Raggededge

Raggededge coming at you from North Attleboro

The dealership where I got my XT is Anchor Subaru in RI. They appear to have 1 black and 1 white '06 XT Limited's with the 5MT left. These probably won't show up in a normal dealer search since technically, they have to be sold as used vehicles. Like mine, these were part of the special Subaru dealer-only auction of new Outbacks that were exposed to a passing tornado near the Subaru plant in Indiana last year. FYI, all the ones I saw, including mine, had no damage what-so-ever. Still, they are being heavily discounted... as they should be IMO. Having said this, I don't actually recommend the dealership all that much. As much as I liked the car, I almost cancelled the whole deal and walked when picking it up due to the their ineptness. I don't think it was malicious... mainly my sales lady was an idiot.

Yeah, when I got mine, they had at least 9 '06 XT's of which 4 were 5MT's like mine. There were 2 blk/blk, 1 white/taupe, and 1 silver-opal/blk. The 5EAT's were blk/blk (at least 3 of these), gold-opal/taupe, and silver-opal/blk. Oh, and they had 2 blk/blk LGT wagons. Of course, those were 5EAT's. Originally, I was going to go for one of the blk/blk's. But, memories of past blk vehicles I've owned haunted me enough to finally decide against it. It's nearly impossible to keep the darn things looking clean... and I'm a fanatic about clean looking vehicles. So, then I thought I might get the white one, but I really wanted the black leather with silver accents. In the end, I had to admit that the silver/opal is a pretty sharp combination that both looks really nice, especially on the OB, plus it hides dirt better then any other color. Besides, my wife liked the silver/opal the best too. That made it pretty much a done deal. The kicker is that the color combo I really, really wanted was garnet red/blk. Of course, they didn't have one of those. Such is life...

I almost got a blk on blk when I bought mine. I've never seen a blk on taupe. I think MA has very similar tint regs compared to NH. But, as we all know, almost every #$%$ SUV and Mini-Van on the road has a 20% or darker tint on the rear doors and back. Another good thing about driving an OBXT... it sort of slips under the radar most of the time. Except for the occasional astute car buff (everyone on this forum of course ), no one much gives me a second glance. I also had the sunroof done at 20%. The total cost was $300 which seemed to be little below average when I called around. I had it done at a small one man tinting operation near where I live called Diamonds Tinting. The guy does a fantastic job. Yeah, but anything beyond Stage 3+++ requires a scoop big enough to crawl through...

Yeah, there aren't a lot of XT's, but there are about a zillion OB wagons around these parts. I had to do something immediately so that I could pick mine out in a mall parking lot. This is the first car I've had tinted. I love how it keeps it cooler while parked in this heat we've been having. Especially, with the black leather interior. Plus, IMHO it looks pissa But, I think if I were to do it again, I would opt for less, like maybe 35%, on the two front doors. In fact, I may end up redoing those windows. The current tint makes it difficult to back up at night without opening both front windows to get a better view of the mirrors. Since you asked, I've included a few pics.

06 OBXT Limited, Silver/Opal, 5MT, 17x7 TSW Spyders, full 20% tint, 6" ss tips, removed cross bars. So, far just the cosmetics. Afer all, these XT's are pretty dang quick right out of the box. Still, I'm hoping to add a Cobb Stage 1 AP, and maybe some suspension and brake upgrades, and who knows what else in the future.

06 XT Limited, 5MT, Silver/Opal, TSW Spyder wheels, and as of yesterday completely tinted on three sides and the dual sunroof.