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Replying to: sgloon (Jan 05, 2009 9:06 pm) The dealer says the smells (greasy through to cooking to verging on burning) are the cosmoline - the rustproofing that they put inside any metal parts. One of the people at the dealership said the smells could last 30K miles. EH!!!  To minimize, don't recirc the air in the cabin. Otherwise, you are stuck with it. The fog is the dash off-gassing (from the type of plastic that they used) and they say mine should be just about done doing that...And they cleaned all the windows for me. Including the moonroof!!! Yeah! They also "said" everything was non-toxic...but you'll never get me to believe that. 
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After the stupid overhead map light creaking started again, it now appears the noise is due to a wire used for the automatic dimming mirror. This 3-core flat ribbon runs form the mirror up inside a small removeable rectangular guide and then under the headliner. Moving this wire around would either set up a series of creaks when the vehicle went over dips or sometimes bumps, or silence the creaks. The creaks will vanish if the map light assembly is removed (removal takes pressure off the front of the headliner). My guess is the headliner flexes enough to rub against that wire, depending on where the wire is positioned. Also, anyone without this automirror won't have the wire, and my guess is won't have the creaks. |
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4-6 inches of snow in my area and 6-8 inches a bit further north. Can't wait to see how well the 4wd handles 
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Replying to: pharmd718 (Jan 09, 2009 8:39 am) 
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Subaru put the nice stuff on the seating surfaces (perforated leather) and the arm rests, plus the steering wheel and shifter. Those are the places you tend to touch. The one oversight was the sun shade - cheap. The rest of the stuff you never touch (headliner, dash, etc). Bob mentioned the Venza's dash was softer, but its prices are a good $5 grand higher. I think the Forester is nicer than the similarly priced RAV4 inside, easily. So against direct competitors, it's par, or even slightly better than par, IMHO. I looked at a Mariner hybrid, Ford Escape clone, and the plastics were worse and even the leather was shiny. Then I looked a a VW Tiguan, and it really wasn't any better than the Forester (I sort of expected more from VW). Sure, there's a part here or there from a competitor that is higher quality, but as a package I think the Forester is at least better than average for this price class. Plus, if you want a plush head liner, softer materials, etc, step up to a Tribeca. They start at $26k, right around the same price as that Venza Bob mentioned. I don't see anything wrong with that. The average new car costs $28 grand, you can get a Limited for far less, even most XTs are less than that. We can't expect premium materials at a less-than-average price, especially when you get AWD as part of the bargain. |
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| I took my 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5 Limited edition for its first oil change today. I asked about the TSB material for protection of the rear door area. He said it didn't apply to my vehicle. It was for the 2008 editions. Is he right? | |
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Replying to: hitoyou (Jan 09, 2009 5:57 pm)
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Replying to: xwesx (Jan 09, 2009 5:59 pm) If the vehicle in question only has a roughly 2 x 3" patch of scotchguard back on the fenders, the TSB should apply as the new scotchguard patch is at least 3 times bigger. |
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Replying to: jopopsy (Jan 08, 2009 5:25 am) I just filled up again and the fuel gauge looks to be working fine again...so I think it may have been just a one time fluke... (hopefully!)
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Replying to: hitoyou (Jan 09, 2009 5:57 pm) |
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