Geoff
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Subaru
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Looking good!
How many pairs of skis will fit in that low rider? Think it's low enough to fit in a parking garage in a city? Not suggesting that's something you would encounter much given where you live. Just curious.
Hoping this Subaru makes it across the pond!! I love my 3.6R Outback but miss the performance of my 2005 Legacy GT wagon.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/wagons/1502_2015_subaru_levorg_first_drive/
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/wagons/1502_2015_subaru_levorg_first_drive/
Geoff
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It's really wide. I bet you could jam a half-dozen pairs in the box. In an ideal world, I would have preferred a box half as wide to reduce drag.
I suspect city garages depends on the garage. The car is spec'd as 5' 6.1". The box is 9.8" and the crossbars sit a bit lower than the top of the roof rack. A bit less than 6'4" should get you into a lot of garages.
I need to find places to wash it while the box is on the roof.
Who the hell puts a CVT in a sports car?
I don't get that either. Isn't fuel economy improvement the main point of CVT? Fuel economy isn't really a consideration for most sports car buyers.
Edd
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"Wagon weary Americans?" Not making sense. "Plop down 30K?" Well, you probably can't get me to do that.
Geoff
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Bump the Subaru thread
I had U Haul put a bolt-on trailer hitch on my Outback. An EcoHitch would have looked nicer but the U Haul one installed cost quite a bit less than an EcoHitch.
Nokians are next on deck for the winter. I think I'm just going to stick with the OEM 18" wheels and mount/balance every 6 months. Winter wheels, TPMS, and paying for a tire shop to reprogram the car every 6 months looks like it would never pay back and this way, I know the tires are re-balanced every 6 months.
After living with it for 6 months, I like it a lot better than I thought I would.
I had U Haul put a bolt-on trailer hitch on my Outback. An EcoHitch would have looked nicer but the U Haul one installed cost quite a bit less than an EcoHitch.
Nokians are next on deck for the winter. I think I'm just going to stick with the OEM 18" wheels and mount/balance every 6 months. Winter wheels, TPMS, and paying for a tire shop to reprogram the car every 6 months looks like it would never pay back and this way, I know the tires are re-balanced every 6 months.
After living with it for 6 months, I like it a lot better than I thought I would.
180
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Looks like ours!
We just retired our 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5 today. She gave us 60k of reliable service. Traded it for a 2015 Toyota Highlander Limited for my wife. She LOVES it. Pretty nice ride. 
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6k miles per year? Everything must be really close by in Utah. I've never put less than 20K miles per year on a car.
We bought it with 93k on it; had it in VT for a year. In five years we put 57k on it: four years in Utah. Yep, stuff is real close.
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Okay, that makes more sense. It read to me like you had it since 05 and only put 60k on it over those 10 years.
My sister inlaw has one of those. Very nice, but no cargo room with the third row seats up. She's had to borrow my cargo box a few times.
darent
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did you look at the Venza, compare pro-con with highlander?
I noticed that as well. But for what we do it's perfect.
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