Got Subaru-

Originally posted by andyc5315 Ive gotta put my snowboard rack back on mine too. Its such a pain.

Seriously? Mine takes me less than 5 minutes per carrier, and that's taking my time and dicking around. It's two bolts and two nuts to turn.

^^ You can use a small foot step like a 1foot step to help reach the top. That's what I use.

The only thing that will fix Subaru's crappy paint is a new paint job.

^^^need more info...
for the used, need more info.  Used like 5-10 yrs old or like 1-2yrs old.

And if a couple yrs old, doesn't it still have the warranty?

Went up to Tahoe this past weekend.. saw 4 accidents... two spots where they were forcing cars to pull over for chain control. They saw our subaru badge and just waived us through.... Heh... ahhh sometimes it pays off to have a Subaru.

I was thinkin about getting chains for my outback. Id be unstoppable.

Cables are fine on Subarus though. I now several people that use them every winter on their scoobs.

Has anyone ever used Seafoam to clean there Subaru's fuel line, vaccum or induction cleaning system? Basically white smoke pours out of the muffler. Is this bad for subarus? can anyone tell me where I pour it in on my outback. Pics would be great.

Originally posted by andyc5315 Has anyone ever used Seafoam to clean there Subaru's fuel line, vaccum or induction cleaning system? Basically white smoke pours out of the muffler. Is this bad for subarus? can anyone tell me where I pour it in on my outback. Pics would be great.

I wouldn't buy any car the first year it is available. It's best to let the early adopters sort out the kinks.

haha nice free rental! 

id b pissed if it was a lease... not so much if i was paying for it

Originally posted by Superorb I wouldn't buy any car the first year it is available. It's best to let the early adopters sort out the kinks.

Ah, 

I bought a 2001 Civic (1st year 7th gen) and a 2010 Legacy (1st year 5th gen), and both cars have not nor had any problems. The civic had around 130K miles on it, and the Legacy already has 60K.

I've heard some bad things about getting the 1st year of a redesign... but based on my experiences with it, it won't stop me!

The car has already been produced, and won't be released in the US for another 4-5 months I believe... seems like plenty of time for them to sort out the kinks before mass production for the US.

I know the BRZ won't be too fast off the block, but jeez... should be a hellavu car to drive. !!!

BTW, BRZ > FT86 ALL DAY LONG!!!

Originally posted by BudAshes Originally posted by RideTimeless ^^WRX 2004-06 or Outback. Isn't the wrx turbo charged?  I'd rather have better gas mileage than power.  Power just means speeding tickets.  I like the outback but it's kind of big.  I'll have to test drive one and check it out.

Subarus are by far my favorite car brand, the versatility is amazing

when seconds count my 96 lego's TCU is picking its nose! and the steelership is not helping at all in fact I requested they call the police so I could have an incident report for court and B.A.R. reference. many months ago I asked Albany Subaru to verify that a duty c solenoid was causing its AWD not to functionality having pulled a code 24 from TCU. they did some diagnostics telling me how much washer fluid I had and eventually giving me a parts list of what they said I needed to replace to fix the AWD system. Mind you its transmission had already been "inspected" and deemed functional. they told me I needed a transfer clutch pack, duty c solenoid, and gaskets for a total of $1197. I saved $500 going with subaruparts.com and a 3rd party repair facility. the new parts did resolve the TCU error code and I no longer got a 16 flash on start and could not pull a code 24 from the TCU. NO AWD! it took me some time to test this because at the time I had no went or loose surfaces I could really test the car on. so when the time came to my horror only one front wheel spun. so now the bureau of automotive repair is helping out and I'm getting a lawyer. they told me these parts would fix my awd system or there lack of after I requested an AWD diagnosis. they argue semantics on paperwork that are pieces of sentences I used in paragraphs of dialog I had with the attendant who initially helped me. they claim they diagnosed an electrical fault, I told them the tcu no longer out put the code asking for information on what it could be they said they were not liable for another shops work.... used parts that came out of the trans were fine especially the clutch packs which they were adamant about replacing. so beware if you need help especially the automatic trans subaru's don't go to just any dealer I think my first mistake was that this place is also a ford dealership....so for now stay the hell away from albany subaru more to come later

Originally posted by bluedot_snow when seconds count my 96 lego's TCU is picking its nose! and the steelership is not helping at all in fact I requested they call the police so I could have an incident report for court and B.A.R. reference. many months ago I asked Albany Subaru to verify that a duty c solenoid was causing its AWD not to functionality having pulled a code 24 from TCU. they did some diagnostics telling me how much washer fluid I had and eventually giving me a parts list of what they said I needed to replace to fix the AWD system. Mind you its transmission had already been "inspected" and deemed functional. they told me I needed a transfer clutch pack, duty c solenoid, and gaskets for a total of $1197. I saved $500 going with subaruparts.com and a 3rd party repair facility. the new parts did resolve the TCU error code and I no longer got a 16 flash on start and could not pull a code 24 from the TCU. NO AWD! it took me some time to test this because at the time I had no went or loose surfaces I could really test the car on. so when the time came to my horror only one front wheel spun. so now the bureau of automotive repair is helping out and I'm getting a lawyer. they told me these parts would fix my awd system or there lack of after I requested an AWD diagnosis. they argue semantics on paperwork that are pieces of sentences I used in paragraphs of dialog I had with the attendant who initially helped me. they claim they diagnosed an electrical fault, I told them the tcu no longer out put the code asking for information on what it could be they said they were not liable for another shops work.... used parts that came out of the trans were fine especially the clutch packs which they were adamant about replacing. so beware if you need help especially the automatic trans subaru's don't go to just any dealer I think my first mistake was that this place is also a ford dealership....so for now stay the hell away from albany subaru more to come later

Can't tell if spam or an actual serious post. It makes no sense to me and just looks like absolute gibberish. Proper grammar and punctuation wouldn't hurt either.

I wish this was SPAM but its my life oh well they will pay!!!!

I first line says it all. You're trying to get help from Subaru for your "96 lego" because a dealership is ripping you off? You took your 16 y/o car to the dealership! Come on now everyone knows that dealerships are for warranty only repairs. 

Originally posted by LittleShooey I first line says it all. You're trying to get help from Subaru for your "96 lego" because a dealership is ripping you off? You took your 16 y/o car to the dealership! Come on now everyone knows that dealerships are for warranty only repairs.  Still, if you're serious: The letter's going to get tossed in it's current form. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence, use a period or question mark at the end. Use proper grammar.  State your name, issue, attempts to resolve and further reasonable actions you would like to see be taken. Provide contact info. Mail the letter, emails are seen as easy and lazy. Make it formal. And, most of all, don't be shocked when you receive nothing in return.

order if events 

well I'm sure they could claim that but that's not what this is about! I asked them to give me information on the trans and AWD system the service jocky who wrote up my request put in that I had 16 at oil temp flashes on startup. but I had told them MUCH MUCH MORE than that! I guess you could call me stupid for letting them run this "diagnostic" that rendered NO helpful information concerning the AWD as requested. then handing me a parts list that they would replace sort of throws me off track of NEEDING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANS. I was aware that was a possibility so why did they lead me down the road of ONLY replacing the duty c solenoid and clutch pack when they at least SHOULD have known my trans was blown out. 

A little dirty but some routine maintenance on the Suby. (and Volvo)