I Bought My 2002 Outback Wagon This Spring And Couldn't Wait For The First Snows. What Took Me So Long To Get Smart? What A Diference! My Wife And I Shared A Ride To Work Last Week Due To The Snow. I Didn't Realize What I Was Driving In. I Had To Take My Other Car Monday And Nearly Got Stuck At The End Of The Drive Where The Snowplows Pushed Back The Snow And The Super..er Subaru Walked Through. The Only Problem I Have Is Now I Want A Second Subaru So I Can Drive One Too.

The day after I bought my Sub brand new, it snowed. I live in PNW and we rarely get snow, but my new car handled it GREAT! I will NEVER GO BACK. I am on my third Subaru, and they are the BEST cars!

The day after I bought my Sub brand new, it snowed. I live in PNW and we rarely get snow, but my new car handled it GREAT! I will NEVER GO BACK. I am on my third Subaru, and they are the BEST cars!

I, too, am in the PNW... we have had some snow on the ground for weeks now... I took out the Trooper for the first time in almost that long (although not in 4WD) she slipped a little on one of the stops on the ice...

the Subarus (own 2) don't have that problem at all... love them little subbies.

later,

PETER

We drove our Tracker/Sidekick up Big Mountain Sunday. What a difference! Sure it'll go fine on ice and in snow, even deep snow, but squirrly, always gotta be driving w-a-y ahead of the car, and don't even THINK of a quick avoidance swerve, it feels like it would just as soon lay down on it's side as not.

 

Nothing beats an AWD Subaru on winter roads n-o-t-h-i-n-g!

 

I sure wish Subaru would build a Jeep/Tracker like open body vehicle. I guess one of these days I'm just gonna have to build my own.

hey smitty...put a pic or so up of the tracker...would love to see it.

 

As for subaru AWD....don't leave home without it.

We just got our second snow of the winter and last night I spent nearly an hour just bombing around sideways everywhere in the wagon. By the time I got home I was grinning like a drunken fool I told the Mrs that I had a hard time getting the car to stop at home and it took me several tries. She didn't understand untill she saw my goofy grin

hey smitty...put a pic or so up of the tracker...would love to see it.

 

As for subaru AWD....don't leave home without it.

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=585

 

The first three pics, sorry, never been able to make paste-in work. It'll be fun in the mountains in summer, but it's no snow commute car. If I lived in a big city I think I would own a Tracker tho', it'll really zip in and out of traffic, and you can park it anywhere ...

 

I sure wish Subaru would build a Jeep/Tracker like open body vehicle. I guess one of these days I'm just gonna have to build my own.

 

Old subaru hatch + sawzall + a little welding = subaru jeep

Old subaru hatch + sawzall + a little welding = subaru jeep

 

Believe me, John Mudrat and I have discussed the option several times. Someday before we move back to Hawaii, I may do so, with a hatch or a Justy. Or bettr yet, something like a Wombat dropped on a Subaru pan/running gear (big rust problems where we will live on the Big Island). But NO NEW PROJECTS untill I get my airplane flying again.

 

So, I sold my trusty Leg wagon, bought the toy jeep and banked a grand to boot. Sokay, two Legacy wagons in a two person family was boring, and it was hard to take the trash to the dump!

And now you don't have a car to swap parts with. In the islands all you need to do is park a car and the body will be removed magically.

Awww, we couldn't anyway cookie, Mine was a '95, The Pretty One's is a 2000. I got the '95 from a board member in Chicago a couple of years ago. It was (and still is) a great car. Sold it to a friend of my wife, and she LOVES it!

 

As for the Hawaii beach car. I'll have to build and title it on the mainland and import it to Hawaii after completion and relicensing. They just won't let you build cars in The Socialist People's Republic of Hawaii,3rd-world-country-masquearading-as-a-state. They require a mechanical engineer stamp for any body or suspension modification, engine, tranny swap or rebody.

 

FUGIDDABOUDIT!

They require a mechanical engineer stamp for any body or suspension modification, engine, tranny swap or rebody.

 

FUGIDDABOUDIT!

 

HUH???? And here I thought it was rediculous that the DMV here told me I had to get a certified VIN inspection at the local law inforcement place when I swapped an engine from the parts car to the out of running car. Identical engines.

cars in Hawai. That is interesting after my friends have told me about the tin can and bondo cars that they patched together over there. I think I would consider a fiberglass body of some sort myself.

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Wow! Driving in snow can be fun Like Fishy said, we had our second snow last night. It wasn't the packed, wet, mush we had on Saturday, but lighter and fluffier. I took one look at the driveway and though I didn't have a chance, but gave it a shot anyway. Wooohooo....the subie went through it like it wasn't even there! Even went through the snow plough pile like nothing. Now I just have to see if I can get through in the morning after a whole night of drifting....

 

Urban Coyote

My driveway on April 20'th last year. 19" powder overnight. I fired up the loyale parked on the left, and drove away.

My wife is having an operation at the hospital early tomorrow morning and we're supposed to get 12 inches (and more at some places if it's windy) of snow during the night. Subaru = peace of mind = no doubt I will get there and back.

I hope it's nothing serious Frag. Let us know how it goes, eh?

 

12", no worries mate.

I'm just going in tomorrow for a cap and a couple of fillings. About time I had a tune up myself.

I plan to open a bottle of wine to dull the pain when I get home.

I hope it's nothing serious Frag. Let us know how it goes, eh?

 

12", no worries mate.

 

Thanks mtsmiths. It's something serious, but that should have a positive outcome if the surgeons do their work right.

Yes, 12 inches is not that much in itself, but here that can translate in big drifts and deeper local accumulations.

Yeah my subaru gives me peace of mind with the familly in the car. And that stupid grin at the sight of snow that subaru drivers only know.

Good luck Frag; hope your wife has a speedy recovery!

 

 

 

 

Beezer

I Bought My 2002 Outback Wagon This Spring And Couldn't Wait For The First Snows. What Took Me So Long To Get Smart? What A Diference! My Wife And I Shared A Ride To Work Last Week Due To The Snow. I Didn't Realize What I Was Driving In. I Had To Take My Other Car Monday And Nearly Got Stuck At The End Of The Drive Where The Snowplows Pushed Back The Snow And The Super..er Subaru Walked Through. The Only Problem I Have Is Now I Want A Second Subaru So I Can Drive One Too.

 

Carefull there. Next thing you'll know you'll be seeking out unplowed parking lots and pretending your are a racer in the WRC. Unplowed parkinglots are FUN in a Soobie.

Somedays I miss the fun of a new snow and a four wheel drive but not enough to move back from CA. Snow should be optional and kept at least 100 miles away when you don't want it.

O man unplowed lots are the best. There is a church that is never plowed (except sundays) and i hit it up almost everytime it snows. We got some freezing rain yesterday, which then turned into 3-4 inches over night. I didn't have a shovel or my cell phone on me so i didn't want to get to nutty. I got about 20ft in and then got stuck, I could hear all the ice crushing under the tires. I figured I would play it safe this time around since i was not prepared at all, and hungover. It was about 8inches deep, but the ice halfway thru made it a pain. I ended up reversing it and getting out of there. Last time we got a few inches (no ice) I spent prolly 10 minutes just driving the crap out of the wagon, it was so much fun, I had to stop cause there was too many pavement patches .