It was a heavy snow in Toronto, a couple of hours ago, I drove my impreza
2.5i heading home. When almost finished a 90 degree turn, I give a bit
throttle, then, it suddenly produce an over steering! almost hit the curb,
like those RWD.... and then it immediately produced some ...

Anyone know a good (and reasonable) Subaru repair place in the SF Bay
Area?  I usually go to Rick's in Santa Cruz (best in the world?) but
need someone in Berkeley/Oakland - even SFor Marin would be ok.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Unfortunately for me, I believe I have a leaking head gasket on my 99
Subaru Forester S.  I can smell fuel/exhaust fumes in the coolant
reservoir.  Also, coolant is not flowing back from the reservoir into

I wonder, what's the general reception of the new impreza. I must admit
I hate the new outlook. It doesn't compete with the fabulous older version.
What do you think about the new impreza?

Read in automotive column today something that made me wonder.  The
writer was contemplating getting "plus" size tires due to clearance
problems with his Legacy.  The answer included a caution to get 5 new
tires because running the "plus" size with a the space saver spare on

I have stalling  problem with 90 legacy-- You drive car for about
3
miles, park it and then get going again after 30-40 minutes parked--- within
1/2 to 1 mile car will srart starving for fuel, start hesitating or revving

Does anyone with an STI do there own oil changes?
I'm really close to buying a new 2006, and wonder how easy it is to do the
oil yourself.
For instance, is the oil filter easy to get to, or is it buried out of

A quote from CBS News:
"China is one bright spot for GM, which said last month that sales there
rose 27.8 percent in the first three quarters of the year to 472,468
vehicles. Growth was fueled partly by a mini-vehicle joint venture with

Just recently bought this 91 loyale for a winter car--all fluid levels fine
til one day evidently ran out of trani fluid--never showed any sign of
leak--so now, after using bars leak in transmission w/ new fluid it shifts
fine til 45--after that it doesn't want to shift but will ...

i've had my 2006 Forester automatic w/premium package for about a month
and winter makes me want a remote car starter. has anyone out there had
one put in and was it good? problems? brand? does it effect my
warranty?

I recently bough a 2003 Legacy 2.5 GX automatic from a lease company. The
car owners handbook describes 4 different type of audio systems, but they
are different from the set which is mounted in my car. The only thing I
know, because I found a blank Kenwood warrant card , in my ...

I checked for winter wipers at CT and they recommend 22" driver, 19"
passenger (or 18" for the winter Teflon blade that doesn't have 19")
and didn't specify rear, though they said the rear was 15" up to 2003.
I have a couple of questions, hope the experts can help.

My STi came with a Subaru dealer installed turbo guage on the steering
column. I'd prefer to move it elsewhere. Does anyone know how to
remove the guage?
I think I may have to remove the case around the steering column. Is

wonder if it's wise to get an extended warranty on my new subaru impreza
wagon 06- manual? it has 600 km on it.
1sourceautowarranty had quoted about $1500(USD) for 10-year term, is it
worth ? I felt that the dealer's extended warranty is a bit way too much for