LosDiosDeVerde86

thank you. i DID want to put those things in my original entry, but didn't want to make it any longer than it already was. and having said that, the only thing that the 08 Impreza DOESN't have in what you mentioned is the frameless windows. But what average person would drive down the highway and see a Subaru and say, HEY, THAT CAR DOESN'T HAVE WINDOW FRAMES!! however, pleanty of other cars have been offered in a wagon formation: Focus: Sedan/wagon/hatch Acord: Sedan/wagon Camry: Sedan/Wagon

either way you verify my point

HEY!!! kinda like Japan to US with subaru!

the loyal always seems to be a sturdy offroad rig.

ha, oh man. i didn't see you were in washington...magic of the internet eh?

i'm selling my 96 legacy that's basically offroad ready. it's the Subaru Stuff For Sale section under "Project Car". it needs headgaskets and i'm only asking 1000 for it.

Good catch on the XT6..i did contradict myself. I just looked up the new Tribeca on the Subaru website, and I guess hear the "6" on all of the commercials never hit me. Another good call.

Isn't the X-Type the Ford Taurus with a cat on the hood? Or is that a different jag..

Fellas (and the occasional lady), The "08 WRX came in today" thread really got me thinking. I don't know if you've read the whole thing, but basically it talks about how Subaru has lost it's soul with the new Impreza, and I agreed. However, I feel now, after much thought, that those who claim that Subaru is "selling out" are dead wrong, including myself. Everyone here loves the fact that they own a car that's from a company that's known to put out interesting/ugly/different/quirky cars. However this is NOT the case. Subaru, it seems (in my head at least), only puts out 1 quirky car about every 10 years, with the exception on the 80's when they had 2. When they came out, they had the 360 and needless to say, it was quirky. Then the Brat...come on.. Jap-scrap Elcamino - deninitely quirky. The XT and XT6 Wonder Wedge...with a nickname like that, it's GOTTA be quirky. Then, the all-mighty SVX - The first Subaru to have a flat 6 and it's the car with the largest engine that Subaru built and has ever built since; Coupe, big long nose, "DeLorean" half-windows - I smell quirk. Then we went through a large dry spell until Subaru brought back the Jap-Scrap Elcamino in the form of the Baja...gotta love it...take the Outback wagon and have a machine bite the roof off the trunk...brilliantly quirky. Then, we had the First Gen Tribeca...Edsle from the front, Alien from the back, quirk all over. What cars did I miss? - Justy = Colt = not quirky - DL/GL = look like any car from the 80s = not quirky - Loyal = See DL/GL = not quirky - Gen 1 Legacy = a more refined Loyal sedan = not quirky - Gen 1 Impreza = Subaru's answer to the Civic and Corolla = not quirky - Gen 2 Legacy = Camry = Not quirky - Gen 1 Forester = A wagon with a taller roof.. slightly quirky, but not a head-turner = Not quirky enough - Gen 2 Impreza = Neon = Not quirky - Gen 3 Legacy = I have nothing to say. I hate that car = make your own oppinion - Gen 3 Impreza = everyone thought at the time that it looked too much like "just a sedan" = not quirky - Gen 2 Forester = Now it has angry eyes! = not quirky - Gen 4 legacy = Super slick, but not odd = not quirky - Gen 4 Impreza = Edsel front, Impreza rear = slight quirk, but nothing to write to your congressman about - Gen 3 Forester = Flat eyebrows = interesting, but no more quirky than an Explorer I'm sorry, but I saw a 2008 Impreza hatch driving down the highway today, and I don't know if it's because I'm a Subaru nut or what, but I COULDN'T stop staring. I've gotta give the 2008 Impreza the vote of "Quirk". I just can't explain it enough on here...just wait till you see one on the road. I know that I didn't get into GT's, RS's, WRX's, STi's and the sort. I did that because those are optional trim packages, not the base model. I know that I may have said some controversial things here, but I'd love to hear other people's oppinions on it. Let's just try to keep it civil, I know we will. Thanks for sticking around this long to read this; Discuss...

yes, the issue between top and side is where it's confusing. i assume that "top" could be concidered the overflow.

i'm not sure what you mean by "plastic top tank" unless you mean the overflow tank that hangs on the driverside of the radiator. from just want you said, it doesn't sound like you need a rad. that little black hose that goes from the rad to the plastic tank is the only thing that connects the two. if you could take a picture of where it's leaking, i'm sure that i or someone else would be able to determine what you're looking at as far a rapairs go.

it's leaking from the rad, hose, or overflow tank? are you sure you need a new one?

you know... when it comes to the window frames, i'm sure they could come up with a way to make a more sturdy frameless window. look at the only other car to have window frames...the svx.. and they made them half windows! there's way to get around things without losing parts of your soul.

keep in mind that the car's at a dealership in pittsburgh and i'm in columbus. i would sure HOPE that they would think to check the connections. the mechanic took the car home tonight so hoopefully he's able to recreate some of the problems.

*singing* "Here comes Nipper Downer!"

i actually had him throw in a 90 day Guardian warranty so even if the dealer can't find out what it is and a SUBARU dealership CAN, and it's covered by the warranty (which anything these problems could be caused by seem to be on the list of covered repaires) then i only pay a $100 deductable. i just don't want to have to pay 10 $100 deductables...naw meen?

i see. i'm just trying to come up with anything i can to make this car as good as it can be

well, either way, it's too nice of a car to let it go without a fight.

think there's any possibility of it being the starter?

we actually got a hold of the previous and only owner and he said that the only reason he got rid of it was because he had two cars and ended up not driving the subaru as much after he bought his cadilac.

i'm not sure. i bought it from a dealership and this all happened the night i recieved it. now they're trying to right the wrongs.

the coolant looks clean, but smells like chemical, not sweet. there's no bubbling i can tell of, but i did take off the cap while it was running and warm and it was fountaining out like a gyser, which i assume is normal. when i pulled over after it overheated i let it sit for about 3 minutes and felt the upper rad hose and it was cool, which i thought was weird.

battery terminal

you should probably inject the water in aerosol, rather than pouring. it'll be safer that way. every seen the movie "Abyss" when they have to "breathe" water to go down to a certain depth in the ocean? yeah...your body says no, no matter how hard you try. just be careful and don't flood the thing

OK, I'm not going to get into the long story about this car, but here's the specs: 1999 Legacy GT Limited Sedan Automatic 34,000 miles Symptoms: 1 Weak start 1 (followed by 2 immediate) No Starts (starter cranked twice and stopped) Lights didn't APPEAR to be dimmer, but I could be wrong Garage says battery gives proper volts Starts immediately with jump Could be: Camshaft Sensors (trust me...had that happen with my '96) Battery ??? What else? (this is where YOU come in.)