Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Bob - can you pinch hit for me?

    I'll do my best to make it tonight.

    Bob
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    Despite the joke in the previous post I'm proud that as a "Hoosier" my car was made in Indiana. So proud in fact that it is finally time to give a "buy American" friend of mine a hard time about his PT Cruiser.
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    a bit late. I have pick-up duty for my son. See/chat with y'all soon. And, because I can't resist - Hoosier Daddy!!

    Patti
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Be sure to point out profits from the sales of a PT go towards some German CEO's bonus, plus isn't it made in Mexico anyway?

    OK, so it's made by a company that used to be american at one point. Near america. Yeah, something like that. ;-)

    -juice
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    Bob did an admirable job in your absence though. We had a good turnout. Did you have fun with the in-law's?

    Patti
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    I thought I would post a photo of Anne Marie so all the gang could relate to the girl that they prayed for and sent positive thoughts too over the months she was sick.

     She has had a hard time recently with deep depression but is now on the way back up, this photo was taken just 2 weeks ago when she started feeling better about herself.

      image

      Cheers Pat.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    She looks great, Pat!

    We'll keep her in our prayers.

    tom
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Pat,

    Great photo! It's nice to put a face to a name. And tell her she looks great! Really, no one would ever imagine the hardship she's been through from that photo.

    Ken
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Great photo Pat. I know everyone here is hoping for the best for Anne Marie. Thanks for the update and pic. It's always nice to put a "face" on those we talk about here.

    Bob
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Great Pat, I know we all continue to wish her the best.

    Craig
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    Pat,

    Nice to "hear" and see that she's improving.

    BTW, I guess she gets her good looks from Rita. ;-)

    DaveM
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    pat, for posting the pic ...
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    Pat, it was a long difficult road, but everything seems to be going quite well! Thanks for sharing. Rob M.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yes, Patti, it's been fun, last night we had dinner with a view overlooking DC (rehearsal dinner). The wedding is tonight.

    I'll share some virtual cake with the Crew. :-)

    Pat: beautiful smile, thanks for sharing.

    -juice
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Anne Marie looks great! In fact, until I read this photo was just two weeks old, I assumed it was taken before she became ill. Glad to hear she's doing much better!
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Pat,

       I'm happy to hear and see that Ann Marie is doing better! She is looking good, and we can all see why you are so proud of her. She is still in our thoughts.

    Mark
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    but who is the handsome guy?

    Steve
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    uh, that sounds a little wrong. ;)

    ~c
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    That is her ex husband, they are working on reconciling and it seems to be working out.

      He was with her during her illness and the subsequent up and downs since.

      We hope they make a go of it as we really like Marc.

      Cheers Pat.
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    speaks well of him to be there for her during the illness
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    It speaks very well of him, he has had a hard time dealing with her depression,he is a really gung ho guy and never having been depressed himself he just couldn't understand it but he is hanging in there.

      He knows what she is like from before the depression so he is hanging in to see that girl again. Thank God she is looking and acting more and more like the old Anne Marie everyday.

      Cheers Pat.
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    OCD. struck today again, I took out all the rear interior panels, plus the rocker covers.I took the Titan in and had him sprayed with no drip oil based rustproofing.

     Was gonna give it a miss this year and do it every second year, but then I figured with the amount of salt they use here a car needs all the help it can get.

     I know a lot of people would say I am nuts but I like to feel I am doing all I can to extend the life of this car. Got a real lift in feeling good the guy in the car ahead of me said on seeing the Titan that car is brand new isn't it, imagine his surprise when I told him the Titan was almost 4 years old.

      Cheers Pat.
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    You continue to be the OCD trendsetter!!

    I am curious -- how much does it cost, and what is involved??

    When I pulled the door panel off my 05 recently, I noticed that the bottom well of the door was sprayed with cosmolene, presumably to protect the door when water collects in there during rain (still has drain holes too). Is this the same kind of treatement you got?

    Craig
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Yep, clumsily worded, but you get the meaning!

    Steve
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    I am not sure what the composition is,they do claim it is an environmentally friendly oil.

      There is an additive that allows it to stay thin and creep into all the crevices then it will eventually thicken and not drip.

     For some reason it keeps creeping as every time I wash the car there is a fresh coating around the seams on the bottom of the door.

      They spray everywhere that is accessible, in a lot of cases they want to drill access holes but I don't want that, that's why I pull the panels.Incidently this is not like Zeibart or any of the other regular rustproofing out there .
     Now you will get arguments about Subarus not needing additional treatment and if you only keep your car a few years probably not, but even galvanised steel eventually rusts out after the galvanising has sacrificed itself to the rust worm.Once rust starts showing I believe it is like an iceberg you only see one 1/8 the other 7/8s is hidden
    The other benifit is in all the years I have been having this done to my cars I have never ever had a seized nut or bolt under the car, I have never had to use heat or any other means to dismantle anything.

     It costs me 90 bucks a year and for me that is cheap insurance against rust, all my cars I sold between 8 and 10 years old all with origional paint and no rust.

      Cheers Pat.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Pat: you make us proud, in more ways than one.

    I don't think anyone can argue with the condition your cars are in when you sell them. Nobody.

    -juice
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Makes them much easier to sell, the guy that bought the Accord wagon that I owned before buying the Titan is patiently waiting for the Titan.

    I told him it will be a long wait:-)

    But he does not care.

      Cheers Pat.
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Yeah forget it, the science of tires is more exacting than cutting some sipes or grooves or what ever else you want to term it.Think about it, you could actually make them worse, if they do not disperse water properly then you encounter a phenominom called aquaplaning.

      What price your life?

      Cheers Pat.
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    Tom: I'm going to counterpoint Pat here (remember the old 60 Minutes bit?). His experiences may be different than mine, and I know he'll not be offended by my alternate POV.

    We have a set of siped Toyo Open Country all-season tires on the Suburban. We siped them for a couple reasons:

    -Winter: It's amazing the difference they make on ice & snow. The effect of siping is many more edges are available to create grip edges. They go in snow better as well, for the same reason. I think they might squeegee the water out from under the tire better in the wet, if for no other reason than they allow the water more avenues for escape.
    I used to be a big studded tire fan. Between the newer studless winter tires I use on the Subie & the siping on the 'burban, I don't feel the need any more. We go skiing a lot around here & have to negotiate some dicey road conditions to get there. Both cars do fine.

    -Summer: The biggest advantage of siping is heat dissipation. I've seen thermal images of tires run hard in hot weather; the non-siped tires are noticably hotter with 'hot-spots', and the siped tires are noticably & uniformly cooler. We tow a travel trailer in the summer. Tires get hot, but not so much with siping (& adequate tire pressure, of course)

    -I'm told siping extends tire life. Can't speak to that yet - not enough miles gone by. All of this may be tempered by the type of tire itself, the car they're riding on, and the proverbial nut behind the wheel - some may perform just fine without it, At least every front tire (and most of the rears) of every truck on my job here is siped... for safety reasons.

    Sermon over, break to commercial, cue voice over ticking stopwatch "Stay tuned for Andy Rooney, next on '60 Minutes'
    Fade to black...

    Cheers!
    Paul

    PS Tom: E-mail me if you decide to get it done. I can recommend a place over there. ph
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    If the syping as you suggest is professionally done that's one thing and maybe I misunderstood Tom's intentions.

    I thought he was suggesting just hacking some grooves in the tires himself, hence my advice to forget it.

     Tom if this was not your intention then I apologise for the advice I dispensed.

      Cheers Pat.
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Sorry perhaps I should have been more clear. It just didn't occur to me that people would do it themselves!

    Yes, I was talking about having it done at a local tire shop. I've been looking for new tires and one of the shops recommended it.

    Paul, I'll email you, I'd love to know where to get it done.

    tom
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    May be meat to one, but poison to another.

    If the RE92s could benefit from siping, it would have had them OEM. i.e. SP5000 comes siped OEM.

    I don't think the RE92 can handle it. Its thread blocks are small and intricate channels are plenty that siping will weaken the blocks and/or redirect water from its intended path.

    -Dave
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    Just checking to see if Edmunds is live.

    Edit: Looks like it's live.

    So what did everybody do at work today being Edmundsless? Did you actually get some work done today? ;-)

    DaveM
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    I stared blankly at my screen hitting refresh until the forums came back up. ;-D

    Now I finally feel like I'm getting some work done!

    Ken
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Yeah, I can't do any "real work" without having my daily Edmunds fix...

    Bob
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    I was home with a sick kid... watched 'Finding Nemo' & played Pocket Tanks :)

    Just proving there CAN be life without Edmunds, if only temporarily!

    Cheers!
    Paul
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    for Edmunds to come back? I know I was!! But, I was working at the time, and wishing I was watching "Finding Nemo"! ;-0

    Patti
    PS - isn't the opportunity to tend to an ailing child wonderful? It's horrible when they are sick, but great to get that "down time" to bond a bit. Hope things are better!
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I have a friend visiting and he's helping me rough in some bathroom plumbing. We got most of it done yesterday and saved a few cuts for this morning. Thanks to the usual snags, and 5 trips to the hardware store we got the water back on around 9:15 pm after a late start. I was missing my Town Hall fix, but was definitely preoccupied!

    I'm thinking of siping my minivan tires (at the tire store <g>) - they aren't so hot in the wet.

    Steve, Host
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Visiting a FIB manufacture's demo lab north of Boston this morning.

    I don't think much will help the RE-92's. I am anxious to switch over to my WinterSport's in a week or two, then dump the ailing Briggies in the Spring. The car only has 26k, the 92's may have 17k of that. Hard as a rock. No grip. I too thought about shaving and siping, but will instead use the money towards something better.

    Steve
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    I had my Dunlop WinterSport M3s mounted Monday. The weather has taken a sharp turn for the worse today, but honestly the reason why I did it now was because I had Monday off work and won't have another Monday off for a month.

    So far I've driven then in dry weather and light rain. I like them a lot-- they have good firm shoulders, but a lot of tread squirm. the steering is vague and once I was cornering enthusiastically and felt a good a bit of a slide, but afterwards noted that the tire's sidewall was not scuffed. I haven't cornered that hard since; I'd rip up all the good tread features that will give me the snow & ice traction I bought the tires for!

    Now, about the installation. The shop I have used for years damaged one of my wheels and I noticed right away. We loaded my stock tires into my dad's 4Runner and he drove off while I was negotiating with the tire shop about compensation, a critical piece of evidence left the scene... the tire that was on that wheel. I didn't even think about it until a few days later when moving the tires in my garage... and I saw a 3-4" long by 1/2" wide chunk taken out of the bead. This matches the paint chip on my wheel --as far as I can see with a tire on it, the wheel has no damage besides paint but I'd like to see it without the tire to be certain.

    Sorry no pics just yet.

    What I am going to demand is a new tire, because the bead is destroyed or at the very least unsafe. I am also going to demand that the wheel be refinished to its original state. It has a logo on it, and because of that I would accept repainting on the damaged area if possible... but if it is not possible, they better figure out some way to make all four wheels pristine. Refinishing all four with no ENKEI logo would be acceptable, for example. Or if it's cheaper for them to just buy me one new wheel so be it.

    Sound reasonable? Other ideas/suggestions?

    ~Colin
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    My symptoms included nasal congestion and headache. Oh wait, that's my fall allergies...

    Bummer, Colin.

    I think despite the fact that the tires left the scene, it's pretty obvious what caused the problem.

    I would speak to the manager and primarily ask why this wasn't brought to your attention earlier. They should have noticed their equipment snagged on that tire.

    Accidents happen but they are clearly responsible for both the tire and the wheel's finish. You're almost being too reasonable. I think I'd start by asking for a new rim, and work from there.

    -juice
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    Steve, welcome to beautiful cloudy (but warm) New England. I work a short hop up I95 in Exeter, NH.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I work a short hop up I95 in Exeter, NH.

    That's where my sister-in-law lives. It's a nice area.

    Bob
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    I hate hearing stories like that! Maybe it was a new guy working on your wheels?? If careful, it's nearly impossibly to do that kind of damage. I bet somebody was not paying attention or did not know how to run the equipment.

    Craig
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Sorry to hear about the damage. Are your other three rims in good condition?

    If so, I would also ask for a new rim and a new tire -- wouldn't that be the best outcome?

    Keep the refinishing of all four rims as your next best alternative (NBO). Rule of thumb in negotiations: know your NBO but don't start out with it.

    If they are a tire shop, they should be able to get discounts on both rims and tires, right? They probably have some kind of insurance or can write it off as a business expense. I'm sure it couldn't have been the first time something like this happened.

    Ken
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    You're going to have to shave the new tire to match the others, right?

    DaveM
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Colin, I think you're being too reasonable. They damaged your wheel and should be responsible for it- meaning replacing it, especially on such a new car. I don't know that refinishing a wheel is going to be as good as it came from the factory.

    Hopefully since you're a repeat customer and if they are a reputable place they will gladly do this, but it is disconcerting that they tried to hide something so obvious.

    Good luck Colin, tell us how it all comes out.

    tom
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