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amazingly, yes. i'm guilty of doing the same....

a/c button pushed in (it should light up, too)? otherwise, you probably need a recharge or something worse....

if you have emissions tests in your state, then absolutely no used cats. period. but, realistically, no one's gonna bother to check unless they have to stick the exhaust pipe into the machine (or whatever they do for emissions)

on hot days like that, with engine running and the paint absorbing the sun's energy and blah blah blah, its gets very hot. even burn you hand hot (experienced that too, but i pulled away before anything bad happened, unlike my little sis....)

we aim to please.... you should be fine for the reasons above. if you worry about the CEL, just put some black electrical tape on it and drive on.

are you gonna take the power steering pump off the engine? from my experiences, don't move the lines too much. it might actually be easier to drop the tranny, replace clutch (if there, didn't catch what year/engine it was), and get at oil separator that way. you will be tight on room if you don['t have a lift, but doable

totally took it the wrong way then. sorry to snap. didn't think about others dropping cmus and concrete cylinders in there. i'm in the engineering/inspection business, so everything that goes in the bed is without assistance (and carefully placed, because we have to crush it later! )

still not as bad as a mazda. the stereo is part of the center console (on all of the new ones except the tribute and truck), so a new aftermarket stereo requires cutting the console. ouch. be lucky that it removes with a few screws.... have you searched for some way to plug in your ipod without getting a new headunit? like a fm transmitter or a tape player converter?

to one his own opinion. some like, some don't like, but we aren't judging his car like that. you should aim for a teenager to buy it, for all the reasons stated above. unfortunately, teens have no money, so don't get ripped off too badly. let your step dad help in negotiations. who's on the title? might help deter away the thought that an 18 year old has been driving it like a video game if his parents are on the ownership end. and use any other psychology tricks. thats what car selling is all about - psyching out the other party. welcome to the experience....

its an obdII. dunno if autozone will read that or not. search obdII, i read something similar somewhere on here....

stick another thermometer in there. 2002 OB might push more air than a 1990 ZX, and you felt a wind chill effect goin' on. but do it tomorrow, its kinda night time....

ask owner if head gaskets replaced in the OBW. if so, its a good buy. but, the 2.2 has lower miles, great color (wax it and its amazing how rich it is) and, if you can buy you old car back from the insurance company, a donor mobile! sorry about the loss though. it is hard to go through...

its all good dude. still makes you car look b1tchin'!

umm...don't judge a book by the cover, dude. i work with concrete, drive a truck that has equipment thrashed in the pickup bed, own a hard hat and work boots that are used every day. while i drive an outback, i am a working man who does work on construction sites. i don't have the luxury of throwing large, heavy objects into the back of my wagon or company truck, i still wouldn't throw them in if given the chance. the kinetic energy of a large rock hurdling toward the bottom of the bed is too much of an insurance risk from my point of view. why drop stuff like that when you can take two seconds to place it in the bed? besides, end result: baja can still haul it if not dropped in bed. it could handle the stuff i haul in my company rig if the bed was a little longer. easy if it was available in a brat-like 2-door model. while its bed isn't drop a big slab of concrete in there capable, it will drive it where ever you need it. and thats the important part.

i believe thats the external leaking ones with the coolant additive fix. be sure they took care of that when subaru did the recall service notice thing, and tell your daughter if it smells of flying antifreeze to put another bottle of that additive in. otherwise, good car. my family might get one soon as well.... edit: thats frying, with an "r"

glad to hear you got it and it looks good. put a ski resort bumper sticker on it and enjoy using it. i don't think you should have too many tailgate issues like andy does, the forester has a longer roof than an OBS which model did you get, by the way?

that por-15 stuff works. you can search it on here and will find dozens of good reviews (the stuff will permanently seal itself inside the can if put away wrong) your fuel pump should work for the fuel cell. dunno much in that area

give us a break with symantics. we is not good ritters hear.....

all it needs is some linex and some welded tube in the chassis for more strength and its good to go. its a nice little rig that is different. different is good (except pontiac aztek different, thats just torture ) and why would you drop a rock in there? thats just stupid....

cool. that gives me a better understanding on why it does that. the problem with full synth oils in older cars is that they are too expensive and can clean away too much grime and sludge in the engine and expose leaks in worn gaskets, which should be replaced and fixed anyways. since its older, its probably not too economically smart to replace every leaky gasket, so leave the grime and the gasket doesn't leak. viola! i know my engine needs a little cleaning, not sure if i'll try a blend or seafoam, but i got lots of time before my next change (and other car parts to change under there anyways)....

you should only need a 20 degree drop anyways. as much as i like my car feeling like a refridgerator, i dont need 40 degree interior temps in 80 degree weather. but the way it works is it cools the air going in the system, so twenty degree drop across the board looks pretty reasonable and makes sense. if you want to keep the cabin cooler: tint windows, avoid direct sun, etc.

cable ties are quite cheap (5 bucks for a hundred or something, found at hardware store) you'l have to ask someone with the same engine as yours which plugs to get. i know that subaru used ngk plugs for a while. you can go to a dealer (or just email one) and ask for the oem part number, and search for what the actual plug number is (don't buy the plugs from the dealer, they charge 25 bucks a pop!)

yeah, do what the nip-meister suggests. if you have no clue how many miles are on the plugs and wires, now is a good time to change em. i thought my friends car had a blown motor mount a while ago due to how his engine was shaking so violently, but it turned out to be a bad wire....

no analysis, just looking at the stuff at the end of the dipstick, gas mileage, etc. the 10w30 i had in there went from a nice honey-ish hue to a thick dark brown in about 2500 miles. gas mileage from 30 on a highway trip (not scientifically accurate, i know, no butting heads here) to about 26 on the return trip. i dunno if my headgaskets caused some of it or the frappy filter, but it did happen on the first oil change and the subsequent ones. i think i'll run a syn blend to clean the engine a little and see if anything changes....

can you take pictures and post em somewhere? i'd love to see it going in, and when finally in!