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I'd expect totally new ratios and a new final drive. I hope it's the STi 6 speed, that tranny is quite robust. To answer the question above - yes, the JDM Legacy Spec B has a 6 speed tranny with the H6 engine, though you might call that a special edition as well. -juice |
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I absolutely hope they don't bring the 6-speed or FSTi over here! No way am I ready to take a financial bath by trading in my 04  Oh by the way... we had an ice storm last month and I couldn't resist heading over to the local mall parking lot (empty of course) and letting er rip. You know those new car TV ads with the caption "professional driver on a closed course"? Well that could have been me. 4-wheel drifts with rooster tails from all four tires... YEEHAW! Of course at my next fill-up I registered my 2nd to worse mpg ever (the worst was on my very first tank which included lots of "spirited" driving). Oh well, small price to pay for some good fun and why have an FXT if you can't let the dogs out on occasion -Frank |
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| Oh crap. I was afraid they'd bring over an STI Forester. I wonder if they'll advertise the actual 300 horsepower if they do. If you can get one for less than the WRX STI and the performance is significantly better than the XT, I don't think I'd be able to resist. Even though I'd get killed on my 04. I have $500 in Subaru Bucks, maybe that will help defray the loss! Anyone interested in my babied low mileage XT? | |
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This is an interesting quote in C&D: http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=34&article_id=- 9164 "Of course, the XT’s solo status could change if the rumored 300-hp Forester STi becomes a reality." I never knew the F-STi was a "rumor". I thought it has only been wishful thinking. I believe the F-STi is actually listed as 260 h.p. Frank, that sounds like a blast! I need to get out and play too. -Dennis |
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Car conked out on the highway not too far from a gas station luckily... Is there anything I should have replaced/repaired when I take it in for my 7500 mile service? Thank you!
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Wasn't someone just complaining that no one was posting in this forum? You can drive yourself crazy thinking about the next big thing. There's always something better down the pike - sometimes so soon that you kick yourself in the head for not waiting. I know I'd never end up in a FSTi because it'd never be offered with an automatic. The '06 XTs will now come with Sportshift; the one thing I wanted in an XT that it didn't have when I bought my '05 last summer. To get it though I'd not only have to take a bath trading in my '05, I'd also have to take it with the "neither fish nor fowl" transition front clip and the fanboy (or is that "f4nb01 JDM m4d 7y73 y0"? I don't know) taillights. On top of that the Sportshift being offered isn't the 5EAT but the 4EAT, with no indication of changes in gearing. So I've managed to convince myself that I wouldn't use Sportshift that much; 90% of my driving is commuting now and out of the other 10%, 90% of that is with family in tow, so how spirited can I get? At any rate, my XT is now at 8800 miles. Switched to Mobil1 5W30 at 7500; haven't been sending out little samples for analysis as so many others have. I've seen some small improvement in fuel economy, now averaging 18+ mpg city, 21+ highway. There's still an annoying rattle in the instrument cluster that two trips to the dealer hasn't fixed, but that I can make go away either by grabbing hold of the cluster surround or pressing my right leg really hard against the center console (like a horse). Neither can be sustained for very long. The winter highway salt, sand and gravel is already starting to make a prism out of my windshield. I had a full RockBlocker kit applied to the front end, but it's too bad there's no clear film that can be applied. Subies still have crappy windshield glass. I'm also convinced that there's less room in the front footwells than in my old Forester. I only say this because my WeatherTech mats (which I bought for the SF) don't lay flat as they did in the older car. Rather, they curl up at the sides, and the driver's side mat covers the fuel filler door lever; now I'm always afraid I'll step on that and break it. Beyond that the car has been a blast to drive, and most of the features are evolutionary and an improvement over the SF. I also must be one of the few who haven't had a problem with the automatic HVAC controls. So there you have it - a bit of an ownership update combined with some rationalization on my part. I don't post here as often as I did but I still lurk a lot. I just don't have much time to be active here as I did, and I just don't feel like there's a lot I can add to the conversation these days when I do. Ed |
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Replying to: dtos01 (Feb 23, 2005 7:42 am) -Frank |
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Replying to: lark6 (Feb 23, 2005 8:08 am) You can drive yourself crazy thinking about the next big thing. There's always something better down the pike - sometimes so soon that you kick yourself in the head for not waiting. That is so true. There will always be something better down the road and it's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to continuously upgrade. I try and focus on how much extra happiness my vehicle gave me when I made my purchase and take comfort in the fact that my "next" purchase will be even better than what's coming just around the corner. Just so you feel better, I usually only use Sportshift to go down one gear for compression braking or crawling in bumper to bumper traffic. The biggest benefit of having Sportshift for me is to be able to select "Sport" auto mode and enjoy the more agressive shift patterns -- something you can invoke on a non-Sportshift EAT with rapid gas pedal action. Regardless of what new tranny comes out with the new FXT, you can take heart that the engine will be the same. That alone is a HUGE improvement over our former SFs. Ken
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Replying to: kens (Feb 23, 2005 10:17 am)  Ed |
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Took the XT in for service yesterday and told them the brakes were pulsating. They said if they looked and the rotors were bad, but the brakes looked good otherwise, it would be a Warranty fix, so I ended up getting my brakes fixed for free. Under the argument that this was not a normal wear and tear item, that means after 16 months and 25K +/-, I have had my first mechanical problem. Not too shabby so far. I hope my old theory that every time you take your car in to get it fixed, they break something else to get you back in and spending money does not hold true with this car.
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