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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [kurtamaxxxguy]
by ateixeira
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Jun 29, 2009 (7:51 am)
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Jun 26, 2009 6:34 pm)
Bob said people on NASIOC are reporting it cruises at 80mph at just 2000 rpm. That sounds GREAT. I think that beats my ultra-high-geared Sienna, and by quite a bit.
My Miata is the opposite, and I think revs would be near double that Outback CVT.
16.9 gallons and 31mpg highway should mean excellent range.
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- #14098 of 14556
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [ateixeira]
by colin_l
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Jul 20, 2009 (6:43 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 29, 2009 7:51 am)
31mpg highway sounds pretty awesome... and yeah, I bet your Miata is turning over 4k at 80mph. Actually I'm a bit surprised you still have it! 
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- #14099 of 14556
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [colin_l]
by rsholland
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Jul 20, 2009 (7:01 am)
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 20, 2009 6:43 am)
Hey Colin... It's been a while—too long.! How's life treating you? Bring us up to date.
BTW, juice has a new Miata now ('08 leftover model).
Bob
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [rsholland]
by colin_l
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Jul 20, 2009 (7:49 am)
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 20, 2009 7:01 am)
Sweet! I remember a while back he was debating replacing the '93 (I think) Miata with a motorcycle... I wouldn't do that in NoVA, and I love bikes-- but I like living even more. 
Thanks for the warm welcome.
I'm working on getting my CarSpace profile setup. Really short, short update:
- Son is now 2.5 -- Evan may not have even been born when I was posting last!
- Shared custody of kiddo and a second mortgage payment, I mean, totally fair child support
- Still have my '03 Evo, 77k miles. It's been paid off a while now and I dread ever having a car payment again.
- Still work for the largest US-based privately held company
- Still love cars
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [colin_l]
by rsholland
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Jul 20, 2009 (8:03 am)
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 20, 2009 7:49 am)
I think you were expecting a child, or it had just been born when we last heard from you. Glad things are working out for you.
BTW, I've now got a '09 WRX 5-door Premium. My '06 WRX was totaled (I got rear-ended) last September in a nasty 5-car accident on the Capital Beltway. 
Bob
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [ateixeira]
by lucien2
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Jul 20, 2009 (6:01 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 29, 2009 7:51 am)
I was well-impressed with the CVT. Can't think of it as an automatic. There's Auto, there's Manual, and there's CVT. I had a little epiphany out there in that 2010 OB. Autos blow because they aren't as good at knowing what gear you really want, when (or before) you want it, as you do. Hence MT>AT. But the CVT is ALWAYS in the sweet spot, and gets great mileage. It's just different. A third way of driving. Certainly not appropriate yet for performance cars, but I haven't been to the track in 5 years now, so who cares?
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [lucien2]
by volkov
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Jul 21, 2009 (5:00 pm)
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Replying to: lucien2 (Jul 20, 2009 6:01 pm)
One of the posters on the Venza board posted that they didn't like the CVT in the Outback. I remember reading many posts in the CUV board knocking the CVT in the old Freestyle. I don't get it really. Why wouldn't you like a tranny which never hesitates to shift and can be geared for both optimum acceleration and FE? I honestly thought the CVT in the Freestyle was great. Know a couple of people with FS who really like it too. My only concern with that tranny was the issue of long term service given that Ford abandoned it. One of the bonuses often cited is that when you floor it, it just goes, whereas an auto always has that downshift hesitation. I always thought that a high torque capable CVT would be killer in the WRX if it was programmed to always bump the engine to the turbo sweetspot when you floored it.
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [rsholland]
by colin_l
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Jul 22, 2009 (11:53 am)
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 20, 2009 8:03 am)
Wow! Sorry to hear about the death of your WRX, Bob. I hope you weren't injured, but you seem ok now. 
I see Lucien, Juice, and a number of other folks all from 3-5+ years ago. I'm glad to be back, but I don't have a lot to say about Subaru these days. I'll probably be limiting myself to the Cafe and Problems & Solutions.
I do like some of the stuff that is new (to me) on Carspace. I'm going nuts over in the Answers area.
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [colin_l]
by rsholland
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Jul 22, 2009 (1:05 pm)
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 22, 2009 11:53 am)
Colin, here's a blog I did on Straightline last Nov., that includes a link to the original blog describing the accident.
http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/2008/11/the-wrx-is-dead-long-live-the-wrx.- html
Bob
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Re: Saw the '10 Outback today [colin_l]
by lucien2
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Jul 22, 2009 (2:54 pm)
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 22, 2009 11:53 am)
so what's your next car gonna be? 
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