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I wouldn't think that's right. Mine is a Impreza "Outback" Sport but with same engine, transmission and mileage. Not a turbo, but you didn't say yours is. MPG is still working out to be around 24 to 27, average. I believe the weight difference in our cars is just 300 pounds, and I almost always drive alone and I weigh 170 lbs. not pulling or hauling anything either. Difficult to say why you'd get so low a mpg, unless A/C is on a lot still and you drive mainly in city-like traffic. I'm mostly a freeway/highway driver. However, the engine being relatively new still it takes time for that to loosen up (hopefully correctly). I'm anticipating 30 mpg someday next year. If not, I'll begin to worry a little. Those 22/28 mpg numbers are averages themselves. If I recall this right, the real min/max is more like 17/33, or thereabouts.

Mine's an Impreza Outback Sport but, yeah, I know what you're saying about the righthand wiper intruding into driverside space. Maybe it's better for rightside steering wheel cars, unless they switch the wipers around.I thought it a case of being about a small car, since I drove a small (though larger) truck before. Using Rain'X, too, and it definitely helps with the intermittent setting, except there are times it must be continuous (night, heavy rain, traffic in front). Just hasn't been something that bothers me, actually, only that I had noticed the difference from my old truck.

Yep, except I don't see how the stars are supposed to be portrayed in the emblem/logo since Alcyone is obviously brightest. Also, Subaru used six stars for the partners/companies involved yet that star cluster is well-known as the Seven Sisters. I made my own Subaru version of the Pleiades from a picture by adding an extra large, very bright, star. Curious thing I found out recently is that, although I thought Subaru to be a Japanese-only name, there was a family in France with that name. A girl that became Saint Bernadette in the mid-19th century because of a "healing spring" she was told of after having a 'vision' there. http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/Jan2002/LourdesManwMSCuredWasItAMiracle.html Well, now I've also seen it spelled Soubirous so maybe Subaru was a sounds-like spelling for that.

Um, maybe only when the covers are removed. I know I've seen a fuel filter glass bowl at one time; a modern box-shaped pump had a panel off of it, I suppose for maintenance or repair. I don't think the general public (mostly everyone) cares to see what the gasoline going into their vehicles looks like. I've heard many stories about bad gas, locally and elsewhere. Cars that broke down before or immediately after leaving the station. I purposely try to get gas at places on hills, not flat or low areas, because I'm afraid of ground water contamination.

Any pictures exist of this thing? Got me curious, hearing about it before and again here. TIA to anyone who has one or knows where I can see it.

Maybe recommend something for the human, too? Car could survive but useless without a driver. One of those space blankets might be good, looks like foil.Bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Sorry, I shouldn't have presumed anything about all Subaru's. I hadn't thought any of them were on their side, just figured most engines were similar to mine. It mounts up/down not sideways.

Well, according to info I read, it can also open when the oil is cold and thick. A worst case scenario, then, since the sediment would be settled where that valve is at and then draw it in first thing when started. Also noticed it mentioned that some don't seal very well even when closed. This is what new cars do to me. I start checking into every little thing.

I've checked into how the Purolator PureOne filter works and its bypass valve is on the bottom where large particles might collect, whereas others have that at the top. I still don't know if Subaru's OEM filter has the bottom bypass, if so I don't like that. I've thought of getting a Mobil1 filter which has the top bypass valve but I can't seem to locate a part number for it yet. Seems a bad design to let dirty oil pass through unfiltered from the bottom. Any opinions or remarks about this would be appreciated, especially if the Subaru OEM filter is same as Purolator. Here's one of the web pages I saw about the insides of oil filters: http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

Needs to be on the outer circumference so that the incoming particles get trapped on their way into the filter, since the center (*bottom too, I think) is where it returns. I'm not sure if it should be nearer the bottom or the top. *I've checked into how the Purolator PureOne filter works and its bypass valve is on the bottom where large particles might collect, whereas others have that at the top. I still don't know if Subaru's OEM filter has the bottom bypass, if so I don't like that. I've thought of getting a Mobil1 filter which has the top bypass valve but I can't seem to locate a part number for it yet.

I already changed my Impreza Outback Sport's to Lexor blades from Walmart, since it seemed the originals were needing a change from being on there since early 2003, only bought the car as "new" this September. Didn't cost much to replace the whole blade, versus more expensive refills I looked at. Not sure about those Legacy's but mine just unclip at the arm end. And the main reason I went with the blade change is because I had gone into the store and came out with refills that were too different from the originals. I, too, used their selector thing. The Lexor refills are going to work okay from now on and they are real cheap. I don't mind changing them every half year, if I must.

Congratulations. Forester was a real consideration for me before going with the Impreza Outback Sport. More of a car vs. SUV, in the end. Hmmmm, if you can be fairly certain the timing belt wasn't replaced you should get it done, as well as the water pump at the same time. Even if it could last another 20 or 30 thousand miles, every day you take a big risk. And yes, it'll mess things up. I don't know much about these Subaru's (yet) but people claim the head gasket trouble is not real common... at least, not as much so as might seem. Plus, it was the pre-99's I believe, which were the worst about failing. Apparently if the engine is never allowed to overheat you would probably be okay, far as head gasket goes. Therein lies the problem, can you possibly know it never overheated before? And would not do so soon anyway, for some reason, namely thermostat or water pump trouble. But I'll let others speak.

Yep, mine are the 'wedge' type. Nothing extra needed to be done, as opposed to turn signals which usually require resistance applied to make them blink. I didn't need to realign or anything, just popped the headlamp assembly out and back in afterward. However, you're going to need someone with that model/year to speak up here. Checked on this now and see that yours are type 1157, not wedges(??), whereas mine are the small 194 type. Anyway, the replacement LED's you find online are most likely to fit, since they fill about the same exact space a globe bulb does. Without any heat from them they can be very close to the plastic, too. The Impreza OBS parking light connector goes in sideways, pointed out toward the side of the car but the lens is still forward-facing. Yours could be totally different. You'd want to know that before getting the LED since if they need sideways direction you should use a kind like: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7928678768&category=33713&sspagename=WDVW Check around for prices of these things, really varies a lot. BTW, this is also my first car that I had to pull the lamp assembly out in order to change a bulb but it wasn't always easy to do when left in, which is why I think it's about the same amount of difficulty.

Oh-oh. This has turned into another debate about lights on or off! The 'lights on when raining' thing, yeah. Good law, really. If there's ever a variable it's the clarity of peoples glass, and rain changes that extremely. Icey cold weather should be mandatory for using lights, too. I was hit by a teenager while driving home from a nighttime job, one frozen morning, as he pulled out from a sidestreet right into my front driverside fender, apparently frosted windshield and windows. Even though I had my lights on his weren't so I didn't notice him. I think the idea of parking lights while driving might be from lack of having DRL... maybe. Fog lights always on? That I don't get, unless the idea is added visibility. Can see a car with those on anytime of day or night from many miles farther than usual. Not that I'd need to. Heh-heh. Hey mattocs, you need to get that fixed! You'd want those working in fog-- like they are meant to be.

Although my Subaru is an Impreza Outback Sport somehow I doubt there'd be another way. Seems the placement of the connector is behind the fender or front frame of the engine compartment. Maybe there's another way, if so I don't know it, sorry. I just didn't even try after looking it over, the removal of the assembly wasn't terribly difficult. Grille unclips, then some clips holding the upper part of bumper and a single bolt then some pulling in the right way (on Impreza). You might consider using amber* LED's instead, when you do change the bulb(s), which is what I did (along with red LED for tail lights), so I could leave the parking lights on longer without worrying about battery drain. Ones I got are called inverted cone to help with shining sideways. Also, each tail light is a red LED, 15 total with 6 of those around side edges, plenty bright. * Not white behind the colored lens, because white LED's are inherently bluish and would produce a greenish color.