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I just talk myself out of every car I see. I need to pick one I like and buy it. As long as it doesn't fail spectacularly I can fix most stuff (with a bit of goon help) but I'm still so leery. I trusted my last old busted DD through and through, but after 9 years of ownership I knew everything that was right and wrong with the car. Just as a general question, are the head gaskets and TB hard on the NA forrester? I can pull the motor and am not wanting for tools or good help. Should I buy a rough one and fix it up? First world problemssssss
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What sort of mileage are people getting out of 2.2l impreza's? As hilarious as my echo is to commute in (it does get 40-44mpg) it doesn't have AC, which sucks in the summer... Which is rapidly coming to a close...
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Aug 16, 2012 06:59
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Amandyke posted:What sort of mileage are people getting out of 2.2l impreza's? As hilarious as my echo is to commute in (it does get 40-44mpg) it doesn't have AC, which sucks in the summer... Which is rapidly coming to a close... My best tank was ~8.6L/100km IIRC, which is about 27 mpg. That was highway cruising in open loop on fuel economy tires with the wind at my back. To make things worse, at the moment I've got sensors of unknown reliability, snow tires in the summer, a partially detached front bumper and worn out spark plugs. So this entire post is useless as a basis for comparison to any properly maintained car. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Aug 16, 2012 |
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Aug 16, 2012 14:43
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27 from a 2.2 sounds about right
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Aug 16, 2012 18:41
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Slow is Fast posted:27 from a 2.2 sounds about right That's terrible. I get 24 - 25 in my STi.
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Aug 17, 2012 20:35
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I usually hover at 20.3 in my WRX.
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Aug 17, 2012 21:19
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:That's terrible. I get 24 - 25 in my STi. The name of this forum isn't Automotive Sound Financial Decisions Grounded In Evidence.
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Aug 17, 2012 22:04
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I get around 21.5 on my stock 2011 WRX. It can go as high as 24 if i shift as soon as I can and stay on the highway. [edit] but i think the 2011 might be a 2.5 so ill shut up. Wendigee fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Aug 17, 2012 |
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Aug 17, 2012 23:41
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I bought a jeep and it died after a week. I'm picking this up next friday.
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Aug 17, 2012 23:45
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The name of this forum isn't Automotive Sound Financial Decisions Grounded In Evidence. My 5k budget would do great things for my STi 
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Aug 18, 2012 00:38
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:My 5k budget would do great things for my STi Engine build. Put over 400 to the wheels. Smile a thousand smiles.
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Aug 18, 2012 01:10
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My WRX freaked out today and threw a CEL, but it was just for the dumb secondary air pump poo poo that I deleted out of the map I have on there. Reflashed and they went away. I'm starting to get "that feeling" about this car though. I hope I'm just imagining things. 
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Aug 18, 2012 02:29
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Followed Cat Terrist's advice and test drove a few WRXs last week. This one ended up being the best so I put a deposit down. Can not wait to pick it up sometime next week, completely different animal from the auto liberty I used to drive.  I was a fair bit wary of the car at first due to the fact it had some work done and had around 160k kms. However I turned up for the test drive and it was owned by a guy in his early 40s that really passionate about the car and had taken really good care of it, just needs the rear struts replaced and I'm ready for a track day!
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Aug 18, 2012 02:40
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Deuce sluice, what year is your WRX? When i get that feeling all i can hear in my brain is wayne and garth yelling "game on!" Unless I'm making a monthly payment. Then, gently caress.
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Aug 18, 2012 02:49
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Amandyke posted:What'd that cost you? Labor was $500 and I already had the vinyl but I would guess less than 400 in materials, I'll have to see exactly how much was led on the rolls when I go pick them up. I posted some real pics over in the post your own ride thread after I put it all back together and cleaned it up. Here is a sample: 
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Aug 18, 2012 06:13
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:My WRX freaked out today and threw a CEL, but it was just for the dumb secondary air pump poo poo that I deleted out of the map I have on there. Reflashed and they went away. This seems like the cheapest blockoff plate. Cosworth has a super pretty anodized plate set that costs eight billion dollars. I think the 06-07 airpump just likes to fail all the time. Mine's at 88,000 km.
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Aug 18, 2012 06:26
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I have those blockoff plates, I just haven't gone in and pulled the airpump poo poo out yet. I just pulled the fuses and tuned out the CEL's. Or at least, I thought I did, because it came back again. I need to double check the map in AccessTuner to make sure I turned off P1410, but that opens up another can of worms as I'll have to build a Windows VM first. The plates seem really well made though. gently caress that air pump bullshit - it should have been a recall years ago. THE BLACK NINJA posted:Deuce sluice, what year is your WRX? When i get that feeling all i can hear in my brain is wayne and garth yelling "game on!" Unless I'm making a monthly payment. Then, gently caress. 07. With payments, although I'm getting towards the end.
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Aug 18, 2012 06:41
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I got a terrific compliment today in my wrx. Some random stranger drove by and yelled " Drive slower!" at me as my garage door closed. Not my fault he couldn't figure out the speed limit and left a gap plenty large enough for me to pass him. He must just be jealous of my yellow box of fury.
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Aug 18, 2012 07:06
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Amandyke posted:I got a terrific compliment today in my wrx. Some random stranger drove by and yelled " Drive slower!" at me as my garage door closed. Not my fault he couldn't figure out the speed limit and left a gap plenty large enough for me to pass him. He must just be jealous of my yellow box of fury.
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Aug 18, 2012 08:30
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Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about the BE/BH Lancasters? There is a local one for sale that seems quite reasonable. I've read around nasioc, cars101 and the local Subaru forums and no one seems to have much to say about them. It's s 2000 Lancaster H6, auto done 186k Kms. I'm yet to ask about service history or length of ownership. The Air Fuel Ratio Sensor has been replace within the last 6 months, which is apparently a commonly failing item. My father put 260k kms onto his import GC Impreza so I'm not particularly concerned about the high Kms, pending service history.
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Aug 18, 2012 12:21
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Chiwie posted:Followed Cat Terrist's advice and test drove a few WRXs last week. That's plates are definatly familiar. Looks pretty nice - when you get it I'll give you a few Facebook pages that you should join and also have a think about joining http://www.wrx.org.au - we do skidpans, dirt days, track days, cruises etc.
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Aug 18, 2012 14:42
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:That's terrible. I get 24 - 25 in my STi. Our '02 Forester generally gets about 24 mixed, 29 straight highway, which is huge improvement over our old '00 Saab 9-3 (plus dropping down to 87 helped a lot)
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Aug 18, 2012 14:45
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Anphear posted:Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about the BE/BH Lancasters? There is a local one for sale that seems quite reasonable. I've read around nasioc, cars101 and the local Subaru forums and no one seems to have much to say about them. It's s 2000 Lancaster H6, auto done 186k Kms. I'm yet to ask about service history or length of ownership. The Air Fuel Ratio Sensor has been replace within the last 6 months, which is apparently a commonly failing item.
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Aug 18, 2012 15:29
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Holdbrooks posted:Labor was $500 and I already had the vinyl but I would guess less than 400 in materials, I'll have to see exactly how much was led on the rolls when I go pick them up. Beautiful car.
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Aug 18, 2012 16:47
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I posted up a few days ago saying that the stock rear sway on my 2011 STi was hitting the SPT exhaust. Well, the dealer confirmed that something is hosed, said it was likely a WRX cat or axle back got put on, but the part numbers (which would allow them to be sure) are on stickers that are removed at install, apparently. So now they have to order a new STi SPT cat back and see if its different in any way, which should come in in a week or so, so I have to give up another weekend morning to gently caress with issues on a 9000 mile old 35k dollar car. gently caress that. And what if the exhaust doesn't fix it? Then the whole rear end of the car is hosed? I could see the assembly line people putting the wrong hangers on the exhaust- like if the SPT hangars are supposed to be longer or something. I think it would look bad to have the exhaust tips hanging down further. The cherry on the top of this bullshit cake is that they are also ordering me a new windshield visor because mine is coming apart. Again, 9000 miles?
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Aug 18, 2012 17:09
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I would say it's just the SPT exhaust. I was never very impressed with them. The 2011+ wrx and sti catbacks are the same thing.
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Aug 18, 2012 19:01
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Why am I not surprised the dealership morons have no loving idea what they are talking about? You think it was just manufactured incorrectly?
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Aug 18, 2012 21:01
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:That's terrible. I get 24 - 25 in my STi. How? If I get more than 20mpg in mixed driving, it is cause for celebration. It does much better on the hwy, particularly with ac off, but mixed driving kills me. Maybe I should stop driving like a 17 year old, but still.
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Aug 18, 2012 23:13
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My 99 RS project car keeps blowing the 10 AMP fuse for the parking lights. Any ideas?
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Aug 18, 2012 23:34
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daslog posted:My 99 RS project car keeps blowing the 10 AMP fuse for the parking lights. Any ideas? Don't do this. Even if it did work for my 99 Contour.
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Aug 18, 2012 23:43
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Totally TWISTED posted:Put in a bigger fuse until it stops blowing. I tried a 15 already.
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Aug 18, 2012 23:49
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nm posted:How? Well, at this point all I use the car for is my 48 mile round trip each day during the week. I sit in brutal I-25 rush hour traffic. I used to not run the AC, but since its been 100+ here I do. I don't think it makes much of a difference in stop and go traffic. Its in "S" mode 99% of the time with some random use of "I" mode. I honestly couldn't tell you the last time i used "S#." I usually have the diff in auto(-) or manual all the way open. Other than that, the car rarely sees full boost. Like almost never. Which sucks. So If you want to drive your decently fast car slow, you can get pretty decent mileage with it.
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Aug 19, 2012 00:15
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daslog posted:My 99 RS project car keeps blowing the 10 AMP fuse for the parking lights. Any ideas? I think it's routed under the grille behind the bumper so I'd guess it might have gotten damaged when you were dropping or reinstalling the bumper cover. That's assuming they ever worked, considering the apparent intelligence of your car's previous owner.
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Aug 19, 2012 00:42
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Probably a short in the headlight harness. Assuming you have a poo poo ton of fuses on hand, try removing one of the parking light bulbs and see if it stops blowing fuses to figure out where in the harness it might be. Paid  for a shitload of fuses. Wish me luck
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Aug 19, 2012 01:01
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nm posted:How? With normal driving, I average 25 in my STi, and this last tank I got 27 somehow. In other news, I forgot how easy Subaru oil changes are; today I changed the oil in the wife's new-to-her '96 Outback 2.5 and it was a 5 minute job. Took longer to get my tools and (unnecessary) jack out than to do the service.
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Aug 19, 2012 01:32
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Ok goons, what is the Subaru head gasket danger zone in terms of model years? I have his 1997 legacy sedan for a good price calling my name. The guy says he has never done the head gaskets or timing belt, but at 204k miles I highly doubt he is the first owner. Seat had some good info about checking the TB, which I will use if i look at the car. What's about the gaskets? Any tell tale signs?
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Aug 19, 2012 03:22
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Today I went to RALLY SCHOOL! Basically got in a newer rally prepped STI and worked on stuff like left foot braking and how to handle loose corners at speed in an AWD vehicle -I'm only used to sliding RWD cars and it took a really long time for me to get used to how applying throttle in a drift would straighten the angle out and not steepen it.  All in all a fun day. The site for the rally school can be found here if anyone is interested. Bonus pic: They had the racing suit from Button's rookie year in the office! 
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Aug 19, 2012 03:27
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nm posted:How? Do you do a lot of short trips? My n/a Impreza only averages about 21/22 combined, but I'm always making short trips and the a/c is always working overtime. Imperador do Brasil posted:With normal driving, I average 25 in my STi, and this last tank I got 27 somehow. Even faster with a Fumoto valve. 
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Aug 19, 2012 12:39
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They're not fast anymore as you have to take the stupid engine cover off. Filter is still in a nice place though.
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:Ok goons, what is the Subaru head gasket danger zone in terms of model years? I have his 1997 legacy sedan for a good price calling my name. The guy says he has never done the head gaskets or timing belt, but at 204k miles I highly doubt he is the first owner. If it is a 2.2L they don't fail head gaskets. 97 2.5 would be a DOHC. It should have failed already at 204k. It's either been dealt with, hasn't and never been driven hard, or hasn't failed yet by some blind luck. If you really want it, negotiate based upon lack of maintenance. Also a pre-purchase inspection at the dealer wouldn't hurt. My friends can identify revised headgaskets, I still can't tell yet.
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