swc7916

Is it red? If it's not red I'd pass.

I don't know. All that I know is that I was pretty surprised and pleased when the salesman told me that since Subaru recommends replacing all four tires at the same time, then they had to replace all four when one was damaged beyond repair. I believe that Discount Tire will sell you a warantee on your tires even if you didn't buy them there - say you bought a new car and wanted to warantee the tires.

This is why I purchase the hazard warrantee when I buy new tires. I had a set of Michelin tires on my '96 Outback with about 20,000 miles on them when one of the tires got a puncture in the sidewall that was unrepairable. Because it is an all-wheel drive care, Discount Tire had to give me credit for all four tires. I know that the warrantee seems expensive when you are trying to save money on your tires but it can pay off, especially with a Subaru.

This happened to our 2005 Outback Sport SE last Thursday:

The head gasket on my 2000 Outback went at 47,000 miles and the dealer fixed it under warantee.

It is NOT the same filter as the Legacy. This is my 6th Subaru (after a 1996 Outback, 2000 Outback, 2002 Outback, 2003 Baja, and 2004 Outback) and the others used a common filter, but this one is DIFFERENT - it's a lot smaller. The others protrude down far enough that I can get my strap wrench around them. Even if I could reach the one on the Impreza, it's too small for the strap wrench.

I have had 5 Subarus with power locks, and none of them autolock. (I have seen Chrylser products that lock the doors when the vehicle gets up to a certain speed - about 8 mph.) On Subarus from 2003 and newer, the horn will beep when the lock button on the remote is pressed 3 times. One annoying "feature" of the Subaru door lock/alarm system is that if you get in the car and lock the doors before closing all of them the alarm will be enabled, just as if you were leaving the car and hit the lock switch before closing the door. Then when you put the key in the ignition and try to start the car, it won't start and the alarm will sound. Once this happens, you have to either press one of the buttons on the remote or turn the the key in the ignition 10 times in order to reset the alarm and start the car.

When I went to change the oil in my 2005 Impreza Outback Sport I expected it to have the same filter as my Legacy Outback, instead it had a small black filter that, I am told, is also used on the WRX models. Anyway, it is recessed up inside and there is no room to get a strap-type wrench on it. I ended up changing the oil only because I couldn't get the filter off. I have tried every auto parts store around and every Subaru dealer, but I can't find a cup-type wrench (like a big socket wrench) to fit this filter. I would prefer not to get the type of filter wrench that destroys the filter getting it off. Also, I want the cup-type so that I can get a little better grip when installing the filter (I know, you're not supposed to use a wrench to install the filter; I just want a better hand grip.) Does anyone know where I can get a wrench that fits this filter? Any other ideas? Thanks.