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Bob
Hindsight is 20-20, I know... ;-)
Ed
I've actually seen used crossbars sell fairly quickly so I may eventually do that.
-Dennis
MNSteve
The 2001 OB has it and I want to remove it. I keep hitting my head on it. (I'm 6'5")
Besides what's its use on the drivers side?
--jay
But then I didn't know that the new models had the grab bar.
Ah, Well.
MNSteve
-juice
Brian
-juice
-mike
-james
Oddly, the extra one I bought was the rigid one. I put it on the driver side, but later swapped sides. Subaru provides the right ones from the front, I was just sent a rigid one meant for the rear seats.
-juice
utahsteve
Mark
MNSteve
-mike
-juice
1) A delay on the interior lights. Let them stay on for 30 secsonds, or until turning the ignition key.
2)Stereo controls on the steering wheel. It was nice to not have to fiddle with the radio to find a station or change between radio and CD.
Mark
I think this may have been brought up before...I'd like to see Subaru engineer better brake rotors. Maybe a supplier like Brembo. I'm hoping the 05 Legacy has a better brake feel. The brakes work fine but there really is a mushy feel now.
-Eric
One more suggestion - KEEP the fade-out lights, I think that's a classy touch.
-juice
-Colin
SVX Brakes: Very nice pedal feel No mush. Probably Single stage booster, but it stops the ~4000lb (live weight) car amazingly.
SVX Lights: Interior lights stay on for X seconds while you fiddle in the interior, they come on as soon as you pull on the handle (even if the door is locked) and also come on if the keyless entry is triggered, along with lighted keyholes on the outside of the doors, and lighted key ring inside.
Hmm, seems like Subaru should pull off the shelf items that a '92 Subaru had and just stick em in the '05s!
-mike
The keyless entry turns on the lights now, but as soon as you close the door-light out! At least on my OB it does.
Mark
-Frank P.
Ken
-mike
lame.
-Colin
I'm not asking them to go overboard, just the most common conveniences.
-juice
Why don't carmakers put a warning buzzer on the moonroof (and windows) when you shut the car off? They do it for your headlights...
Bob—with a wet butt
There may be cold weather freezing issues with it so how about a warming element surrounding the line before it exits the tailgate and is activated with the rear defroster.
Bob - "A window is ajar." (Ugh! 80's Chrysler reference)
Alan 98 OBW Ltd
It's just like leaving your windows open - and they have no warning chimes. There is no fault but your own on this one Bob. ;-)
What really would be nice is to be able to open/close the windows AND moonroof with the key FOB.
-Brian
There's a headlight chime that doesn't shut off until you turn the light off, that comes with every car. A quick 2-beep chime for the windows and moonroof is all I'm asking for; something similar to that when you lock your car with your key-FOB.
BTW, this is the second time this has happened to me in the past two years, but last night's rain was by far the worst of the two.
Bob
Mark-
That's odd.
My '98 OB stays on for ~30 sec. or until I turn the ignition.
-Dave
DaveM
-Dave
-Frank P.
Bob
You may already know this, but you can get after-market alarm systems that will accept a variety of trigger inputs. One of them is a rain sensor that can trigger your windows and sunroof to close when water is detected.
With this feature you can walk away from your vehicle with sunroof/window venting w/o worring about an unannounced afternoon rainstorm.
-tom
Plus you can program it *not* to shut, say, if you're in a garage and want fresh air (to dry that wet interior). Best of both worlds.
Dave: some of the new ones do, but yeah, let's ask for nozzles that spray instead of pour! :-)
-juice
The armored exhaust system took a bit of a beating too.
Now I have an '02 Forrester with leather seats and a, what, plastic or cardboard skidplate. What's with that? My mistake, I assumed Subaru had me covered with a metal one from the parts department. Wrong. They've turned into a yuppiemobile carmaker.
Come on Subaru, you can do it. Or are you happy being known for your cupholders and autodimming mirrors?
John
Primitive Enterprises sells aftermarket versions, but maybe Subaru could offer them, at least as an option, on the Forester and Outback. They'd be more useful than the rear skid plate, since the rear diffy is a good 2" higher off the ground compared to the front cross members (under the tranny).
-juice
My wife's '03 Outback has a plastic "skidplate" as well. No protection from anything more than mud and dirt, in my opinion. It has a removable cover so you access the drain plug and oil filter.
Len
Bob
My apologies for yet another VW reference, but I'm refering to the infamous commercial where the guy is reading is owner's manual, goes "hooooo" and drags his wife out who was painting her toes to show the window up/down feature.
Ken
-mike
I'll take a normal moonroof please. Preferably in a Forester XT ;-)
-Brian
Bob
When you press that button, it becomes red, warning you that it will not close the roof when you remove the key. When it's green, it does automatically close them.
So no chime, but you can't help but notice the red light, so you're reminded.
I would always forget, and have to reinsert the key. So we leave it programmed to close it. It "wows" a few passengers, too.
-juice