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Replying to: pharmd718 (Nov 27, 2008 6:01 am) 2000 miles a year at 16mpg means only 125 gallons a year consumed so if you achieved the advertised 20 mpg you'd save 2 gallons a month. Do you have a block heater? They can net 1-2 mpg improvement in average cold weather (much more for severe cold weather). All of the benefit comes at the beginning of the trip because the ECU will run rich until operating temps are hit. In New York and given such short trips, it might really help and the great thing is that block heaters for Subies are cheap like borscht, literally a tenth of what some other manufacturers charge. |
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Am noticing an oddity in my '09 XT that seems to be getting worse... When first put into drive, I hear a whizzing sound as if some screw mechanism or motor was engaging. When I then accelerate forward, and with a light foot, the front wheels lurch the car forward, sometimes with a chirp. It is as if the central clutch is not properly engaging or something. This behavour is recent (it did not occur after I changed my tires from Geolanders to Nokians around 1000 miles ago). The car did not do this when new nor up through 5400 miles. The roads are not wet or slippery. Is this a quirk of Foresters when they break in? Or am I facing real trouble here? Whatever it is, it's not very encouraging for a mostly new car using a "tried and true' carryover AWD system.
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Replying to: bikerguy3 (Nov 23, 2008 11:28 pm) |
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I was noticing on the boards that people complain of the lower passenger seat. I can't tell on Subaru's website if the XT offers heigh adjustment for the passenger seat. My 01 Outback has the same problem with my passengers not sitting high enough for long drips.
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Replying to: pathtomax (Nov 30, 2008 2:06 pm) |
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Nov 28, 2008 10:21 pm) Good luck.... 
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Replying to: xwesx (Dec 01, 2008 11:25 am) I'll ask my dealer about it when my XT (given the tentative name "White Fang") goes in for its next oil change (within a few weeks) or if it gets worse.
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Dec 01, 2008 2:21 pm) |
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Like many other cars these days, the Forester’s navigation has the annoying safety feature that disables many of the navigation functions once the car is moving. For example, one cannot search for an address or a point of interest while driving. I understand the safety concerns associated with operating the navigation while driving, but I think at least the passenger should be able to operate the navigation while the car is in motion. On a recent road trip, we had to exit the highway and stop the car before we could look up a nearby chain restaurant in the navigation which was several exits away. I almost wished I had stuck with my handheld navigation and had not forked up the extra money for the navigation in the Subie. My web search shows after market devices that disable the safety features of the navigation on different cars, but they seem to need elaborate installation and I don't know how they’d work with the Subaru. Any feedback in this area would be appreciated. |
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In reference to some poor mileage comments. I posted an item about a year ago on this. With the winter season here it might be timely to briefly summarize my previous post. I live in Michigan (Yooperland to Bob)about the same latitude as Duluth Minnesota. After about 50 years of winter driving here are my observations. It takes an immense amount of energy for an engine to bring the engine oil, transmission fluids, brake fluids, hydraulics, power steering pumps, air conditioning units, etc. up to operating temperature so they function freely. While this is occurring your ECU is helping the engine to feed the extra energy (gas) to the engine until normal operating temperatures are there. Of course the colder it is the longer this takes. Another caution...Never shut your engine off until the engine is at normal temperature if it is below freezing. The various resins, alkalies, carbon, and distillates will accumulate very quickly and given enough time ruin an engine. I've seen cases when the drain plug was pulled that the oil wouldn't even flow from not getting a chance to cook those residuals off. Many people attribute low mileage to "winter gas'. The effects of winter gas when measured are almost negligible. It's the energy used to heat fluids that causes the mileage difference. Jim
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