after 17 years of ownership, today I discovered that the DS window defogger vent in our '03 OB can be flipped to direct upwards to the windshield!!!

'virgin vent'?

Yep, pretty awesome feature. Was true about some of the BD/BG models, too. I remember the day I pointed it out on my friend's '98 LGT (he's owned that car for ~12 years, maybe more).

 

I was very disappointed when I discovered they stopped it for '04 (I now own 2 '04 Outbacks). Easy enough to swap out, though.

So it's not just you lucky who still have virgin vent!