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Garandman

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  • Birthday 03/19/1953

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    South Boston, People's Republic of Massachusetts
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    09 WRX Primo, 06 Outback 3.0R
  • Interests
    Sailing, Tennis, cycling, hiking, motorcycling, high power rifle competition, occasional autocrosser
  • Occupation
    Engineering software and rapid prototyping systems

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  1. Who's in your avatar?
  2. Garand as in m1 garand?
  3. Anyone here have an all-white LGT with gigantic tailpipes going from the Broadway bridge to Rt 93 N this morning about 10am?
  4. On a car without locking differentials or low range, and one that already eats wheel bearings, it's just plain silly. Here is the famous explorer of the wilds of Rhode Island, "Superu." Note the axe. Biggest poser Subaru I've ever seen, hands down, by far. Stock 2.5i 4EAT powertrain, BTW. http://dervish.smugmug.com/photos/563441566_JABUi-L.jpg http://dervish.smugmug.com/photos/563442051_rzdvf-L.jpg
  5. Nope, it's just a difference in ground clearance due to different exhaust configurations.
  6. Yup, since 90% or more of Subaru enthusiasts drive WRX's, you should count on a lot of WRX owners and only an occasional LGT, Baja turbo, SVX, etc.
  7. Not quite accurate: in addition to the wing you must add a two-tone Crown Victoria with blue lights flashing.....
  8. And here's what to do with your stock rims! http://www.geocities.com/theseventhfirst/wrx_lgt_rims_ls.jpg
  9. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. When a Chuck Norris movie was first aired in France, they surrendered.
  10. Trailer is a 94, so surge. And drum brakes. Our motorboattrailer is electric + disc - much preferable. We normally launch from a crane but it pulls it up a ramp no problem. But it has VTD, it's not 50/50.
  11. Backing a 30' long, 3000# trailer uphill through a maze of other boats to a crane would require so much slipping of the clutch that it would not last very long. Older Outbacks in Australia used to have low range. That would work better, but we don't get it, just as we don't get cars like the Liberty SpecB 3.0R wagon (with 6 spd manual or 5EAT!).
  12. I stand corrected. According to the previous owner, the all-up weight with gear, sails, outboard, and canvas covers is indeed over 3,000. The trailer itself weighs 980 and the H6 pulls it like it's not even there.
  13. I haven't weighed it with all the gear, but the boat has a lot of carbon fiber and even with 530 lbs of lead keel bulb weighs 1,830 lbs. The sails and outboard aren't more than a couple of hundred, and I don't think the trailer weighs as much as 1,000 lbs.
  14. Here's the boat we towrd with the OBW for a couple of short trips of 50-100 miles thus far. This is one of the reasons why we bought the H6. The highest temp was 81 degrees: the temp gage never moved. With all the gear aboard the all-up weight is probably less than but close to 3,000 lbs. The 3.0R pulls it very well, and stops well also. I have coilovers lowered 2" but will probably bring it up an inch for more clearance when towing. Handling is no issue. We get around 13.5 mpg towing this package with our V8 Chevy Express van. The OBW gets about the same! I guess that's an indication of how much work is being done. It would not be fun towing this with a 4EAT as you'd be in third a lot - the 5EAT is better. A manual is out of the question for us as we could never back it into some of the places it needs to go: something much easier to do with the OBW than the van. The coilovers have lowered it 2" - I'm going to crank it up an inch to prevent dragging on crowns. http://www.geocities.com/vstromboston/Melgesrr.jpg
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