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Re: [Subaru Outback

shaggyinny — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:10:39 GMT

try looking here http://car-part.com/ John ... From: jasrae@... Subject: [Subaru Impreza Outback Sport] RE: [Subaru Outback

Re: [Subaru Outback

Levi Smith — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:31:11 GMT

Looking at car-part.com looks like they start around $1100 for used. But unless you know the gaskets have already been changed (correctly) I'd question that

Re: [Subaru Outback

jasrae@... — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:24:08 GMT

Anyone got a line on a good used 2.5 L Outback engine for a 1999. My boys need a decent running engine as theirs has a 180K and seems to have a blown head

Re: Tires

David B. Traver Adolphus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:07:20 GMT

OK then. The answer to Jeff's question is no: Anything that does well in snow, all season or not, will not provide good performance in the summer as well. All

Re: Tires

Paul Root — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:01:38 GMT

I agree completely. Like I said, I have them on my wife's car. They are wonderful. BUT, the question was SPECIFICALLY about a compromise so that he WOULDN'T

Re: Tires

John Morgan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:55:41 GMT

The Blizzaks are 100% hard core high-performance snow tires. They are on my OBS from mid-November to mid-April and then the original Potenzas will go back on,

Re: Tires

Paul Root — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:40:15 GMT

They are great. I have them on my wife's car. But, he specifically asks if he can get something so he can just have one set of tires, not have to change tires

Re: Tires

John Morgan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:25:30 GMT

Bridgestone Blizzak - I have them on my 09 and they are tenacious. I drive in severe winter conditions in the Oregon Cascades all the time. They serve me very

Re: Tires

Paul Root — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:24:05 GMT

Understeer on braking is a classic case of brakes locking up. Yes, I know, you have ABS. But your not pressing the pedal hard enough to envoke the ABS. Try

Re: Tires

shaggyinny — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:40 GMT

I live in New York, near NYC, and I miss my Potenzas. I drove thru all kinds of storms, and last year i had to replace them after 22,000 miles of smooth, noise

Re: Tires

james_2002obs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:58:16 GMT

With your proviso that you're interested in all season tires and don't want to spring for a separate set of Blizzaks, etc...and with my proviso that I live in

Tires

jeff7a — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:22:28 GMT

I have an 08 OBS with the stock Bridgestone tires. I do not get the kind of traction that I expected driving in the snowy environs of the Chicagoland metro

Re: Diesel engines?

David B. Traver Adolphus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:28:42 GMT

Subaru of course introduced a Diesel for the rest of the world last year; I recall it being a thread on here. I would guess that, given their ongoing

Re: Diesel engines?

Paul Root — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:13:40 GMT

I heard that too in Autoweek. I don't remember details though. I don't think it's imminent. A couple years yet?

Re: Diesel engines?

James — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:14:41 GMT

Mine's a 2002 2.5 liter and I had the standard early head gasket failure at about 70,000 miles. I have an extended warranty though and, after a brief attempt