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#4096 of 8367 Re: Stereo hassle! [b9driver] by photoguy2 Jul 07, 2005 (11:09 am)
Replying to: b9driver (Jul 07, 2005 5:32 am) Regarding the direct connect to the back of the radio. We are all assuming that as it has the AUX feature even is you don't have the DVD that there must be a connection on the back. None of us has wanted to tear up the dash quite yet. Another poster I think said it best... give it a month or two and someone surly will do it and will let us know. Or of course you could be the first and let us know...
#4097 of 8367 Re: pricing [c_hunter] & seat belt chime [x5killer] by photoguy2 Jul 07, 2005 (11:23 am)
Replying to: x5killer (Jul 07, 2005 9:11 am) Regarding the MP3... does the iriver have a single stereo input/output or is it also a left right or two place input. If it is one... do what I did and run a short "y" from the RCA jack and then just a single wire (from radio shack) extension under the trim along the doors up under the dash and then under the center console into the box. Again it took them all of 20 minutes to get it done. Any good stereo install place will have no problem at all. It's what they do. Then you can have the device in the console and it is tidy, neat and no one will know that you have the connection.   Splash guards and deflector.... I got an accessories brochure in the mail yesterday from SOA and it even said if I purchase splash guards or other items I would get a FREE travel mug!! WOW a free MUG!! Okay, I sent in my receipt with the letter to get mine... I'll admit it! Just what I need another travel mug to go along with my 10 Eddie Bauer ones!   I'm sure they will have all accessories shortly.   The thing I like about my iPod set up is that I plug it into the Belkin charger/adapter which has an amplifier built in... I was concerned that the Belkin unit would introduce noise but it does not! It really helps in getting the sound level up to where it is very close to playing a CD...   I know iriver makes a nice product but I'm an iPod guy as they seem to have the market and accessories...
#4098 of 8367 Re: Stereo hassle! [c_hunter] by kmartin Jul 07, 2005 (12:21 pm)
Replying to: c_hunter (Jul 07, 2005 9:37 am) Um, I have the Ltd (no DVD)...that's what I was asking. I am wondering if the AUX is a direct connect from the changer or radio (doubt it), or if it's just a bypass button for the DVD (more likely). Still, if the DVD inevitably runs through the audio system, there's GOT to be a way to rig up an iPod/Mp3 and use the AUX.   I won't be the first to rip into it, but I might be the second   -Karen in AZ-
#4099 of 8367 Re: Long time lurker...1st time poster..Questions. Concerns... [tytnsfan1] by kmartin Jul 07, 2005 (12:26 pm)
Replying to: tytnsfan1 (Jul 07, 2005 10:56 am) I shouldn't poke fun at GM, as I grew up in north central Indiana, the heartland of GM/Chrysler/Delco/Delphi. However, after a few GM and Chrysler s, I switched to Subaru in 1992 and have been blessed ever since.   -km-
#4100 of 8367 Re: Motorweek Stats [photoguy2] by andreakat Jul 07, 2005 (12:27 pm)
Replying to: photoguy2 (Jul 02, 2005 1:08 pm) I've been reading this message board for a week or so. I'm contemplating buying a B9 in the next year or so. I currently have a Forester Turbo and have been wondering if I'll feel lagging in the power department. I came from a 98 Honda CR-V and have had my Forester for a little over a year. There are a few comfort type items that look like I'll be able to achieve in the B9 that are missing in the Forester plus the ability for more passengers is appealing to me with a blended family of 6.   I'd like to know if anyone had tried towing with the B9 and what kind of handling you've found? I've also read with interest the ability to hook up an ipod since I've become very attached to mine in the last few months.   Thanks for all the info. Replies to this message: c_hunter (Jul 07, 2005 2:51 pm) andreakat (Jul 08, 2005 12:04 pm) jeffmc (Jul 08, 2005 6:24 pm)
#4101 of 8367 Re: Subaru High Idle and Unexpected, Spontaneous Acceleration [x5killer] by bman33 Jul 07, 2005 (12:36 pm)
Replying to: x5killer (Jul 07, 2005 10:13 am) What a bunch of crap. The website author posts six random complaints for 1996 - 1998 vehicles. There was no pattern of failure nor any supporting documentation. Sounds like a cheapskate with an old car trying to get free fixes after the warranty expired.
#4102 of 8367 Karen in AZ by kens Jul 07, 2005 (1:08 pm)
Karen,   I don't read through this forum topic very much, but I noticed that you are now a proud owner of a B9! Congrats! I remember you from way back when you started listing all the Forester reviews on your website.   So how are you enjoying the new wheels? What did you end up doing with the Forester?   Ken Replies to this message: kmartin (Jul 07, 2005 4:31 pm)
#4103 of 8367 Re: Motorweek Stats [andreakat] by c_hunter Jul 07, 2005 (2:51 pm)
Replying to: andreakat (Jul 07, 2005 12:27 pm) If you are driving a Forester XT, then the B9 will feel slow. The B9 was noticeably slower than my Outback XT, which itself is a tick slower than your Forester. Is that a problem? Hard to say; the B9 is adequately powered standing on its own, and I thought it drove and handled exceptionally well. It's just going to feel slow coming from an XT. Power corrupts.   There is a hack to play an iPod through the Forester stereo -- how are you doing it now?   Craig Replies to this message: andreakat (Jul 08, 2005 12:04 pm) jeffmc (Jul 08, 2005 6:24 pm)
#4104 of 8367 Re: Subaru High Idle and Unexpected, Spontaneous Acceleration [x5killer] by ateixeira Jul 07, 2005 (3:11 pm)
Replying to: x5killer (Jul 07, 2005 10:13 am) I don't buy it, for several reasons:   * we would have heard of it here by now * head gaskets and wheel bearings were more common but they don't mention those * brakes are way, WAY, WAAAAAAY more powerful than any engine * the brake interlock - your foot has to be on the brake to shift into R in the first place, so the car would not begin to move even at full power unless your foot slipped off the brake   This quote from that site makes it completely invalid:   "At a high rate of speed" the vehicle was uncontrollable, and the brakes would not hold.- It continued for about 405 feet   Totally impossible, and they even say the car was in reverse. Redline would limit the speed even if you did floor it, and the brakes would bring the vehicle to a stop even with the engine at full power within 1/10th that distance. Do you really think it would take more than the length of a football field to stop a car limited in speed in reverse by the engine's redline (probably no more than 25mph or so)?   I suspect what really happened is someone's foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator yet they're not willing to accept responsibility for the damage they caused.   -juice
#4105 of 8367 Forester XT by ateixeira Jul 07, 2005 (3:15 pm)
Andrea: by now you're spoiled with phenomenal acceleration, did you know an XT is quicker to 60mph than a Lamborghini Countache 5000S? (source: C&D anniversary issue)   So yeah, coming from an XT the Tribeca might seem slow. As would that Lamborghini.   A Legacy GT Ltd wagon might be better for you.   -juice

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