Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I have to do a quick run to p/u one of the kids.

    Patti
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    I'm still interested too...as long as my regular airline doesn't void its frequent flier program!

    Steve - if you're still interested in meeting in Chi-town and carpooling, I'm game.

    Jim
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Great chat, Papa Loosh even showed up. We could almost hear the baby in the back ground. :-)

    -juice
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    I was picking my car up from the dealer. I finally had my trunklids swapped and my spoiler removed!!!!!

    I must say the look is much cleaner now. I definitely like it. :-)

    I'd love to go on a tour if I can find an excuse to be in the area. There's always a conference I can find. How is the plant from Chicago?

    tom
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    From SE Wisconsin, it's about 190 miles. 3 hours or so. It takes me a good hour to get from here to downtown Chicago, so about 2 hours from downtown to SIA.

    -Brian
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    This year I came to work dressed as a Detective. Inspector juiceman, actually.

    Another friend came as sheriff, and we chased around a 3rd person who came as an escaped convict. It was pretty funny.

    Wonder if I'll still have a job on Monday. ;-)

    I'll post some pics later.

    -juice
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    Hahha.... cool!

    This year I came in as a computer guy who doesn't know what he's doing here... but wait.. that's my outfit everyday this year ;-)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yeah, pics are up in the Photo Gallery.

    Paul put up some pics as well.

    -juice
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    I'd like to do the tour. Drive my Legacy to where it was manufactured sounds good.
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Have a Happy Halloween to all!

    Mark
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Jim, it would be an absolute pleasure to meet up and travel with you! I enjoyed our last get together very much...

    Steve
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Just got back home. Hit a few neighborhoods, then went to a community party at a neighboring towns rec center. Beth made the girls matching Amish outfits - deep purple long dresses with a black oversmock and hooded hats! People went crazy over them. Nothing cuter than hearing 22 month old Annie saying something along the lines of "Tick-o-teet", then "tanks" as she toddled away.

    Steve
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Well it looks like we've come to a crossroads in the life of the L...

    Thinking that we may go full bore and do a WRX swap, driveline and all including seam-welding where we can and re-doing the bushings all around. We are thinking that we might try to get GRM or another magazine to do a long-term article on the start to finish of it. Any thoughts from you guys? Anyone know any sponsors who might actually give us $ to work on this project? :)

    Thanks for the input.

    -mike
  • beanboybeanboy Member Posts: 442
    Still sinking in that I finally have a Soobie.

    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car_reflect.jpg
    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car_reflect2.jpg
    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car_reflect3.jpg
    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car_thumb.jpg

    Happy Halloween!
    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car-024.jpg
  • sdufordsduford Member Posts: 577
    Hello folks, I'm back from Asia, really missed driving my Outback :)

    Before I re-start my crusade on the ACC system, I need to buy some winter tires.

    I have the following 3 on my short list:

    Nokian RSI
    Blizzak WS-50
    Michelin X-Ice

    Any personal experiences with those?

    As the weather gets colder, I will be documenting how the ACC behaves.
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    congrats on the car. um, what is it? LOL

    ~c
  • beanboybeanboy Member Posts: 442
    Aww... can't recognize a garnet red Legacy GT wagon 5MT with a few body shots? LOL

    Ayup, beat out the Forester XT in the end... Just a more classy looking (interior and exterior) and more balanced performer.

    http://www.stinkyteapot.com/images/car_profile.jpg

    -B
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Man that looks awesome! Second Garnet Red wagon I saw this morning (after Jay's XT).

    Craig
  • wrxrallyerwrxrallyer Member Posts: 14
    Great photos and shine!!

    Did you get the taupe interior? I'm thinking of an OXT in garnet red, but the only ones i've seen is with the black interior. Too much like my WRX (also red), plus the salesman said the red w/ taupe is the way to go...

    Enjoy, i'm jealous!
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Congrats. That looks nice. I had test drove a red Leg GT wagon, but it was at night so no way to appreciate the way it looks.

    Enjoy!

    Mark
  • beanboybeanboy Member Posts: 442
    Got the UNLIMITED version. :) Wish it was a color choice for cloth, I agree the color combo would work very well.

    -B
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Congrats! Nice color. I haven't seen a red one here in the NW.

    It's nice being off the fence, huh? ;-)

    tom
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    We are thinking that we might try to get GRM or another magazine to do a long-term article on the start to finish of it. Any thoughts from you guys? Anyone know any sponsors who might actually give us $ to work on this project? :)

    I like the idea. Continue to play on the theme that Subies aren't just for rallyists or wannabe rallyists. Poke your nose around for a WRX STi or FXT swap as well.

    Would GRM do it? I dunno, but I now have, erm, connections to them. Drop me a line (PM or e-mail) and let's chat. That new Subaru enthuiast magazine, Subiesport, might be a venue as well.

    Ed
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    beanboy: I'd like to officially extend to you a welcome from the OCD Club. Nice shine on that paint!

    Now you can suffer from OCD with a good on-line support group. Have you waxed the underside of the hood and the back of the rims yet? ;-)

    -juice
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Thanks Ed. Will do. It's gonna be a long term project :)

    -mike
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Ok folks in the Mid-Atlantic Area, PA Area, etc.

    Looks like Team IAC will be doing a 4hr Enduro race at Summit Point Raceway Saturday November 20th. We'll be a 2-driver car running the '96 Impreza L. I'm asking anyone in the area that has an interest come out and support us in this venture! You'll get to see some great racing, and see one of your crew members doing a real race! The Subaru will likely be up for the task w/o issue and we should do well especially if we get some rain :)

    Date: Saturday November 20
    Location: Summit Point Raceway, WV (About 1hr from Harrisburg, Baltimore, DC
    More info: http://Emraracing.org

    Thanks!

    -mike
    http://TeamIAC.com
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    As the weather gets colder, I will be documenting how the ACC behaves.

    Mine is borked. Check out the Crew Care & Maint. thread.

    Nice shine, bean!!

    -Dennis
  • beanboybeanboy Member Posts: 442
    Waxed the wheels, door jams, under the hood, and around the lift gate... :)

    Very happy about being off the fence. Waiting for the snow!
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    I've managed to take it back to the dealer for some service or another whenever it was dirty. This past time I brought it in they washed it again! Great! They do a pretty good job too. ;-)

    I do clean the interior plastic and leather though.

    tom
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Juice- Are you the Crew's troll hunter? I noticed your posts on the GT vs TSX vs TL. But can you kill them? ;-)

    Nice work.

    tom
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    IMHO I think our best troll killer is paisan himself, who fears nothing and holds nothing back.

    I try to be polite, and annoy them out of here. :o)

    -juice
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    KarenS is the best troll hunter. :)

    ~c
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Gee, I thought Trolls were extinct, with most killed by paisan. It's been happy timese for billy goats for seemingly years!

    Cheers

    Graham
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    :(

    Well my co-driver won't be able to get his liscence in time for that Nov 20 race so it looks like we are out for that.

    -mike
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    There's always next time, Mike. ;-)

    Hey Mike, how do you insure your car while you're racing?

    tom
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    There is no insurance for racing. Anytime your car is on the track it is generally not covered under any insurance. Some insurance companies will cover an accident at a track for a school but 99% won't and none cover racing.

    Hence I trailer the car to events :)

    -mike
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    So what do these guys with Porsches and Ferraris and Corvettes do? Just risk it?

    Hmm. I guess I really do need to build a track car, just for fun though. ;-)

    BTW, what about your life insurance? ;-)

    tom
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    yes-- they're nucking futs. personally I'd go for a kart or formula ford if I had the racing itch. well, honestly my first choice would be an SV650. :)

    ~c
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Yup the rule of thumb for the track:

    "If you can't afford to walk away from the car, then don't bring it to the track"

    Life Insurance? I think that still works, and it won't matter anyway since I won't be around to collect :)

    -mike
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    facts, facts and then a couple more facts, fired off with kindness, patience and oh - did I mention facts? Kinda hard to escape armed like that huh?

    Patti
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    This guy claims his dealer had 3 new Legacy engine failures but won't reveal any details about it, it's like he's being purposely vague. I don't buy his story for a second.

    -juice
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I can assure anyone that it is a load of bunk. I'm sure I would have heard of engine issues with these cars. We review a report of ALL issues/concerns/praise for 2005 MY vehicles every week. If we saw a failure rate like that we'd be all over it...and tht isn't on any of our radar. Hmmm - nice hunting Juice!

    Patti
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    I ain't blowed up my engine yet. Them Hoosiers make a mighty fine car.
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    spoken like a true hoosier ...
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    You midwesterners are so eloquent.

    I'm stuck with ... 'ayuh, can't get thare from heah'
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    you near Wusta? :)

    ~Colin
    isn't too much of a hick ;)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'll miss the chat tonight because my in-laws are coming into town. Gonna pick them up today in Sandy. They're here for my wife's cousin's wedding.

    Bob - can you pinch hit for me? :-)

    -juice
  • ozman62ozman62 Member Posts: 229
    Excellent rebuttals over on the Forester vs. Rav4 thread. Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to win that one. SUVshopper is one step up from a troll, would that be an ogre?
    Owen
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Thanks.

    You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

    I'm basically done there unless there are corrections I feel need to be made. I don't like hijacking threads just for arguments' sake.

    -juice
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