Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Has anyone here received an offer from SOA for a Subaru Severe Weather Companion, just for taking a test drive? I received it last night, so I guess I have no choice but to test the Forester XT:-) The test has to be done before 12/31, so next time I'm at Flemington...

    Mark
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Guess I'll have to take an XT for a test drive again. :-)

    -Dennis
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    OK, I need one of those ASAP.

    I can get my wife into an XT if she knows she'll get a freebie. Who knows, maybe she'll like it and soften up about me getting one...

    Was it mailed to you? Help, Patti! :-)

    -juice
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Cool article, Juice! I can make a PDF from the web article if it helps any (actually, if you have access to a Mac with OS X, just hit print and then click save as PDF, easy as pie).

    Craig
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I printed it, then scanned it with a Digital Sender to make a PDF, and even though the quality was only so-so, it's the print edition that has the big photo.

    I may try to scan that later. I've been able to show most people that wanted to see it.

    Actually, Craig, could you e-mail that to me? One concern is that the web had it split into 2 pages, can you merge them first?

    -juice
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    I can print to PDF from my non-Mac as well with a PDF printer driver I have (JawsPDF). ;P

    -Brian
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    I got two in the mail :)
    Let's see, one for the XT.
    What else should I test drive, which I've not yet driven?

    -Dave
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I just picked up the Times, and sure enough, he's in there! :)

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You should recognize everything in the photo, given you've been over a couple of times.

    -juice
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Sent a PDF to your hotmail account Juice, it merged and then printed into 3 nice looking pages.

    Hey Brian, PDF printer drivers are for cavemen!! :-)

    Craig
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Thanks.

    I scanned the photo into a JPG but it's just a B&W from the paper anyway.

    -juice
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    was last seen heading towards Irvington.

    -Dave
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Congratulations, way to go.

      Cheers Pat.
  • outback_97outback_97 Member Posts: 130
    I got married in September :) so the time leading up to that was pretty busy and hectic, and for that matter we've both been busy since then. I've caught up on some of the news and hope that you all are doing well.

    We just wanted to share some pictures of the sights we saw and our travels on our honeymoon. There's a few Subie shots in there, so it may be of interest to folks here. We went from Salt Lake west to the N. CA coast, up into Oregon, and back via Boise... first BIG road trip for our little Impreza. Great fun!

    http://users.sisna.com/ignatius/subaru/trip

    Hope to check in more often now that I'm an old married guy!

    utahsteve
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    Well congrats Steve and Meika!
    May wedding bells ring for both of you always :)

    Great pics by the way.

    -Dave
  • jimmyp1jimmyp1 Member Posts: 640
    Dave? Edit: I went back and found the post you were talking about. It's an epidemic.

    Jim
  • hypovhypov Member Posts: 3,068
    oops, I left out "stolen WRX".

    -Dave
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    Nice article, juice ... and wonderful honeymoon pics!! (ok .. not juice's honeymoon!)
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Excellent on-line album! Congrats...

    Steve
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    Congratulations! Thanks for taking the time to share your adventure.. great photos, I'm ready for a road trip.

    ..Mike

    ..Mike

  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Craig: well then, argh argh argh ;-) I suppose I could also buy a copy of Adobe Acrobat for Windows.

    utahsteve: congrats to you and your dw. awesome pics, what camera do you have?

    -Brian
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    I am... no words can describe it... juice is getting more famous every day.
    Congrats Juice!
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    Excellent pictures! Best luck with your new married life!
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Brian: Acrobat is for knuckle-draggers too!!! :-P

    Great pictures Steve, congrats on the nuptials! I'd love to take a trip like that with my wife someday. Crater Lake looks awesome.

    Craig
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    It's actually a very hot topic in my family these days: should we hold onto Silvius even after extended warranty's up or sell it and buy a new car? For us, an ideal solution would be to buy an extension of extended warranty (if price is reasonable), say, for up to 150K miles. It would give us 2 more years on this car, and a piece of mind, in case a major extensive repair occurs.

    But at some point one has to let go of a car. I held on to my Loyale way to long. Over last year of ownership, I spent overall $1000 on maintenance (tires/brakes) and some repairs. And the private party KBB on the car was $3000.
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    That PDF bounced from your e-mail account, probably too big. If you want, you can download it here:

    http://members.cox.net/craig.hunter/nyt.pdf

    Craig
  • jlemolejlemole Member Posts: 345
    Juice: Great picture and nice article! You're becoming quite the Subaru ambassador!

    UtahSteve: Terrific photos. I think I see a Subaru ad campaign somewhere in there. Congrats to you and your new wife.

    Jon
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    juice: Nice write-up in the paper of record. Maybe a future as an auto industry analyst for you?

    The Times piece was very informative. The quandary is compounded by the soft used car market. You want to trade while your car has trade-in value remaining, but you know you will get screwed and may not have the time or energy to sell to a private party.

    Steve & Meika: Very nice album. Great shots. Hard to believe that you two were all by your lonesome at several of those places.

    I also got the Severe Weather Companion mailing. Not sure what I'd want to drive - maybe an XT Premium to gauge whether the massive moonroof affects handling.

    Ed
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Well, this pretty much helps me make up my mind that I don't even want my car back.

    It's just too easy to steal a Rex.

    -Dennis
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Congrats and welcome (back) to the "Subaru Crew!"

    Bob
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    I have to get out to the NW one of these days.

    -Dennis
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Congratulations on the wedding! I had to laugh about your Neveda comments. I can totally relate; I've driven between SLC and the Bay Area, CA, a couple of times a year for the last ten years. I've decided the best time to drive I-80 across Nevada is when it's dark; at least then you can imagine beautiful scenery.
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Congrats Steve & Meika! Wonderful pictures of a nice trip.
       I can just see trying to talk my wife into a 4-5 day car trip (-:. We did a 3 day trip a few years ago, just after getting the OB from NY to KY via Blue Ridge Pkwy in Va. Let's just say it was good we were visiting friends, and that we came straight home. That's why she'll never go on the 48hrs run with me.

    Mark
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Breath-taking Steve. Gorgeous. The TS, I mean. The views are also nice! ;-)

    Welcome back and congrats! Meika - cool name, and it contains a "K" so the Crew endorses your marriage 100%! In fact, you were destined to marry her, and you can tell her I said so!

    Kate: $1000 is nothing. Plus, every car requires maintenance, even new ones. You should count only the money for unscheduled repairs. I did not include the cost of the timing belt in the $2500 in repairs on the 626.

    Craig: excellent, that is *much* better quality than what I had. Figures an Apple saves the day for a Subaru Crew member. Thanks. You da man. I nominate you for Chief Information Officer for the Subaru Crew!

    Ed: that's my wife's thinking. I could be a Consumer Advocate, something like that. Personally? I'm not much of a risk taker, so maybe as a 2nd career, if I still have the energy. I have great PR (wife) for free!

    -juice
  • outback_97outback_97 Member Posts: 130
    Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. We really had a blast and the car performed flawlessly for us. We were a little saddle sore from all the miles, but I've never been able to drive that much w/o that happening, so I don't blame the seats. The side bolsters and grippier seats vs. the leather in my OB really came in handy on some of the twisty roads ;)

    More good news: I won a little prize in an online photo contest, a free rechargeable battery kit, woo-hoo! A few weeks ago we went camping at Zion N.P. and the photo is the "Canyon Wall" one in the B+W section of Week Two winners.

    Camera = Canon A70 Powershot, a very generous wedding gift from my new brother-in-law! I love all the manual controls as my background is in completely manual SLR's.

    utahsteve

    edit: The URL for the photo contest was HUGE, it made the page 2x as wide as it should be, and didn't work anyway, sorry. It's through www.rayovac.com but you'll need to do some linking to find it.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Try makeashorterlink.com, IIRC. Maybe post it in the Photos thread.

    -juice
  • outback_97outback_97 Member Posts: 130
    This is *much* better:

    Rayovac Photo contest winners:
    http://makeashorterlink.com/?X48F21F46

    Or, for just a reasonably sized .jpg of the photo itself:
    http://users.sisna.com/ignatius/subaru/mods/canyon.jpg

    utahsteve
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Wasn't my idea, I saw another Crew member use that, I forget who else I'd give them credit.

    Great photo, BTW, you really capture the texture and the enormity of it all.

    -juice
  • miksmimiksmi Member Posts: 1,246
    Being the URL hound, I believe 'twas me. juice, did the photographer give you a larger jpeg of your photo? I'd like to share it.

    ..Mike

    ..Mike

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I think I actually have to call the photo sales desk. Seems silly, having to buy a photo of myself, no? Lemme call them now...

    So much for my supposed fame, I got an answering machine that informed me I'd have to buy rights to their copyrighted photographs!

    On a different note, I spoke to our friends that are adopting, and told them about the meaning of Gotcha Day. We will be the child's Godparents.

    Any how, I said we'd come to the airport to welcome Christopher to the USA, and they got *SO* excited that we showed interest. It was really cool. Guess you had to be there.

    Should be in January or February.

    And to bring this back on topic, the dad's name is Dave! Gotta talk him into a Legacy wagon now!

    -juice
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    We got the referral update, in response to our acceptance letter of the baby. It included some more health related data, two more photos, and disclosure that she has been in foster care (great news - not in a traditional orphanage) for the past few months. We are hoping to be in the air sometime mid November.

    Steve
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    hope everything goes according to plan, being in foster care as opposed to orphanage definite plus.

      Cheers Pat.
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Thanks for the nomination, Juice! Glad you like the PDF. Mac OS X renders everything in native PDF, so it makes for some really nice looking files.

    Craig
  • subaru_teamsubaru_team Member Posts: 1,676
    I'm trying to get in. I seem to get there, but I can't post and then I get booted? I'll keep trying.

    Patti
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sorry Patti. Ironically it worked well for me for the first time in a while.

    Let's see, who showed up? Bruce, Ken, Bob, Pat, Kullinger (sp?), new XT owner (dead something in his handle?), Brenda, Brian, and yours truly. Did I miss anyone?

    Slow start, busy finish.

    Next Thursday is our 10th Wedding Anniversary, so I need suggestions for gifts. It the Tin Anniversary, traditionally, or Aluminum, modern. They suggest a Wok! Or a tin lantern.

    I could get creative, and put something else inside a little Tin container. Suggestions?

    -juice
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    I would of course suggest a new aluminum Apple G 4 Powerbook notebook availabe as 12", 15" or 17" model.

    TWRX.

    Of course a nice aluminum Momo shift knob is always tasteful.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    That was the shortest CHAT I've ever had: Arrived late. Was on about a minute. Got booted off. Computer crashed. Rebooted, and CHAT was over. Oh well, at least I tried...

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Get Lana a new set of aluminum wheels. :)

    Bob
  • jimmyp1jimmyp1 Member Posts: 640
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    wheels attached to a XT.

    Jim
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