driver had long since summoned help and was expecting it to arrive momentarily.

    The driver thanked me all the same, and I started to take my leave. Then a funny thing happened. I am -not- making this up; one of the kids on the bus said, "cool car", and a few more of them followed up with, "yeah". It was a good thing I was holding onto the railing because otherwise I would have fallen over! Imagine that, an ordinary Subie sedan -- no bling-bling Impreza, no wingie-thingie bolted onto the trunk, just an average-looking 4-door Legacy sedan -- being seen as "cool" in the eyes of a busload of teenagers.

    Cheers,
    -wdb
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I would've towed the bus out myself! LOL

    -juice
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