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Forester Turbo in 1 year - READ ONLY
476 messages, Last post on Jun 27, 2003 at 9:37 AM
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#470 of 476 Oil Filter for XT and Turbo Baja???? by chassol
Jun 23, 2003 (8:00 pm)
The parts manager got them today and I went over and got two of them today, you never know what fits and where you may need one. Let me tell you these things are not only smaller diameter - they are short in length too. Also, these are Japanese imports not made by any filter maker (for Subaru) here in the USA. Make sure you let your parts manager know as this is a BRAND NEW not stocked before Subaru filter.You'll understand what I mean when you see one.
Price is about $7.50 (each) plus tax.
#471 of 476 Response to: OH WOW .......... Test Drove an XT Premium! by chassol
Jun 23, 2003 (8:08 pm)
Now you know what I mean. And the Automatic gets better after you have 1000 miles on it and its learned your driving manners.In talking to the owner of this dealership (he owns one up North too). He is seeing the response to the XT both 5 speed and Auto and he is not only getting more, but trading or buying from other dealers............ I really think this car is a sleeper..........
If you want one, bite the bullet and get it, I don't believe anyone will regret it. This is a vast improvement over the 2.5 SOHC.
One finally comment the dealer made that brought a smile to my face, is he mentioned one person that test drove it said it was too much power and he was getting a new 2004 XS with the other 2.5 engine
. Oh - Nationwide came up with the real figure of my insurance premium increase $15.00 every six months.........
#472 of 476 XT oil filter by ballistic
Jun 23, 2003 (10:46 pm)
chassol says, "these things are not only smaller diameter - they are short in length too."I'd sure like to hear the engineering rationale for putting such a tiny filter on such a powerful (for Subaru) engine.
- jb
#473 of 476 C&D road test of XT by subearu
Jun 26, 2003 (1:45 pm)
subearu "Subaru Forester" Jun 26, 2003 4:44pm-Brian
#474 of 476 aint misbehavin' ......are you? by subewannabe
Jun 27, 2003 (9:37 am)
aint misbehavin...are you? by subewannabe Jun 27, 2003 (12:34 pm)I stopped by my nearest subaru dealer yeaterday, prestige subaru in Asheville( which happens to be the biggest volume dealer in the southeast with a really great service crew that loves aftermarket tuning). they have sold 4 of the 6 XT's they received last week, and agreed to sell me whatever i want on the VIP plan at invoice . the salesman suggested taking the savings on the price of the car and getting the leather, premium sound, more sound insulation and even a sunroof if i want it on a MT through their aftermarket detail shop, under the MSRP on the Premium Package , and get better leather in the process. they had a 2003 silver XS with the premium package that included a light gray leather, and it looked so much better , IMHO, than the dark gray you can get in the XT. Likewise the beige leather in the cayenne red XS. the salesman offered his personal opinion that the AT is more than adequate performance, though, unless i was a MT purist.
one a side note, the seats on the XT are the same shape and structure as the NA forester, i.e. no meaningful thigh and side bolsters like the WRX. I really like the WRX seats and LOVE, not like, the pneumatic adjustable seat bolsters and lumbar supports on the 6-way electric adjustable leather seats, driver and passenger side,in my '94 explorer.maybe i can get an aftermarket seat set rather than just putting leather on the existing seats.( i actually considered pulling the explorer seats out and putting them in an XT and hook them up to the seat heater circuit, but i dont think that will work.)
On a serious note....in an amazing display of restraint, i turned down repeated offers to take his remaining 2 XT's on test drives, one Black AT , the other a Red MT. I decided to "do the right thing", considering all the posts in here about getting a truly "virgin" new XT and making sure it was not abused in the break in period. I was also reacting to my shock, and anger, after reading a few posts of folks who test drove XTs from dealers' very limited supply, just out of curiosity and with absolutely no intent to buy it, then blatantly ignored the manuf. recomm. break in procedures by pushing the cars to redline! somebody else can later buy the car that they have abused, and wonder why their car is losing compression at high RPM, etc., and that dealer who trusted them to test drive a car responsibly can try to appease an unhappy owner of a "new " XT and figure out whats wrong with that car and try to fix it.
the posts in here from new BUYERS like chassol and ballistic have been worth their weight in gold to people who are considering buying a new XT or just subaru enthusiasts. now we also have the reviews in the car mags coming out, driving cars provided by Subaru to be driven to the limits. if you are not buying, maybe you should give some thought to whether you would want to be the person who bought the car you test drove.
Mark
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