turboguzzi Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 When my girlfriend's Opel Astra 1.7 Turbo diesel SW started giving her some grief a year ago i told her that her next car will be a subaru forester.... In the last ten years that we are together she already knew to appreciate subbie quality form my two leagacies Well, her Opel's ECU gave up the ghost two weeks ago so i jumped on italy's popular search engine and unbelievably, found exactly what we were looking for at first try Reqs were: 1st series Forester (coolest looking IMHO) No more than 100K miles LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) system already installed Well, so here she is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboguzzi Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 It's a 1999 2.0L 5MT forester, 106K miles, not very loaded with extras but that electric sunroof surely makes up for it! it has a 12 galon Gas tank in place of the spare wheel, just like in my Leg, and overall makes the only two decalred highly believable. On the way to her place I did a little bit of "Italian Tuning", i.e. kept her almost pinned down for 15 minutes at 110 MPH on the auotstrada to get rid of all the crap and deposits, engine indeed felt even nicer after the high speed blast. My 95' Leg is in good health and has the same EJ20 motor, so am quite amazed at how much stronger this Forester's motor feels. My lady is pretty chuffed with her new toy, let hope it holds up as well as it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 She's a beauty. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Nice ride..........enjoy !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Nice ride..........enjoy !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Very clean looking car! Good buy! And those gigantic sunroofs are very fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Congratulations on your New Subaru added to your Family. It is Manual Transmission with Dual Range, or Automatic? Kind Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboguzzi Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 tnxs guys we wanted to do some white trails in the weekend but weather really sucked.... anyway, my girlfriend took to it like fish in water, loves it, specially the sun roof, even if we saw mostly drain drops on it only trouble she was having was adapting to the more precise clutch engaging when shifting. We all drive manuals here in italy but her opel was softer than the forester in that sense. She was getting smoother as the weekend passed. so yes, it's a 5MT with dual range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 ... so yes, it's a 5MT with dual range. Awesome! Thank you for answering, Kind Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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