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-Frank
I also was awarded both individual and team awards, which means it's bonus time. :shades:
Seems like all the effort is finally paying off.
Just wanted to share the good news with the Crew. Hopefully my recent luck will rub off on some of you.
Maybe I'll splurge and upgrade the wife to a Tribeca Limited instead of the 09 Forester. Nah, I'm too cheap!
Bob
Chili is on Dub next time you stop at the Emporium!
Maybe I'll join Frank and trade the Miata in for an SLK350.
Though it's not my style to spend money before I make it! :surprise:
Congrats.
Charlie
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-Brian
Let me know when you want some GOOD rotors for your 4-pots
-mike
92 is nice and works for me. My wife loves the heat, while I can take it so long as there is some occasional shade and something cool to drink
Mark
Only news going on at my work place (Merrill Lynch) is our CEO might get replaced as he forgot to check with the Board for his plans. We all answer to someone.
Mark
Cheers Pat.
Cheers Pat.
-mike
paisan: yeah, it's busy season again, but I'm pacing myself.
Cheers Pat.
Well I contacted Subaru WRX parts in New Hampshire and got everything delivered to the door for 688 bucks Canadian.
That's a hell of a difference no matter how you cut it.
Cheers Pat.
Juice -any unusual costumes at the office this year?
Mark
Putting my Accountant's hat on, the problem is not that you are getting hosed for stuff in Canada so much as the US Dollar has temporarily declined in value against virtually every other currency. Businesses holding large inventories in countries with recently strengthening currencies have historically bought their stocks with comparatively weaker currencies meaning that they have to price those inventories based on those historic purchase costs.
As they replace those goods as inventories run down, the replacement cost is lower but that takes some time to flow through. That is especially the case for auto parts where many years' worth of stock may be held in a local supply chain.
That means that in the short term, it can be beneficial to buy from a country with a now comparatively weaker currency. Make the most of it for the moment, as it will change awfully soon!
Cheers
Graham
Yes, I came as "Judge juiceman". I basically had one of those robes, a wood mallet (what do they call those things?), and carried around a Black's Law Dictionary.
Most people could tell what I was. I'm trying to get a decent quality photo, so far only I've only seen grainy cell phone photos.
There were 3 of us, one outlaw/cowboy, a magician/wizard (who could use his powers to change my verdicts), and me.
We basically improv'd several skits, it was a lot of fun. I'd tell people they were "Guilty" of working too hard, hand out some candy, and sentence them to a long vacation or some such break from work.
We'll see if they do a fund-raiser later this year, if so we'll repeat our skit. Last time they did that we raised $2000 for the Special Olympics. We always have fun in the process, too.
Sadly, I had to work late to make up for it, and was late for Trick-or-Treating with my own kids!
Now now... Dub is a figment of my twisted imagination. The question is, how come Mike looks like Dub? :P
Forget the miata, how about a 911 convertible?
tom
I doubt I'll spend that much, though. Plus, the wife is getting a car next.
Just got another $100 in Subaru Bucks, so when we hit the max of $500 for the year, we'll start shopping. That should be 4-5 months or so. :shades:
Maybe they got the idea from GM? Although I was most impressed by the improvements to the GM interiors and their cars in general.
How much more can a soft touch dash be?
I hope Subaru is moving in the right direction, but the new car seems like the beancounters are in charge. It seems like Mitsubishi has done better with the new lancer.
tom
OK, get one for the wife.
tom
The new Impreza is selling well here in Australia. At first sighting you think "oh, a hatchback" but then, in typical Subaru style you realize that it is very individual. The packaging looks exciting and the WRX, in particular is a stunner. That bonnet scoop and rear spoiler look a nice balance between aggressive and civilised. Saw a black one, dirty and in the wet on Sunday and it looked like its new owner was already testing its limits. Black, a colour I never much like on a car, really becomes the WRX and the mud on it made it look very workmanlike.
Cheers
Graham
I think I have gotten over the outside, I was just carping on the cost cutting of the interior. All that plastic just screams "cheap", you know? If Hyundai can do it, why can't Subaru?
tom
-Frank
-mike
Where abouts in New Hampshire? My sister-in-law lives in Exeter, and I believe she and her husband bought both their Outbacks (used) from the local dealer there.
Bob
Inspired by the notes here, I just went and took a good long look at the Impreza in the local dealership. They had a red RS and blue WRX on display. The WRX in blue (the only model on which the blue is available in Australia) looks stunning. My wife has different views to me on the turbo scoop which dominates the front view of the WRX, looking suspiciously like a shark swallowing prey.
The interiors look better than I expected and the finish is pretty good for a smaller manufacturer -certainly b etter than most European finishes.
It is a bit bigger than most hatchbacks with a decent sized boot. Underbonnet layout is not as tidy as the Outback.
Overall impression was very good. Hope you like it when you see it.
On the mud front, we have had a ten year drought, interspersed with torrential rain. This weekend, we had about four inches and Gippsland, the rural area I come from, has largely turned to floodwaters and mud. The long dry, coupled with major fires, burning out about two million hectares, means that rain water run off is accelerated, heightening the flooding effect. My Kluger is looking a bit grubby.
Cheers
Graham
Haven't been to NH since a wedding I attended in the early 90s. The folliage must be fantastic right now. :shades:
I haven't been to NH since this morning! It's pretty wet here, juice. Which dealer do you work for subiegirl?
Welcome to the Crew. If you can occassionally find the time, we have a weekly gathering of the Crew in the Subaru chat room on Thursday nights from 9-10PM ET.
Cheers Pat.
Mark
We left Le Havre and Paris on Nov. 17th, 1955. It was sad because my father had built up a wonderful tailoring business from the time they arrived in 1945 from the DP camp after the war. Both my parents were Holocaust survivors..my father in Auschwitz and my mother in Gliwicka and Stutthof.
France was wonderful...for a while. We had a huge apartment in the 5th Arrondisement, the the Tuileries Gardens. My brother and I would go to the park every day and sail our little salboats in the pond, then ride the carousel trying to get the rings with these sticks as we went around. It was a wonderful place to grow up. Then the anti-immigrant (think anti-Jewish) laws began in the early 50's; that was when my father applied for visas to come to the US. It took 3 years for the visas to be approved.
We boarded the original Queen Elizabeth for the transatlantic voyage. For those 5 days, I wandered the ship alone, because I was the only one who did not get sea-sick. I ahd this little cap that would button under the chin. My mother told me to always keep it buttoned when I went out. One morning, I went on deck without doing that. Along came a wind and took that cap off. I remember watching it go flying out over the ocean, slowly descending until it hit the water. I thought it was pretty cool...like a paper airplane. Of course, I got yelled at when I returned to the stateroom without it!
When we arrived on Nov. 22nd, we were met by cousins who took us to the Bronx, where my father's uncle had a big house on Allerton Ave. Two days later was Thanksgiving. What a wonderful way to become American...there were so many new cousins and other family that I had never met...Every year, we went there to be with family, which is what this holiday is all about.
Have a good one and be careful on the roads...Serge