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Now through January 31st Buy Brand new 2001 Foresters $100 below actual invoice plus get just announced 3.9% APR financing.
Their web site is http:/tricity.subarudealer.com
Check them out to see if they have what you want.
They are in Dover, NH.
Phil
My buddy Brian is standing in the lower pic, and I'm next to him. My XT6 has it's lights popped up. The other one has 2 SVXs and the XT6 behind them! Now I definitely need to send a shot of my XT6 with it's plate up close (AWD 4ME)!
-mike
PS: Mike Smith's car is in the pic too!
Bob
Thanks,
Ed
Yeah if you look close you'll see the plate says "AWD 4ME" which is the plate on my XT6
-mike
The chat was fun. We actually had 13 people at peak activity, though most of the time it was 4-5 of us chatting away. I'm glad noone got juvenile and we kept it clean.
Remember, it's every Thursday 9-10 eastern time, a weekly event, so join us this week. Anyone want to volunteer to host it? We should alternate hosts to keep things intetesting.
Rick: 16" wheels made a big difference. I had 15"s and swapped, and can guarantee that'll have the biggest/best impact on your handling. Sways were 2nd.
Even with the lower profile tires, it handled soft sand pretty well, and I managed to get around the Outer Banks for a week. I didn't try to climb any dunes, though. I've also been to a few apple orchards and driven around the tractor hay ride paths. Fun!
Prices vary a lot by region, though you can usually get close to invoice. That puts an L just under $20k, and a loaded S Premium at just under $24k. More for auto/loaded models.
Auto Show favorites? At LA, the Chevy Borrego. Why? Subaru underpinnings. ;-)
Actually, the Protoge and Jetta wagons. Finally, America gets it.
NAIAS? WRX, no doubt.
-juice
Glendening, O'Malley May Have Tough Time Collecting Liquor Bets
As thousands of Marylanders toast the Ravens' Sunday victory over the Oakland Raiders, Gov. Parris N. Glendening and Baltimore Mayor Martin J. O'Malley could be raising empty glasses until their lawyers sound the all-clear.
Both executives made wagers with their California counterparts - Glendening won a case of wine from Gov. Gray Davis, and O'Malley a case of Brothers Brew from Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. But collecting the booze is proving tricky, thanks to a state law (signed by Glendening) that makes shipping alcohol into Maryland a felony.
One solution is for the Californians to send the cases to a Maryland liquor store, which could then pass them on to the politicians. Asked how the governor planned to get his prize and comply with the law, his spokesman said, "That's what lawyers are for."
Oh, I don't thing so, Parris!! Why should you get YOUR wine, while the rest of us risk going to jail?? BS!!
Good luck tomorrow, too. The new WRX debuts at Monte Carlo.
-juice
Way to go Garry Grimes for getting SCOA published in Drive!
Hi everyone, sorry for the silence, been busy closing the books for CY/FY 2000. I'll be there tomorrow night's chat.
..Mike
..Mike
Bob
talking about it.
Dennis
Patti
Now at this point, I'm sure some of you folks in the midwest and eastern U.S. and Canada are saying what's the big deal about that right? This is the first real snow accumulation we've seen in SoCal in probably 8 years. Not tooting the horn, we've just been in or on the edge of near drought conditions for several years and we're not able to sound the all clear yet so this snow storm (with especially high water content) is a big deal.
Two other cars were following us up and they were stressed about whether we'd have to stop and put chains on them (One a 97 Cadillac DeVille, the other an 86 Honda Prelude)but we all managed to get back to the cabin without a lot of fuss. I was mostly worried about the Prelude because it had the least amount of tread on the tires. The Forester was remarkable and went about doing what it does without even a wheel slip and I was pushing some pretty heavy, wet snow on the way back.
The real adventures came the next few days because the snow would melt and then freeze on the roads and then the fog would roll in and it would freeze on the road surface and then it would snow some more. It was funny and sad to watch people trying to get in and out of their homes and cabins with their two-wheel drive F-150s, Explorers, Expeditions, JGCs, Durangos, and other SUV sortofs. They'd back up and make a running start at it only to be repelled by the ice. And, since we went out a lot to look around and check out the snowfall (it was really beautiful) and to find places to play,we always took the Forester. We'd just back out on the hill and start from right there like we were on dry pavement.
When it came time to leave, I had to tow the Prelude to the main road because it couldn't get started out of the driveway. Even if he could get started, he definitely wouldn't have negotiated the rest of the hills between the cabin and the main road. Our friend looked at me like I was crazy when I motioned for him to stop spinning and let me hook him up to the Forester hitch. Once I took tension on the tow rope (which I'd included just for such an occasion) I just pulled him out like he wasn't even behind me. This was all the more amazing because there was about 1/2" of new snow on about a 1/2" of ice and by his account the Forester never even spun a tire. I certainly didn't feel it slip anywhere. Totally composed, totally in its element and totally amazing to our friend who couldn't believe it when we got out to the main road. He's a Subaru convert for sure now We averaged about 25 mpg loaded with a large Kanga Car pouch on top http://www.kangaco.com/index.html and four adults and their stuff inside.
Robert (rsholland) Thanks for the PhotoPoint.com address. I'm hoping the pictures turn out so I can post them for you all.
BTW - My Drive came last Wednesday the 10th. And, since it was my first issue, I thought at first that it was just a piece of junk mail. My wife brought it up to the reading locker and handed it to me with a smile and suggested that I read it. I enjoyed it. What a great way to stay connected! Best regards to all, Dale
Ross
Patti
Phil
You mentioned towing with your hitch of the forester. I just wanted to stress over here that if you are towing with a reciever type hitch that you should never tie the tow strap or rope around the ball mount. If the ball mount snaps, you then have a steel ball projectile that could at the least break the vehicle being towed's windshield or grille/radiator, and at the worst kill someone. Instead you should put the rope into the hole where the reciever goes and place the pin into the reciever with the rope around it. then there is not a chance of a projectile. Also tow ropes with hooks can have the same effect, never use a tow rope w/ hooks.
-mike
Dale- Great story. I bought a Kanga as well and I'm very happy with it. They told me they created the 8 cu. ft. Typhoon model for the OB Sport.
Dennis
Dale: great story! Did you get any Polaroids of that 'lude in tow? That would be sweet!
I gotta carry a tow rope in Sandy to try to score a save like that one of these days.
-juice
Juice - No pictures of the lude in tow unfortunately... by that time the snow was coming down pretty hard and my main objective was to get them out to the main road and down off the mountain.
Patti - Enjoy... I have some fond memories of Sugar Loaf and Maine's snowy play areas.
Best regards, Dale
-juice
-mike
Here is my list:
20' Ski rope (towing, etc.)
2 cans of puncture fix
1 set of chains during winter and small crampons
Jumper cables
Reflective vests
Electric air pump for tires
Tire pressure gauge
Small tool box with spare fuses, screw drivers, pliers, etc.
Waterproof poncho
2 X Pullovers
Luminescent sticks
Garbage bags
Matches/Bic lighter
Camping First Aid Kit
Small folding shovel (Military/camping type)
All this fits nicely in the spare and in the other compartments under the trunk floorboards.
Other stuff:
GPS
Maps
Leatherman tool
Flashlight
Daniel
'01 Forester S+ Auto.
Ross (Dave)
-mike
Ross
Other than that I carry minimal tools:
Fire extinguisher, jumper cables, screwdriver, pliers, hammer, flashlight, first aid kit and a foldable mini snow shovel that's never been used. ;-) Oh, and a blanket.
Dennis
Dennis
- trunk monkey (adds 5 horsepower!)
- maps and tire pressure gauge
- cell phone (hands-free kit)
- baby stroller
- spare diapers and wipes
- carbonated water (for clean ups)
- various Sesame Street audio tapes
- various Teletubbies characters and toys
- VTECH! (a toy telephone)
As you see, all necessities! ;-)
-juice
PS The coolest "mod" is coming soon - in car DVD player! YEAH BABY! (oh, that's right, we'll be playing Sesame Street DVDs, never mind!)
Bob, maybe?
-juice
Bob
BTW, in over ten years of Subaru ownership I think I've received about six copies of Drive. How often is it published and who do I have to know to stay ON the mailing list?
I still start my fires with flint and steel,
YetAnotherDave
ehow to tie a clove hitch knot
Great trip report, Dale!
KarenS
Owner's Club host
I have used a bowline to go up a sail boat mast. Very safe.
The Clove Hitch tends to tighten up and you will have to make another half hitch or two to keep it from loosening under load. Not the best knot for the application.
Daniel
http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/42ktbowl.html
or
http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/bowline.html
or
http://www.rcarchive.com/scouts/bowline.html
Daniel
I'll be on tonight and can help Bob if needed.
..Mike
..Mike
Tonight's chat was cool. We had a peak of 8 or 9 users this time. Not bad considering half the folks there are meeting up this Sat at the Baltimore show.
Cool news - I scored a notebook from work that I'm, uh, field testing. I volunteer for tough work like that, you know...
Long story short - it's got a DVD and I'm loading the software so it'll play movies. All I need is a car-charger for the notebook, and headphones so I don't have to listen to "Elmo's World" all the time.
That ought to settle the baby down on longer trips, which we tend to do a lot (CT twice a year, OBX, local beaches, and a wedding or two thrown in).
Cool, no? First DVD equipped Soob. I must have beat SoA to it too.
I may finally let my wife drive, for once. If the movie is good.
NAAAAAAHHH! ;-)
-juice
..Mike
..Mike
http://www.bsa-gnyc.org/member/knots~1.htm
Notice that it's Boy Scout link and as one Eagle Scout to another let's help each other "Be Prepared".
Daniel: Agree that the Bowline is a fabulous knot. I've used it to rescue people over the edge of cliffs (you can usually tie it with one hand, if the rope is small and supple enough, even if you're in extremis) and to create loops to throw over vertical mooring posts and such. The reason I choose the clove hitch to tie on a tow rope is that I can usually force it around a live axle buried in the mud or around a subframe or even a big tow hook. My tow rope is nearly an inch thick (twisted nylon) and that makes it more difficult to "loop, create the rabbit hole and then thread the bitter end up the hole around the tree and then back down the rabbit hole". Hence the simple two loop clove system for me. If I think there's any potential that it'll try to spool off, I just put a couple of half hitches on it before I take tension. It has never failed me and if you pull the bitter end (the loose end) back against itself (a couple times will usually do it), it will always self loosen and you can untie it and move on (probably to the next great mud slough)
CU all later, Dale
Last may my buddy and I drove straight out to Ann Arbor, MI, non-stop flight (actually I drove the whole way) He watched Smokey and the Bandit and Good Fellas on the way out (with in flight meal) and Ghostbusters and Donnie Brasco on the way back... with some intermittent GPS in there for good measure!
It's great on long trips!
-mike
I'll just have to sneak out early or hang out at the office one of these days to join in!
Ken
Sorry gang. Sounds like it was fun.
Br, Dale
Thanks!
Patti