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Reading a Road&Track review of the '10 Legacy, yet another reviewer felt the Subie didn't have enough rebound damping. This same criticism has showed up on the Forester and the Outback. Is there a particular reason why Subarus have weak rebound damping? Wrt my '09 Forester, the same speed bump that doesn't phase a 2008 Lexus RX450H (it goes over the bump and that's that), the '09 Forester will try to launch its tail skyward once it gets on the downward side of the bump. |
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 16, 2009 5:42 pm) Wow, with the 4 banger, too. all-wheel drive is available in combination with the CVT Boo, no 6 speed manual/AWD. Bummer. 20/29 mpg with the manual and 23/30 mpg with the CVT Just like the Legacy 2.5i, the CVT is significantly more fuel efficient than the 6 speed manual. I wonder if this will translate to the real world, though. It's nose-heavy at 59/41 with AWD. And the V6 will be worse. even the center tunnel is nicely sculpted to give relief to the driver’s right knee That was a deal killer for me in the Mazda CX9. Close to it in the Miata, as well, though on the left side - the bottle holder in the door. |
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Replying to: grahampeters (Oct 18, 2009 1:05 am) I remember a few months back there was a story of a bunch of kids in Florida in an M5 who went airborne and ended up in a tree. I think they all died though. A fast car in the hands of a dumb person is a dangerous thing.  tom |
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Replying to: grahampeters (Oct 18, 2009 1:05 am) Bob
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 19, 2009 12:16 pm)  The must have been a well-built roof! I can imagine that the roof on many a cookie-cutter house would not have withstood that sort of impact. If not for that, this oddity could have been a tragedy. |
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The drawing in this link is fascinating. http://www.subaru-msm.com/global/sgt2009/machine.html Look at where the front differential is. It's in front—and above—the engine! Since Subaru is competing with this car, it tells me that there is still hope for an AWD Subaru coupe using a similar set-up. Here's Edmunds story on the car: http://blogs.insideline.com/straight...show.html#more Bob
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 23, 2009 5:56 am) 
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Replying to: ateixeira (Oct 23, 2009 6:31 am) -mike |
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http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...er-due-in-2013 Quote: Few, if any, automotive icons have as wide and as immediate a recognition factor as the Land Rover Defender. Spanning the globe and over six decades of production, the classic boxy go-anywhere-mobile is finally due for an update, and according to previous reports, it's already underway, appropriately dubbed Project Icon. Now it looks like the due date for the brand-new Defender will be 2013. The Land Rover team is hard and secretly at work on the project despite the somewhat distant deadline, aiming to update the classic Defender with modern design principles while keeping its simple, brutally efficient capability intact. Unlike most of its current stablemates, the new Project Icon vehicle is expected to eschew aluminum for a dependable and rugged steel chassis borrowed from the soon-to-be-replaced Discovery and Range Rover Sport models, reports Autocar. The news of the 2013 due date comes from a report out today by the Detroit Free Press. Like its predecessor, the Project Icon truck will be made in myriad form factors to suit the mission, and though initially built only in England, there are thought to be plans to send it to China, Russia, India and elsewhere in knock-down form for final assembly down the road. Upgrading the Defender to the T5 chassis will mean independent suspension, hard or soft tops and a choice of steel or air springs depending on the application. Power will most likely come from the company's existing lineup of four- and six-cylinder diesels. Americans, however, aren't likely to see the new vehicle, just as we haven't seen the Defender since their last brief stint here in the mid-1990s. Bob |
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....and although the Fit is the rational, economical decision to make, I think actually we're throwing caution to the wind and going for.... a used Mini Cooper Clubman S. 2009, 14k miles, premium package, cold package, sport package, convenience package, manual. 17" BBS-style rims, back up assist, rear fog light, blue accent interior. New: $31,000. CPO $22,900. More than I want to spend really, but a hell of a car that we'll be in love with for the whole decade we're likely to own it. Jeebus, what a hoot to drive. Seriously. Should never have even started it up. So Kirst will drive that, I will drive the OB. Which is cool, because I REALLY miss my old Subie. Thank you corporate America for the Camry. It was.....um, free while it lasted. But a car more incompatible with my lifestyle, driving style, and, er, style, would be difficult to find. At least you were red. Re-united with the first new car I ever bought. Still in pretty good shape after 10.5 years. Those RS seats are going to be such a relief after the Camry's Lay-Z-Boys. Now, what to do with the SSRs I still have from the FXT.... 
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