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Replying to: era174 (Oct 21, 2005 10:14 am) ABS and stability control combined with good snow or snow/ice tires does a lot more for you than AWD does. That said, I have an older ('96) Legacy wagon I use just snow days, ABS, AWD, and four snow/ice tires make it a "mountain goat". No DSC offered on that old of a car, however. Dennis
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Replying to: dwynne (Oct 21, 2005 12:08 pm)
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Replying to: era174 (Oct 21, 2005 6:01 pm) Stop over to this discussion.. Subaru Crew: 2005+ Subaru Legacy/Outback for everything you ever wanted to know about the Subaru Legacy |
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Replying to: era174 (Oct 21, 2005 6:01 pm) The ABS still works on all 4 wheels, though. It's 3 channel ABS, though. 2 wheel ABS has been used on some cheaper pickups because the rear brakes tend to skid when the bed is empty. |
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| in Tennessee paid $29,163 after incentives. Was part of the Subie VIP program through my wife's work. Price included extras: equipment group 1E - the compass mirror with Homelink and all-weather mats. | |
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Replying to: era174 (Oct 21, 2005 10:14 am) This is what I suspected. You are buying AWD because of wrong reasons. The single (really quadruple) most important item that helps breaking in low traction environments is... the tire. If you can test drive Subaru Impreza WRX STI, with the most advanced AWD that Subaru makes, in the snow you will find that its summer high performance tires provide almost no traction and you have All Wheel Slide not Drive. Put some nice All Seasons or even better Winter tires and the story changes. If you had better tires on current vehicle you would enjoy better control. It brings me to another question. What kind of tires did you have when you experienced these hair raising adventures? Krzys |
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Replying to: krzyss (Oct 25, 2005 6:45 am) But I always recommend summer tires and snow tires on spare wheels. "All season" tires are jack of all trades, master of NONE. Summer tread tires are better in the dry and wet than all season and snow or snow/ice tires are MUCH better in winter driving. If you are lucky, you can get cheap steel wheels to fit your car and keep the snow tires mounted up and just swap the wheels w/tires 2x per year. TireRack or DiscountTireDirect are good places to check for winter wheel/tire combos. Add in 4 channel ABS and AWD with 4 snow tires and you will LOVE driving in the snow  Dennis
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Replying to: dwynne (Oct 25, 2005 10:01 am) You'd be mounting/dismounting your tires 8-10 times per year to have the ideal tire at all times. -juice
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Replying to: krzyss (Oct 25, 2005 6:45 am) i've learned a lot from you and other members. this forum is great! fyi, i just had all season tires. i'll be sure to have snow tires on my legacy. snow tires + awd + 4 channel abs = wow! |
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i told you about my salesperson who insisted canadian legacy/outback is manufactured in japan. when i taught him how to read subaru VIN (4S3 means the indiana factory, usa), he said all the major parts are made in japan and they're assembled in usa. he's a nice guy, so i didn't wanna argue more. anyway, i' just learned he's been working for subaru just for ONE MONTH! i guess subaru canada has to educate their new sales crew thoroughly (maybe some exit exam after training sessions). anyway, i hope he'll learn more when i need his service. my legacy is 2.5i wagon automatic. i paid C$1,000 less than mrsp. canadian mrsp is high, C$ 30,695 (U$ 26,081 / usa mrsp is U$ 23,695). considering it has heated front seats and automatic seat adjustment (options for american models, say around C$ 700), it's still C$ 2,000 (U$ 1,700) more than the usa equivalent. fyi, honda cr-v (2.4l, 5a) and accord ex (2.4l, 5a) have almost the same mrsp as legacy 2.5i wagon automatic in usa. they're also around C$ 2,000 more in canada. the 2006 canadian version has minor upgrades: yokohama advan a82a tires (p205/50r17 88v), 17" x 7" aluminum alloy and engine immobilizer system. i just drove 50 kilometers. i found acceleration quite impressive compared to civic, beetle and mazda3 i used to drive. so far so good. i'll post more on 2005+ legacy/outback forum.
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