SubieFinn

Well Duane, I hope you check in every once in a while to see what's what. I have had my share of Legacy's oil leaks too. I am glad you are enjoying your VW! See you in the funny pages! Todd

I totally agree with you 99obw! In my younger days I kept my Subaru facination and then my preferences were Chevy for every other vehicle. And of course Ford was my arch nemesis. Here is a funny story to boost Subie owners. On the ship I would get razzed about my '78 BRAT. Oh, at the end of the day somebody would need a ride home, or a couple of times there would be a need for a truck and I would offer. During the ride or load "The BRATster" was the cat's meow, as they say.

Hei all, I've been around Subarus since 1971. My dad worked for SOA up until '02 when he retired. Back in '81 we drove a fwd sedan to Minn. getting 33+mpg all the while flying along at 85mph with 4 adults in the car. That was impressive, dad said the wind was blowing us along. On the way back he mostly drove 65 mph and only got appr. 27-28 mpg. Again he said it was the wind blowing against us. Then in Summer '97 I drove my '96 OB round trip to Baltimore at times reaching 100 mph for many miles, the return trip was much slower with my sister and her family. The average was 28.8 mpg for the 500 mile trip. Seems our Subies generally like sustained higher speeds (65 +).