Ask the Car People.SM


Subaru Crew Canadian Owners

308 messages,  Last post on Nov 24, 2010 at 7:36 AM

You are in the Subaru Crew Forum.

What is this discussion about? Subaru




Your Community Leaders are ateixeira and rsholland.

Messages Page 1 of 31

#1 of 308 Subaru Crew: Canadian Owners by KarenS HOST

Jun 25, 2003 (10:34 am)

Canadian Owners!
 
Share your Subaru experience here.

#2 of 308 Forester 3.8% Financing Finishes End June? by joybell

Jun 26, 2003 (5:48 pm)

New 2003 Forester 2.5X Silver Manual arrived today at dealers and we have instructions that it will be ready to pick up on Monday afternoon. AND we have to pick it up then and not later (June 30) because the special financing of 3.8% (in the USA it is 2.9%) ends June 30. Does that mean the clearance of 2003 Foresters is over?

#3 of 308 by hypov

Jun 27, 2003 (2:14 pm)

Monica-
No, there should still be '03 Foresters waiting to be bought up. It's only the 'special' financing offer that ends, barring any 'special' extension or new offers.
 
-Dave

#4 of 308 Rustproofing at Canadian Tire by joybell

Jun 28, 2003 (6:31 am)

I have an appointment to get the new Forester rustproofed immediately at a local body shop. He suggested having it done again in the fall. I know Canadian Tire does this as well. I don't like to use the same rust-proofer twice in a row (one will get the spots the other one doesn't), so I would like to try Canadian Tire in the fall. Does anyone here have personal experience having rustproofing done at Canadian Tire? Are there any Canadians here at all (except me?)?

#5 of 308 2003 Forester Bug Screen - by b10609

Jul 10, 2003 (6:08 pm)

All right all you other backroad canucks, did you bother to put in a radiator screen ? - no, not one of those homely outside plastic grill covers. I mean the hidden one behind the grill - all of $4 and needing a skilled assistant with smaller hands (my daughter)to slide it through ? Sure beats an expensive rad job later on when you travel into the woods as often as we do. Her 1995 Legacy was a breeze compared to the newer closed and cramped rads. To Joybell: I'm sorry I didn't see your posting earlier - don't waste the money - just put it through the carwash regularly. Our 1995 above has NO RUST, gets polished once a year ( Turtle Wax ) and that's it. You can buy a lot of washes for the price of those fancy sprays and coatings. - Waterloo

#6 of 308 2003 Forester Bug Screen - by b10609

Jul 10, 2003 (6:10 pm)

Allright all you other backroad canucks, did you bother to put in a radiator screen ? - no, not one of those homely outside plastic grill covers. I mean the hidden one behind the grill - all of $4 and needing a skilled assistant with smaller hands (my daughter)to slide it through ? Sure beats an expensive rad job later on when you travel into the woods as often as we do. Her 1995 Legacy was a breeze compared to the newer closed and cramped rads. To Joybell: I'm sorry I didn't see your posting earlier - don't waste the money - just put it through the carwash regularly. Our 1995 above has NO RUST, gets polished once a year ( Turtle Wax ) and that's it. You can buy a lot of washes for the price of those fancy sprays and coatings. - Waterloo

#7 of 308 Waterloo by joybell

Jul 11, 2003 (6:00 am)

I guess the rust situation all depends on where you live. I'm right on the main highway to Montreal, where the salt trucks come out as soon as we get a few flakes of snow. We have had too many cars (and trucks) rust out before wearing out mechanically. My brother, who lives in the Laurentians (where they use sand more than salt), had his car for over 10 years with not a speck of rust and he never rustproofed it. Another cause of rusting is humidity. He has a garage for his car, we don't. Our sheds are reserved for the more expense equipment (tractors, combine, other farm equipment). As for radiators, the one on my old Loyale (bought in 1992) is still good.

#8 of 308 About Rust by joybell

Jul 11, 2003 (6:43 am)

Hey lookee here....a "trusty Justy with no rusty" I couldn't believe that a 1989 Subaru with no rust could exist! I guess the owners didn't use it much. What a bargain!
http://www.hebdo.net/v5/result/affich.asp?sid=23WOZNC10307110&amp- ;rubno=4000&pa=9&pr=2&cregion=1011

#9 of 308 source of accessories in Canada by subkid

Jul 18, 2003 (7:00 am)

Hi,
 
time to get "accessorized". What would be places to look for stuff like bug shields, mud flaps etc. in Canada, other than Subaru dealers?
 
thks,
 
kid

#10 of 308 Canadian Tire..... by joybell

Jul 18, 2003 (8:33 am)

has a lot of stuff. Check it out first. Other than that I don't know. You asked on another board how long the 3.8% financing will last. Well, our dealer told us that we had to sign June 30th for our new Forester because the financing package was going to end in June. We did, and the 3.8% is still on. Of course neither Subaru or the dealers are going to tell you how long it will continue. They want to sell as many as fast as possible. Also, another dealer called me last week and offered a Forester 2.5x $400 lower, but we alreay had ours. So there must be some additional incentive there for July that didn't exist in June. Of course if you wait to long you may not have a choice, or there may be none left at all.

Messages Page 1 of 31

To POST a message, please Sign In.

Advertisement

Browse by Category

Browse by Vehicle
   View All Vehicles

Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
View All Topics

Edmunds Community

Advertisement