What is life really like, driving a Subaru?

SUBANOOB · Post by **SUBANOOB** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:09 pm

Do you drive your Subaru daily? or do you stray to the darker sides of what ever foce it is you beleive in?:)

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:45 pm

Yes drive my Subarus regularly and most of the family have Subys now.

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:21 pm

I'm proud driving my Subaru everyday.. considering about getting another one if my fiancé lets me!!! they're better than driving commodores or falcons etc..
Cheers
AP

scrumpy · Post by **scrumpy** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:23 pm

Yeah the Ford has been sitting in the carport for two months now since I have had the Subie even thouggh the Subie is 20 years older!!

__JC__ · Post by **__JC__** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:59 pm

I approached a shallow creek crossing today in the Liberty (standard height Gen II) and a woman in a Camry was there, pondering whether she should cross or not. After wading through the creek she came up to my window and said she thought her Camry was too low. I said, "my liberty is around the same height, you should be ok".

The response I got...

"but yours is a Suby"

That's what life is like driving a Subaru.

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:20 pm

I drove the leone up to bribie with my kayak, I lost count of the number of silly grins coming my way from random people in looking at it.

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:41 pm

I've got 4, my daughter has a MY00 WRX, my son has a MY99 2 door STI, my ex wife has an Impreza hatch.....wouldn't drive anything else, love my Libbo best though.

DavesB4 · Post by **DavesB4** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:43 pm

I have three at the moment and drive at least one of them (sometimes two or even all three) each and every day - and have done since I bought my first one in 1993.

In fact I just took the Outback into Yerranderrie here in NSW. A couple of times I used the crawler gear - Low 1st - and on road tyres, but it did everything I asked of it without complaint

Post by **Alex** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:16 pm

the hardest thing for me to do each morning is decide which car to drive to work! Depends which one has the most fuel i spose :P

alex

00outback · Post by **00outback** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:09 pm

I have 2 subys I spend more time driving the liberty as this is my offroader then the outback but the outback gets driven every day by my sister.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:26 pm

stinky wrote:I drove the leone up to bribie with my kayak, I lost count of the number of silly grins coming my way from random people in looking at it.

Yeah i hate the way people look at you when you are carrying your Kayak

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:14 pm

i drive mine every day, then i drive a BA ford ute at work and getting into the lib after is so much more fun!!!

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:49 pm

89rsturbo wrote:i drive mine every day, then i drive a BA ford ute at work and getting into the lib after is so much more fun!!!

Yeah, same here, I drive Mazda Bravo at work and whenever I hop in my Liberty and it always feels so bløødy good, Always look forward driving it again!
Cheers
AP

dibs · Post by **dibs** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:53 pm

they dont make ten tonn trucks or id have one . when im not in it its eather ther brumby or the forester but id rather the brumby its more nippy.

dibs

theclick · Post by **theclick** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:07 pm

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:Yeah i hate the way people look at you when you are carrying your Kayak

here here. When i drive around with my blue swing on the roof, with orange straps and a boot full of fishing gear, with that tick coming from my engine, i swear i get the funniest faces every known to man.

But i still love my subbie

Thalass · Post by **Thalass** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:41 pm

I drive my Outback every day, unless I'm going somewhere with the wife and bub, then it's her corolla since that's the one with the baby seat in it. I'm hoping to convert the missus to subies one day though.

I've only owned two cars - an '84 Touring Wagon and a '99 Outback. I've driven other cars, but it's not the same! And yeah, driving diesel utes at work every day makes me glad to drive the subaru on the way home!

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:48 pm

I used to drive the wagon daily for work a few years ago but for ages now I've been confined to an icky work vehicle (at first it was a Combo Van, then a Berlingo van, now a Commodore wagon).
I've just made arrangements with work to switch back to driving a personal car.
Soon as the RX Turbo is built I will be driving it every day for work. Roughly 400 to 500kms a week. Can't wait!

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:19 am

SUBANOOB wrote:Do you drive your Subaru daily? or do you stray to the darker sides of what ever force it is you believe in?:)

Does this answer your question.

By rtcb65

SUBYDAZZ · Post by **SUBYDAZZ** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:14 am

I don't sleep well at night unless I've driven at least one of my Subys each day. However, I have a confession to make. I have been driving SubyDream's Hyundai Excel to work a lot as it uses a lot less fuel than my Lib Wagon (about the only good thing about it). The Impreza is rarely used for work as dirty boots and clothes and the interior don't mix

Plus, it is for emergency use only and special occasions

SUBANOOB · Post by **SUBANOOB** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:17 pm

Judt the other day traveling home from work i too had a bit of a water crossing like __JC__.
Funny thing is that it was my first day in the car first time in a suby of any type (NOOB). but after months of tinkering with it and simply staring at things,,, carby i think?. i felt totaly comfortable with the whole experience, even taking the time to wave wildly at others trying the pass.... ilove my Ruby...