11-02-2010, 07:34 AM
So, 10 days of Subaru.
For the tl;dr: It's good. :thumbup:
For anyone bored enough to read this:
The Good:
Seats are comfy, even with 116k of somebody else's farts.
My duct tape is still holding out the water from my sunroof. Can't complain about that!
Thanks to my beautiful wife and Meguiars Odor Eliminator, my care doesn't smell like a wet dog anymore.
NO PROBLEMS.
It warms up faster than my Mazda did, meaning I'm toasty warm by the time my 2 mile commute is done.
The Meh:
The power. It's sufficient, but it doesn't have the freight train put your ass in the seat torque of the Mazda. Whatev, I'll fix it. I have the techmology.
The fuel economy. 100% puttering around town got me 20mpg last tank. Better than a Camaro, I guess.
The Bad:
My fender is still fucked up, and I can't find anyone who doesn't want ONE MILLION DOLLARS (.pinky) for a pair of fenders. I've given up trying to find an unmolested SRP wagon fender. Might as well look for the holy grail.
My windshield washers are all fucked up. The passenger side washes my roof, the driver's side washes underneath my wipers. wtf.
There was water in my passenger rear floor. Two possibilities: One: AC drain is either clogged or came in from the firewall. B: The Damprid I put in there spilled all over that area of the floor and I, like an idiot, said "Eh, I'll clean it up later." Damprid is just calcium chloride, which dissolves in water, so my theory is that it did its job, collected all the moisture to that area, then condensed it and dissolved, leaving behind moisture. I say this because the wetness in the carpet was VERY 'salty', and unless someone pissed in my car, I don't think that my AC would have made salty water there. I dried it up, and I'm waiting to see if it gets wet again.
I have an exhaust rattle. I've come to understand that's just "WRX Character" so I'm trying to embrace my rattle.
It's dirty, because I am lazy.
So what do you guys say? Should I just leave my fender busted? Put a giant vinyl band-aid on it? Or should I try a little harder to get it replaced?
For the tl;dr: It's good. :thumbup:
For anyone bored enough to read this:
The Good:
Seats are comfy, even with 116k of somebody else's farts.
My duct tape is still holding out the water from my sunroof. Can't complain about that!
Thanks to my beautiful wife and Meguiars Odor Eliminator, my care doesn't smell like a wet dog anymore.
NO PROBLEMS.
It warms up faster than my Mazda did, meaning I'm toasty warm by the time my 2 mile commute is done.
The Meh:
The power. It's sufficient, but it doesn't have the freight train put your ass in the seat torque of the Mazda. Whatev, I'll fix it. I have the techmology.
The fuel economy. 100% puttering around town got me 20mpg last tank. Better than a Camaro, I guess.
The Bad:
My fender is still fucked up, and I can't find anyone who doesn't want ONE MILLION DOLLARS (.pinky) for a pair of fenders. I've given up trying to find an unmolested SRP wagon fender. Might as well look for the holy grail.
My windshield washers are all fucked up. The passenger side washes my roof, the driver's side washes underneath my wipers. wtf.
There was water in my passenger rear floor. Two possibilities: One: AC drain is either clogged or came in from the firewall. B: The Damprid I put in there spilled all over that area of the floor and I, like an idiot, said "Eh, I'll clean it up later." Damprid is just calcium chloride, which dissolves in water, so my theory is that it did its job, collected all the moisture to that area, then condensed it and dissolved, leaving behind moisture. I say this because the wetness in the carpet was VERY 'salty', and unless someone pissed in my car, I don't think that my AC would have made salty water there. I dried it up, and I'm waiting to see if it gets wet again.
I have an exhaust rattle. I've come to understand that's just "WRX Character" so I'm trying to embrace my rattle.
It's dirty, because I am lazy.
So what do you guys say? Should I just leave my fender busted? Put a giant vinyl band-aid on it? Or should I try a little harder to get it replaced?
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442