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14573 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 5:44 PM
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Your Community Leaders are ateixeira and rsholland.
This is the place for Crew members to kick back, relax, and talk about...whatever!
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Replying to: kyfdx (Nov 06, 2008 8:04 am) I have no problem with the current gear splits of my 5-speed WRX. A 6th gear, to be used at 60 mph+, would be great, however. It would also help highway gas mileage. Bob |
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Replying to: rsholland (Nov 06, 2008 8:17 am) BTW, is the lifted Legacy in that picture deliberately idling in front of the "No idling" sign?!? |
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Replying to: paisan (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 pm) Better than 3500 on my previous Legacy, but nowhere near the 1900 of a Corvette in 6th. As for overdrive (Volvos, Sunbeams and MGs among others), I got the impression that they were too expensive when compared to a 5-speed. The unit in my Sunbeam Rapier was temperamental, which led to some interesting results on occasion. |
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Replying to: rsholland (Nov 06, 2008 8:17 am) Shift quality is great, but still. For my commute it's just more of a task than needed. So I'm actually looking for 5 speeds.
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So far we have 2 inches of wet snow on the ground with the temperature right about freezing after warming up through the day. The type of conditions that mean we have that grey ice-slush wherever it's been driven on. I just came back to the office and was stopped at a red light on a moderately sharp incline. Genius in the Volvo behind me parks right on my rear bumper. Luckily for me the dealer expedited putting on my snow tires yesterday, but it's a brand new car and I've already seen the VDC light come on pulling away from a stop sign so there is still a little doubt in the back of my mind. Anyway, light goes green, I pull away smoothly although the VDC lit up and off I go. As I look back in the rear mirror, I see that the grill of said Volvo never moves from where he'd stopped and just knew he was sitting there spinning his wheels in futility. I stopped looking after the light turned red....priceless! Dumb part is that if he'd left 10' of gap he'd have been starting on basically level ground so he would have had a run at it.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 06, 2008 12:14 pm)
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Replying to: volkov (Nov 06, 2008 2:32 pm) |
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Given that Subaru claims they couldn't sell the XT Forester with a manual (and gave up that option in '09), what has changed so they they can now sell XT's with manuals? Perhaps CU top-rating the XT has made enough difference in its sales? Or Subaru misread something (as they did with the '08 WRX's suspension calibration)? If Subaru goes back to offering manuals, they should also put the 5spd AT in the Forester. The 4spd works reasonably well, but a 5speed AT would quiet all the journalists that are bashing Forester for "not having enough gears".
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Replying to: lucien2 (Nov 06, 2008 4:05 pm) |
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Replying to: volkov (Nov 06, 2008 2:32 pm) 
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