How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
02-09-2013, 08:11 AM
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I love my Subaru.
Nemo is dumping wet heavy snow that's slipperier than fish guts. Everyone is tip-toeing down the road except my new 2001 Impreza which thinks it's fun. For five years my winter car was a Legacy GT that impressed me by being entirely indifferent to the weather or roads conditions, but snow actually makes the Impreza happy.
I'll probably drive only Miatas and Imprezas for the rest of my life.
Nemo is dumping wet heavy snow that's slipperier than fish guts. Everyone is tip-toeing down the road except my new 2001 Impreza which thinks it's fun. For five years my winter car was a Legacy GT that impressed me by being entirely indifferent to the weather or roads conditions, but snow actually makes the Impreza happy.
I'll probably drive only Miatas and Imprezas for the rest of my life.
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02-10-2013, 12:17 AM
I can understand and feel for you Richard seeing as some of the ladies I date are going through that time right now. Not fun for them either.
I lived in State College Penn and Spokane Wash. Man have I shoveled my fair share of snow over the years. I kinda liked it back then but I'm over that now.
I lived in State College Penn and Spokane Wash. Man have I shoveled my fair share of snow over the years. I kinda liked it back then but I'm over that now.
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02-10-2013, 10:51 AM
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It snowed the first day after I got my wrx. I still managed to slide all over the place, but I was driving it like a RWD car; plows like a bitch into corners otherwise the grip when you're in/out of the corner is awesome. i feel VERY confident with it in inclement weather now that I have a better understand of how the AWD reacts to stuff, owning it for just over a month now and a few more snow days to play.
BTW, both Subarus are 5MT, so they both have real differentials in the center. I know the Legacy's was viscous LSD and I'm about 99% sure the Impreza uses exactly the same part. I will say that the Legacy center diff was so gummy that on hot summer days it would buck like a 4WD truck with the steering at full lock.
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02-10-2013, 11:03 AM
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02-10-2013, 11:10 AM
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Assuming that by "aftermarket" you mean something with a significantly higher springrate, and not something like a Racing-Beat spring which is shorter than stock but not significantly stiffer, this is a good way to make the car feel a lot floatier / bouncier.
What, if I may ask, are you trying to accomplish here?
Do I detect a hint of Linux Inferiority Complex?
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02-10-2013, 11:54 AM
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Yes. I suffer from Windows envy.
Seriously, there was a time when I was militant in my anti-MS ways (though I was not alone.) But since Bill Gates stepped down they really don't leave that bad taste in my mouth anymore. Meanwhile, Ubuntu has taken such a seriously wrong turn that I'm losing hope for the future of linux.
Seriously, there was a time when I was militant in my anti-MS ways (though I was not alone.) But since Bill Gates stepped down they really don't leave that bad taste in my mouth anymore. Meanwhile, Ubuntu has taken such a seriously wrong turn that I'm losing hope for the future of linux.
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