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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Could be Dave, I don't have an auto and I can't recall specifically what the restrictions are.

    Anyone else?

    -juice
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    4EATs cannot be towed with any wheels on the ground; it must be flatbedded or two wheel lifted and remaining two dollied. The FWD fuse is only used in the event of a flat and running with donut.

    -Dave
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Maybe there were dollies on the rear wheels. They're small so sometimes you don't notice them.

    -juice
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    for diagnostic purposes. Some folks actually tried using it because of the misconception that AWD uses more fuel than FWD. There has also been confusion because the fuse is "not there" and needs to be inserted to put the vehicle in FWD mode. When people see the fuse slot empty, they assume that it's missing something and running in FWD. They want to put a fuse in there.

    The Owner's Manual is pretty detailed about this information and it's also on the web site.

    Patti
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I had a blast this weekend in the STi and I want to share my experiences. That is the fastest, most fun vehicle, I have ever driven in my life. Considering I used to race a '77 Cougar at the track, that's saying something. I'm not just basing my impressions on all of the Subaru's I've driven!

    Patti
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    Will Lance get an STI now that he has won the tour again?

    Seriously, somebody in your organisation was a genius getting Lance as a spokesperson.

    What can I say, I have both a Subaru and two Trek bikes!

    Bruce (TWRX)
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Your stock just keeps rising over here in the Crew. :)

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    So, did you get a lot of stares? And from who (what age groups)?

    The STi is fast even standing still.

    -juice
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Patti:

    Can't wait to hear about the STi! Wait, weren't you not allowed to drive manual for some time, or has that passed?

    Have you tried a Forester XT yet?

    juice:

    Yes, the STi is fast even standing still! Some lucky dawg parks at the Starbucks I frequent in the morning. It's silver and has 18" on them. I just drool into my double espresso when I see it. It just looks oh-so-right.

    Ken
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Her neck suddenly felt better when she was offered an STi! LOL!

    Sure, I'm fine Boss! Pass the keys...and my crutches, thanks. ;-)

    -juice
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    but the Dr. wasn't around :-O

    I couldn't say no to the opportunity. I ran a few errands (with my daughter and her friend). We then headed for the shore. What a blast! I felt like an amusement park operator with the number of rides I gave. This car is seriously fast. Not that I pushed it above the speed limits!! It was amazing. We passed an Impreza wagon full of kids that were waving and carrying on. The girls loved the attention. It was funny when I heard my daughter pointing out the intercooler to a young man in the parking lot as I was showing off the dash guages.

    I'll post more later. Juice - all ages were checking it out all weekend. Mainly kids, but quite a few 30 and 40 year olds. Male and female!

    Patti
  • jlemolejlemole Member Posts: 345
    Were you at the shore with shoobies or bennies :)? My guess is shoobies (i.e., south of Atlantic City).

    Jon
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I'm a shoobie (by location,not by the meaning of the word!!)

    The car drew the most attention on the AC Expressway, but we took the winding back roads (through the pines) for our return ride. On the expressway, we had a crowd around us. It almost felt like we had a protective field around us. While trying to stay with the flow of traffic (to avoid being spotted going to fast by the powers that be), they were all trying to stay paced with us. I did open it up and flew ahead a bit to let the car do its thing, then I slowed down to allow them to catch up. They were cheering out the windows when they caught up with us. These were mainly younger folks. A gent. in a newer Mustang convertible raced up to me and pointed in a way like he was challenging me. I didn't take him up on his offer because I didn't want to compromise the safety of the girls. He yelled something nasty implying that I was a "wimp" (in stronger terms). It's strange what a car can bring out in people!

    Patti
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That Mustang would have probably ended up wrapped around a tree, you were right to bypass that challenge.

    Kid across the street did just that, he had a Mustang GT and wrapped it around a telephone pole. Too much power without the chassis or traciton to handle it properly. He was lucky to limp away.

    -juice
  • jlemolejlemole Member Posts: 345
    For a while, back in the early 90's, I used to live in Monmouth County and work in Haddonfield. On late nights I'd sometimes take Route 70 all the way across and through the pines. I had a convertible Mercury Capri (I know...). With no traffic, it was a real fun ride...scary too! Then I moved to Camden County. I'm now back in Monmouth County, so I spend my weekends with bennies. But I had my share of summers as a "shoobie" down in Avalon and Stone Harbor.

    Anyway, sounds like you had a blast in the STI. I'm sure that if you didn't have the kids with you, you would have stomped all over that knucklehead in the Mustang!

    Jon
  • wrxsoon1wrxsoon1 Member Posts: 158
    Boy have I got some catching up to do. Guess I should have expected that after being gone for 3 weeks in France.

    I posted a brief summary of my trip over in the Cafe. I tried to include my automotive observations as well to keep it on topic, but the highlight was definitely seeing the Tour de France on three of the famous "Cols" in the Alps.

    I will add that OLN can't hold a candle to the Eurosport coverage, even though Phil, Paul and Bobke are way better than David Duffield and crew.

    Now back to work catching up on all the new posts!

    -Ian
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Were you wearing shoes while driving? :)

    I used to have a Mustang GT. Lots of fun, but, very twitchy. The STI will out handle it, hands down.

    Sounds like fun. While at the dealer today, I checked out the XT, but didn't ask to test drive it.

    Greg
  • leo2633leo2633 Member Posts: 589
    Len (Freehold Twp.)
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    LOL! Patti goes shoeless or wears high heels when she drives!!! Never flats....

    Steve
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sweet Ian, nothing like watching it live! Must've been sweet! :-)

    Greg: you gotta drive the XT to believe it. Everyone underestimates it.

    Patti "Shoeless" Mickel rides again. ;-)

    -juice

    PS I may not make the chat tonight, but go if you can, they've been quiet crowded lately
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    I'm sure there are plenty of competent 5.0 drivers out there (As evidenced by the strong showings at local auto-x) but.....

    I remember in college this one guy with a 5.0 who loved it, kept it very clean, but also loved to go vamping around campus va-va-vooming to impress everyone all the time. Well one day at the exit to campus (a stoplight) he is doing his little va va voom thing to show off to a bunch of girls. Light turns green (he was signalling a left turn), he punches it, car goes left all right! and left, and left, and left...spun it around and smacked the rear quarter panel into the decorative low retaining wall. Heh heh heh.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Driver skill is going to be the biggest factor.

    The thing about the Mustang is that it has a live axle (except the Cobra) and if you go around a bumpy curve you might get axle hop. If that happens while you're into the gas, well, combine that with inexperience and it's...

    Hello Mr. Tree, nice to meet you!

    -juice (who once owned a Mustang Ghia 3.3l straight 6, but luckily never met said tree!)
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Mustangs are very squirrelly in the wet. My first car was a '66 hardtop with a 289/2V and I really had to be careful with it. Fortunately I never had to drive it in the snow as I lived in SC and GA at the time.

    I did have one accident in the car; a brake line ruptured and I ended up clipping the corner of a cinder block building in an e-brake panic stop. Ironically, the building was an auto parts store.

    Ed
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    How convenient!

    -juice
  • leo2633leo2633 Member Posts: 589
    I had a '70 Mach 1 with a 351 Cleveland and a 4 speed. It went fast in a straight line, once the rear tires (L78-15s on Cragars, IIRC) hooked up. Even with so-called traction bars and posi-traction, the rear end always squirreled around when you opened it up from a dead stop. God, I loved that car!!!

    Len
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    Really nice car to tinker with. It didn't even have any rust in the trunk (which is an issue in those early years - the rust goes right down to the fuel tank in many). It was the first car where I rebuilt a carburetor (sp?). My son and I learned a lot about cars on that one. It was a bonding project. Unfortunately, he decided to take out the OEM seats and put in some cheapo race seats he got from a catalog and did a bunch of other things that ruined it. To this day, he kicks himself for that.

    Chat with you all tonight. Juice, how can we go on without you???

    Patti
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I thought it was going to be quiet early on, but things really picked up! And -- -new participants!

    Juice - you were missed and a few of the other regulars weren't able to make it. Next week will be even better.

    Thanks to everyone who stopped in to visit!

    Patti
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    went to dinner with my parents (mom's birthday today) and my sister and her daughters (one has a birthday tomorrow).

    -Brian
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    for me tonight .. daughter and I went to dinner, then I came back and worked on getting the puter back in shape (AGAIN) ... seems something went wrong with the 'critical update' I attempted this afternoon and my desktop disappeared ... really weird ... I could bring up 'task manager' and open programs from that, but had no icons and no start menu and no taskbar ... just the background picture ... luckily it didn't take 'too' long to get it back but in the meantime .... I MISSED CHAT!!!
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Must have had a senior moment, as I forgot all about it...

    Bob
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    I was watching Punch Drunk Love. What a weird movie... probably should have been in the chat. :-D

    -Colin
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    although I was also distracted helping my wife with rebuilding files corrupted by a virus on her PC.

    Patti did well not to take on that jerk with her kids in the car. We all need to remember to practice what we preach. You cannot tell your kids to act and drive responsibly, then go ahead and do that in front of them. Now, after she dropped them off safely at home..... ;-)

    Steve
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    I cannot disclose details (SoA would probably have my tongue cut out if I did), but lets just say Wonder Woman Strikes Again!

    Steve
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    It gained momentum as it went along.

    I just bought LeMans on DVD and sandwiched a viewing around the chat. Thin on plot, extraordinary action footage.

    Ed
  • earthwomanearthwoman Member Posts: 47
    Thanks for welcoming me so warmly in the chat last night. I had fun! Now I need to take a basic auto mechanics class at the local community college so I can try to keep up with the tech talk.

    My Subie, my daughters and I are heading to the Sierras for some camping today. Supposed to thunderstorm up there today and tomorrow so we may end up sleeping in the Forester. Now THAT would be funny. We are walk-in camping so should be interesting.

    BTW, how do you do italic and bold text here?
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    It was nice meeting you last night. I'm glad you were able to join us. Take pictures during your trip (sleeping in the Forester would be good) and share them with us.

    Now for italics and bolding? I have no idea, but I'm sure someone will jump in here and let you know.

    Have a great, safe trip!

    Patti
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    In all cases, replace the ( with a <, and replace the ) with a >

    For Italic:

    (I)message(/I)

    For Bold:

    (B)message(/B)

    For Underscore:

    (U)message(/U)

    You can also add color, but I don't have the formula right in front of me at the moment. It's similar to that shown above.

    Bob
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    (I see Bob posted first on this ;-)

    here's quick lesson on bolding:

    [b]your text here[/b] ...replacing the brackets with < >

    italicizing:
    [i]your text here[/i] ...replacing the brackets with < >

    underlining:

    [u]your text here[/u] ...well you get the picture ;-)

    You can combine them also:

    [u][b]your text here[/b][/u]

    -Brian
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    edit: you guys are too fast! :)

    just about all other html commands are disabled here on Edmunds, FYI.

    -Colin
  • earthwomanearthwoman Member Posts: 47
    Thank you guys! So just the basic HTML commands work. I can handle that. <-- See ;-)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We need a reminder system for Bob, someone should e-mail him Thursday afternoon. ;-)

    I got home at 10:15pm, just in time to miss the entire thing. :-(

    Colin: wasn't that bizarre? Really slow start, too. I watched it in a theatre with big sound, some scenes almost blew my ears out. Seriously, wear ear plugs!

    You should have gone to Ed's house to watch Le Mans. Again.

    -juice
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    <b> bold </b>

    Fun with escape sequences.... now on to wash my radiator fins!

    Steve, Host
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    yeah Juice that's a really bizarre show. the sound was very loud in my house, but I dunno about the earplugs.

    I think I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I'd wait it again for entertainment. I could see watching it again as a project for an art class. ;-)

    -Colin
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Try with DSS Ciniplex Digital Surround Sound Blaster 2000 Turbo FX.

    It seriously actually hurt, it was so loud.

    -juice
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    Hi Rebecca/earthwoman:

    No need to take a class, you can brush up all auto technicals on Mark Wan's well written Autozine Technical School, How Stuff Works Auto Channel Under the Hood, and Edmunds Tech Center.

    Welcome to the Crew!

    Cheers,

    ..Mike Smith . Silver Spring, Maryland

    ..Mike

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Is that a record for most hyperlinks in a row? :-)

    -juice
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Welcome. You will learn a lot from the knowledge displayed here also. All theories will be questioned, so in the end you will get the correct info. Glad you joined us.

    Greg
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Nice to see you posting again, just like old times, hope the neck is much better.

      Cheers Pat.
  • earthwomanearthwoman Member Posts: 47
    Thank you for the welcome. I am thoroughly enjoying this messageboard. Glad I found it. I bookmarked all of the links you posted Mike and I will be reading them.

    The camping trip was a bust. It poured down rain from 6 am Saturday morning til we left at 9am. It never rains here in August!

    Packing up camp in the driving rain is no fun at all. I tried to keep my daughters laughing but the 12 year old didn't think it was funny. Poor Subie was covered by mud and pine needles head to toe. I had to let him dry out and then vaccuum as much as I could. He now needs a good interior cleaning with the Bissell Little Green machine. It took two days to wash and dry out the camping gear so it could be repacked. Ah well... a story to tell around the next campfire!

    Rebecca
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