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I've got a '08 Liberty H6 Spec B and the motor makes a dreadful rattle for about .5 of a second on colder startups. Subaru claim it is a tensioner (which has been replaced) and there is nothing they can do about it. Does anyone know about this or heard it before?

Thanks for the opinions. As the rear tyres are pretty worn and I'll have to replace them before long anyway, I should probablly bite the bullet and replace them now. It's an interesting subject though and if anyone comes up with any hard evidence one way or the other I'd like to hear it.

I have an 02 Liberty Heritage wagon and have recently replaced the front 2 tyres with new F1 Goodyears. I have the same tyres on the back but quite worn; maybe 5000K left on them. A mechanic has since warned me that the difference in tyre diameter from the rears to the front on an AWD will cause dra...