Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    Yea I'm having a hard time thinking cars right now! But, tradition is tradition. Lemme think about it

    mods- took 5 attempts to log in.
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    must be for available sale now.

    Well, they're taking orders for the TESLA. One please.

    Jim
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    2007 Nissan Armada LE ($40K)
    2006 Pontiac GTO ($28k)
    2007 Subaru Legacy Spec B ($32k)

    I already have the Armada, and this spring I'll likely get the GTO....

    -Mike
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    2007 Mustang Shelby GT 500 Convertible - 45k
    2007 Land Rover LR3 HSE - 51k

    Rob M.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    1972 era Karman Ghia convertible - $6,000

    First generation Miata with the C package - $5,000 (redundant with the Ghia, but my wife will steal it)

    Sprinter conversion van - $60,000

    Honda Fit assuming I can get racks for it - $21,000

    Yeti AS-R 575 Pro all mtn bike - $5,000

    (Loosh, reported your login note).
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Karman Ghia convertible - cool choice, Steve!
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Don't tempt me (soon to fade away link).

    Maybe we could timeshare it? Dibs on March - May. :shades:
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Don't know that I've seen a convertible in the dark green before! I'm used to seeing red. My wife'd kill me, especially since we already have a green 2-seater. :) I'd take Aug-Oct. Love the open air on those crisp fall days - warm sunshine but cool air.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    BRG would be my ideal color for the Ghia. I may take back my Fit choice btw - mpg reports from the Long Term Road Test blog are disappointing.
  • nickelnickel Member Posts: 147
    Toyota Land Cruiser for the wife ($52K), BMW 335i coupe ($44K), the remaining $4K for gas and reservation in a hotel in Baja and 2 bottles of Crystal. It's going to take me 3 days from Minnesota to Baja, but who cares. Then I'll sold my 2006 Sienna LE to pay for the speeding tickets. I'll keep the OB for the in laws.
  • nickelnickel Member Posts: 147
  • leo2633leo2633 Member Posts: 589
    For my hundred grand, I'd get my wife a new Outback, either an LL Bean or XT and myself a new Forester X Premium. I'd give my kids our 2001 Forester and 2003 Outbacks, and spend the rest on their college tuitions.

    Len
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    ...to wish all the Crew a very happy holiday! Hope you all get what you wished for, and maybe even a pleasant surprise or two! :D
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Rita and Myself would like to wish all the crew a Very happy and peaceful Christmas.

    Cheers Pat.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Same to you Pat—and to the rest of the "Crew!"

    Bob
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    when husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas ... I told him wills ... I'm still trying to convince him I'm serious!
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Pat, Merry Christmas to you and Rita. Same to the rest of the crew!
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    to all the crew!

    If things go as planned, the Subie gets a 150k service this coming week.

    Jim
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Holiday season and new year to everyone here at the Crew.
    Pat and Rita...sorry to hear the news, but as always, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

    I spent many ours today making copies of CDs...the divorce is slowly and inexorably moving forward. We will be working on a list of assets this weekend.
    On the good side, school is over!!! Yesterday was the last day for us teachers here...kids finished Thursday. I don't go back until Jan 8th. Michael's friend is flying down tomorrow from Jersey (Cranford) and will be staying for a week...off to Busch Gardens Tampa on Friday.
    Michael has finally settled on his chosen profession after realizing he loves making music and playing guitar...he wants to go into audio engineering and music production...many choices from tech-type schools (SAE Institute, Full Sail, etc) to regular degree programs...he likes the program that Berklee School of Music has.
    Anyway...have fun, kids
    Serge and Michael
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    check out Ball State here in Indiana .. they recently completed a state of the art building for their new music tech program ...
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Serge, there is also the top-ranked Peabody Institute in Baltimore, which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.

    http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/home.php

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Just checking in. Boy it´s hot here, gotta buy more sun tan lotion. :D

    Air travel is a mess here, the air traffic controllers are on a work slow-down style strike, so instead of getting here at 12:30pm we got here at 3:50am!

    Any how, besides that delay things are great.

    In the auto world, Subaru should feel very flattered with the slew of Outback imitators here. Fiat has a Palio Weekend model, basically a Palio wagon with plastic cladding and raised suspension, albeit still FWD.

    Next is the VW CrossFox, a minicompact hatchback with the same treatment, and again FWD. The clearance makes sense for all the extra potholes, but given all the sandy areas AWD would make even more sense.

    Gas costs a fortune, and once again I find that diesel here costs WAY less, about 60% of the price of gas. So diesel is definitely the way to go here. Dad has a Chevy Blazer diesel with a manual tranny, interestingly. It´s the previous gen Blazer.

    Have yet to see a single Subaru. Since Collor was impeached (hey, at least when we impeach a president he actually leaves office) the taxes on imported cars went back to being brutal, so everyone set up shop here, except Subaru.

    You see tons of Fiats, Chevys, Fords, Peugoets, VWs, and Renaults, basically. And all european designs, too. Mostly small cars.

    Funny - here the subcompact rules, then a compact is called an intermediate, and a mid-size is grande.

    Any how, gotta run but had to say Hi to the Crew. Have not heard from Subaru about NAIAS, but I hope I do. Do not expect to, though, as they reorganize internally.

    Take care, I will try to check in again soon.

    -juice
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    according to last week's Economist, those controllers have good reason to slow down. Brazil's Air Force is repsonsible for civilian air traffic control, and apparently they've been neglecting the infrastructure for years.

    Have a safe and peaceful holiday, everyone!
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Feliz Natal! right back at you good bud!

    Speaking of SOA (sorta)...

    I just heard from Coby*—and he's going to be spending 3 weeks in Europe/Africa shooting the upcoming Dakar Rally in January for the Car Lounge! He'll be camping the whole time and going on copter rides too on this photo shoot. Lucky dog!

    * = Coby is one of the guys juice and I met on several of those SOA trips we took.

    Bob
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Wishing you all the best this Christmas season!

    For my wish list- looked at a Saleen S7 yesterday- very cool car. I'll take the 100K and lease it for a few years!

    tom
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    (approx. street prices listed for a fairly loaded model)

    $58k 2007 Cadillac STS AWD V8
    $34k 2007 Subaru Tribeca Limited 7pass w/DVD
    $8k - trip to Hawaii and rent a convertible for a week!

    -Brian
  • kate5000kate5000 Member Posts: 1,271
    Pat, your family is in our prayers too.
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    Hi all. Everything has been OK personally here for me and my wife but bulletin board posting just has not been a top priority. It has been a strange year for my 2005 legacy wagon. In May the left door handle stopped working properly and I had that repaired under warranty. I had the 30000 mile service done in July. In September I ran over a nail with the right front tire and had to get that patched. Then later in September I found the car overheating about a block from home and sure enough as soon as I pulled into the driveway and shut down I found the radiator leaking. I got it towed in and the radiator was replaced due to a hole in it. Ironic since the doom of my 2002 WRX was its radiator (service department error). Can't blame that on the local dealer because the 30000 mile service 2 months earlier was in St. Louis where I got the car.

    The car's next adventure was a fender bender (my fault) that only scraped up the bumper. I am going to buff out those black tire marks on it soon I promise. Finally I got another flat because of a screw in the left rear.

    This week the warranty will run out on mileage, the car is only 2 1/2 years old. I also hope to have it paid off early this spring. I plan to drive it out to South Dakota this summer (with new tires by then) Gas mileage is still very good and everything else in the car is fine. So I don't plan on trading it in--it is the still very much the right car for me (although an Outback would be nice. I discovered the pleasures of one in June when we had one, actually two as rental cars in Utah. Yes midway through our first week the first one we had overheated and got towed away by Hertz.)

    Bruce
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    What is a good 205/55 R16 tire to replace the Bridgestones on my 2005 Legacy?
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Sumitomo HTR+ is your best all-season tire IMNSHO! $65 on Tire Rack.

    -mike
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Back at ya!

    Merry Christmas!!

    I wonder if there is such a thing as a belated Christmas card? :P

    Can you tell that holiday stress levels are at DEFCON1??
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    A belated Happy Holidays to one and all! Hope everyone got what they wanted, along with a safe Holiday.

    I did receive one surprise gift from one of my co-workers in our office Kris Kringle. I received a book listing the top Road trips in the US via back roads :shades: . I guess my talking about some of the trips I have done (Sunday Back road Drives with Bob. Juice and Mike; and the 48hrs runs for the last 5 years) gave her the idea.

    Can't wait to try them out :) .

    Mark
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    I'm on my second set of Continental Extreme Contact same size as yours. $76/tire from Tire Rack. Got 60k miles from the first set. Very happy with them for price & performance.

    Jim
  • lucien2lucien2 Member Posts: 2,984
    I'll vote for the Dunlop SP5000. I ran that size on my BD and it was great. Very good performance, stable in the wet and passable in snow up to 6"
  • leo2633leo2633 Member Posts: 589
    I'm also on the second set of Conti Extreme Contacs on my 2001 Forester and have added them to my wife's '03 Outback as well. Great tires and much improved over the OEMs on both cars.

    Len
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    True, Lucien, but the air traffic controllers are on a "turtle strike", i.e. they work but very slowly, intentionally delaying every flight. 4 hour delays are the norm. :(

    Found out more about that Gol flight you mentioned in the fall. A private jet made by Embraer (a Brazilian company) hit a Boeing jet owned by Gol and the irony is that the big plane was the one that fell. All aboard the private jet survived. American pilot, by the way.

    I say ironic because Embraer stock skyrocketed, due to the tough image it got. Weird.

    The American pilot had turned off the black box recorder and it is widely suspected they were test driving the brand new to the market jet, i.e. performing manuevers to see what it could do, if you will.

    Air traffic controllers took a lot of heat and basically that is what triggered this strike. They are mad as heck and are not gonna take it any more, basically. To be fair they do work with old equipment and earn about 300 dollars per month to due an essential job.

    Any how, domino effect, basically. One pilot goes on a joy ride and the whole country ends up sleeping in airports.

    -juice
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    OK, this is the funniest pic from my trip so far. We stopped on a road trip in Goiania and ate at this famous place that serves crabs with HUGE claws.

    This one actually held my cup while I drank a beer.

    Cheers and a happy new year to all. :shades:

    -juice
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Funny pic Juice!
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Heh heh, great photo. :)
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Gad you are having fun!

    -mike
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Finally got my light bar and lights installed.

    2-Hella 4000 Pencil Beams
    2-Hella 4000 Euro Beams

    -Mike

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  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Folks'll think there's a UFO hot on their tail! All I can think of is Close Encounters of the Third Kind. :P

    I need these to look through: :shades:
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    C&D has a list of 10 quickest cars under $30K. The LGT (#4) and FXT (#10) made the list!

    1st place went to the EVO RS.

    Ken
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You know you are single handedly responsible for global warming, right mike? ;)

    Nah, that looks schweet.

    All is well below the equator, we head out for another road trip tomorrow, this time towards the interior of the country. The highway is supposedly new, so hopefully we will not see the car-eating potholes we saw last time.

    My brother has a Civic and that thing was bottoming out left and right. The leather (yes, the Civic is viewed as a premium compact here) is worn in some areas though it has held up a lot better than the 5 year old Fiats I see around here.

    Get this - a loaded new Civic costs $40 grand, US dollars!

    But that´s nothing, an H6 Outback will set you back a cool $100 grand. It would fill up that wish list all by itself!

    -juice
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Glad to see you are enjoying! Take lots of pics!

    We have to setup another get together with the NY/NJ Crew and the DC Crew.

    -mike
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Mike- looks great- I like it!

    Do you rent your truck out to light up football games? ;)

    Just how much road (countryside?) do you brighten up when you pass through?

    tom
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Tom if you're ever in an airplane flying over NY at night, and look out the window, chances are most of those lights on the ground you see are from Mike's Armada. :)

    Bob
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    To be honest I haven't actually had a chance to get out into the unlit areas yet. In 2 weeks we'll be doing the 48hrs of TriState so we'll see how they work. Right now, they are pretty much overkill in manhattan! After the 48hrs I think I may take the pencil beams off until I'm regularly heading upstate but we shall see!

    -mike
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    no .. not for me .. with and for daughter .. she's buying!

    she has looked at quite a few different cars - although mostly hatchbacks ... the HHR, Versa, Matrix, Scion xA, Altima, even a used Chrysler 300!

    She keeps coming back to the HHR. Anything anyone wants to contribute to the informational pot? She's really limited to about 16-17,000.

    Interestingly enough, we were at a dealer today in Elkhart IN that had a Delorean sitting out front for sale! When I was in high school we had a neighbor who owned one for awhile. While daughter has certainly seen them before in pictures and movies, this was the first time to see one 'up close and personal' .. she pulled out the cell phone and snapped a pic!
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    I'd probably look at a used 300 awd before the others on that list, but for a kid, a hatch is useful.

    How about a Hyundai or Kia? Great cars as basic transportation IMHO.

    -mike
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