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    '06 Spec.B #234

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  1. My son in Wilmington recently assumed ownership of my beloved '06 Spec.B. Can anyone recommend a good Subaru shop in the area? Car is in excellent shape with 170k miles on it and can go a long time with a good tech maintaining and repairing it. Thanks in advance.
  2. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/fs-17-asa-wheels-w-dunlop-winter-sport-tires-md-146722.html Also stock LGT mufflers (only used about 20k) that I'd gladly swap for a bottle of Wild Turkey.
  3. I have #234, the one right after yours, and mine is doing great at 109k miles. Hope yours is equally stellar.
  4. #234 here and my experience has been very much like yours. 76k, running great, Mobil 1 every 4000-5000 miles with Subaru filter, all recommended maintenance done, suspension tight, still on the original brakes and bulbs, etc. I'm using Dunlop M3's on ASA 17's in the winter and am as happy with them as you are with your Conti's. Only problem was rear wheel bearings which were replaced free under Subaru's extended warranty. Can't say a bad thing about this car. It's a joy to drive it every day.
  5. Am guessing the owner uses the 17" crappy wheels for winter tires to save the stock wheels from salt damage.
  6. #234 still with me and going strong at 70k miles in Bel Air, MD.
  7. Even if it's in manual mode and you can't see the temperature settings displayed, if they are at anything other than the lowest setting (65 on an '05-06), it will heat the outside air. One of those lovable Subie quirks.
  8. Caramall - see below. Try this if you haven't already. I have not had a problem regulating the temp since using this approach.... Repost: My heater was running hot too but I stumbled on to something that took care of the problem, and it is real simple. Instead of setting the Mode to where the heat is only coming from the lower vents or the upper and lower vents, set it to where it's coming out of the lower vents plus the defrost vents. When you set it to that mode, the A/C light will come on but you can just hit the A/C button to turn it off. I have not had a problem with getting cooked since I started doing this. Now, the 70 degree setting is quite comfy, where before if I had it at 66, it was very warm and I needed to crack at least one window or the sunroof. Many people have also complained about running the defroster in the summer, since it wants to blow warm air and quickly heats up the interior when that is the last thing you want. If you use the same mode setting as above (lower vents plus defrost vents), but leave the A/C light on, you will find that it defrosts with much cooler air.
  9. My heater was running hot too but I stumbled on to something that took care of the problem, and it is real simple. Instead of setting the Mode to where the heat is only coming from the lower vents or the upper and lower vents, set it to where it's coming out of the lower vents plus the defrost vents. When you set it to that mode, the A/C light will come on but you can just hit the A/C button to turn it off. I have not had a problem with getting cooked since I started doing this. Now, the 70 degree setting is quite comfy, where before if I had it at 66, it was very warm and I needed to crack at least one window or the sunroof. Many people have also complained about running the defroster in the summer, since it wants to blow warm air and quickly heats up the interior when that is the last thing you want. If you use the same mode setting as above (lower vents plus defrost vents), but leave the A/C light on, you will find that it defrosts with much cooler air.
  10. I have the exact same problem in my Spec.B and it didn't make any sense until I read through this thread. Regardless of the outside temp or what settings I use on the climate control, it gets VERY warm inside but then gradually it cools off over a half hour or so. The cooling occurs much more quickly if I'm driving on the highway. That would make sense because the higher speed forces more air circulation in the cabin if the vents are open, and hence the sensor will receive more of the heated air and react accordingly. If the Venturi design of the temperature sensor is what's causing this, and it sure sounds plausible, SOA really ought to offer some kind of fix for the problem. What is the protocol for getting issues like this to them? I'd like to know if there is anyone out there driving an 05 or 06 Legacy in colder climate who is NOT having a problem with excessive heat in the first minutes after starting up with a cool or cold cabin.
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