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

Sat Sep 3 17:15:23 EDT 2005

Wow, well maybe it is just a select few that have the wind noise
problem.....I don't know.  Maybe a poll is in order....on another mailing
list of course :)
--Calvin

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From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Jason Mawhinney
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 2:52 PM
To: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's

I can understand the power seat thing.  I don't understand your concern
about the windows.  My wife has a '95 Outback wagon with 187k miles that
doesn't leak or even make any wind noise to speak of around them.  I'm feel
sure they're well designed.
Just my $.02
Jason
95.5 S6 avant
'87 5ktq

----- Original Message -----
From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>; "RM" <waves at epix.net>
Cc: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:29 PM
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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [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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