[s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's

Fri Sep 2 23:44:03 EDT 2005

Wow, two typos both with the letter S.  should be, "So why didn't we get
one" and "Come on Subaru"  Man, bad fat fingers tonight.
--Calvin

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's

I drove a 2.5GT recently in the Subaru line and I must say I was reasonably
impressed vs. my A6 2.7T Sport.  Tighter handling, and VERY comparable
power.  So shy didn't we get one....well there are two main reasons.  What's
up with the no rims around the windows thing?  This is acceptable in my '72
Firebird, but some on Subaru, this is NOT the 70's.  We don't need windows
that leak after a couple of years of rubber wear.  The second deal killer
was the lack of memory seating...sounds silly but since my wife is 5'0" and
I'm 5'10" this feature really makes it a pain in the butt!  If they correct
those two problems I am more than willing to give them a shot.  They
couldn't have any more problems by 38k miles than my '01 A6 has had!
--Calvin

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:32 AM
To: RM
Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's

Fair enough Rolf, but the Impreza is IIHS double-best pick front/side impact
for a compact car- there are no other cars that beat the Impreza in crash
test performance in that size class the A4 VWs are not as good. I don't
think the A5 Golf/Audi A3 has been tested yet.
 I also don't think the repair cost is high- coming from Audis, I think
they're cheap.

 On 9/1/05, RM <waves at epix.net> wrote:
>
> Coming from an Audi tech, i'll say this. Subaru's are NOT nearly on the
> same
> level as Audi's in most catagories. True, Audi has their own issues
> (largely
> issues with supplier parts re:Bosch) But I've worked on, owned and driven
> scoobie-doos, and there is no way i'd place it before any audi of the same
> vintage. Fun to drive perhaps. But the quailty of workmanship is sub-par,
> cost to repair is expensive and overall it's not as safe as a similar
> sized
> Audi. Call me a car-racist then, but you won't see me turning the key of a
> subaru unless there's a gun to my head.
>
> Rolf
>
> >From: Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [s-cars] Gas Prices - I'm right there with you Larry C
> >>To: lee at wheelman.com
> >Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> >Message-ID: <521f4dda0509010507e03cb9b at mail.gmail.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> >On 9/1/05, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> playahated:
> >
> >
> > Not too many options - awd wagon, fun to drive, good sized, safe.
> > Subaru is the only other choice that comes to mind, and I'm not
> > going there.
> >
> > Lee
>
>
> Why not, Lee?
> I've driven one and it ranks pretty high on the fun factor and even higher
> on the reliability factor. I say drive one before you make up your mind
> completely one way or the other, or you're just limiting yourself out of
> pure racism.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
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