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

[calvinlc@earthlink.net]

>You can't compare a '05 Subaru to a '72 Firebird. :rolleyes

Naw, you can't hear the rattles in my '72 Firebird....all you can hear is
the whining of the turbos in the guy's Audi/Subaru next to you as you go by
:)  Sorry...couldn't resist.  Musclecar vs. daily driver....two totally
different deals.  What's acceptable in a classic car due to old technology
is certainly not in a brand new daily driver.

My point was that windows without frames around them, by their nature, do
not have the same amount of support as do ones with frames therefore they
are more prone to leaking.  The Firebird is probably an extreme example of
this, given the length of the door and the technology of 33 years ago.

Oh, and BTW, rattletrap or not the I built the Formula to do 3 things, sound
good, go fast in a straight line with neck snapping torque and look
good/unique cruising down the road....all of which it does quite well,
better than any 33 year old Audi.

--Calvin

  -----Original Message-----
  From: R. Mair [mailto:waves at comcast.net]
  Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 5:58 PM
  To: Taka Mizutani; calvinlc at earthlink.net
  Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's


  "You can't compare a '05 Subaru to a '72 Firebird. :rolleyes:"
  Sure you can, they are both rattle-traps!  ;-) However, you can't compare
  an A6 to the 2.5GT. Two totally different cars. Further from the comparo
would
  be my wifes Allroad against any legacy wagon. I've been in both, again, no
comparison.

  Rolf



    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Taka Mizutani
    To: calvinlc at earthlink.net
    Cc: RM ; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
    Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 5:46 PM
    Subject: Re: [s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's


    Calvin-
    My Subaru's windows don't have any leaking or wind noise issues even at
130+.

    You can't compare a '05 Subaru to a '72 Firebird. :rolleyes:

    I guess considering that two of our cars have manual seats, I don't
really understand the
    need for memory seats. The only time I really like having seat memory is
when there are
    a million adjustments for the seat- the D3 chassis A8 has 22 different
adjustments to the
    seat, mirrors and steering column- that is very nice to get set
correctly and be able to repeat
    without trial-and-error. That said, having 10 different adjustments just
for the seat can make
    the seat really fit nearly perfectly.

    Taka



    On 9/2/05, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
      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