Did any one happen to catch Car Talk last Saturday where
they advised (I'm paraphrasing) that it was a waste of money
to use premium gas.  I expected some qualifications to
follow but they left it as a broad truism that the knock

I have read from users on another forum that Subaru paint chips
easily. Anyone see that on theirs? I saw an older one on Ebay, and
there was a closeup pic of the hood, and the black paint looked
chipped. I live in a big city, and cars take a beating, and wondering

Does anyone know how cg for a car is determined?
Is car during testing in the windtunnel placed on a treadmill
running at the speed of the airflow to account for the effect of the
rotating

I own a 2005 Forester automatic.
An acquaintance owns a late model Forester with a stick.  Recently, one
of his warning lights came on (check engine?) and the car began driving
eratically: It would slip out of cruise control, maybe some other

I bought a 2006 Forester 5 Speed at the end of 2/06.  I called Subaru
and asked about oil changes.  They told me that it didn't have to be
done until 7,500 miles. To date I only have about 5,000 miles on the
car! Well, I recently started looking around for a shop that can do it

I have a 1995 honda passport V6,when I shift my drive into 4L for 4wd
my car trembles and makes alot of noise.

Anyone know of a good Subaru repair shop in Los Angeles?

I'm looking for a waterproof box that I can put into the box of my
Baja.  It needs to be lockable.  I found this one (http://www.drop-
zone.com/cart/index.cfm?CatID=258&ExpandCatID=256&ac=Show_products)
which is 37x21x20, but would like to find something a little bigger.

Had a slow drip leaving oil on the garage floor.  On my last change I
decided to use a copper gasket that was the right size although I had
some hollow steel Subaru washers.  I'd bought it years ago for use in
a Honda manual transmission fill bolt (same 18 mm internal as Subaru

Pics of my son's new ride!
http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c30/ddibiase/Subaru/
Dan D
'99 Legacy 30th (son's)

so it cost me three hours labour to unplug drains for forward
sunroof...water was pouring in thru the two roof lights in front of
the sunroof.
anybody know where the drains are located and if its possible for a

For the past 10 days I've had trouble getting the starter to do more than
click: Usually I can solve this by moving the (auto) shifter through the
gears and then starting in neutral, sometimes it takes a few tries.
Yesterday it did something different: the engine started, and ...

...ano kariere w radio, nadajac do milionow Amerykanow, nawet
na Manhatanie, robi ordynarny awanturnik, alkoholik i rasista!
Niezorientowanym, przed kilkoma dniami w USA w programie
radiowym sluchanym w prawie calym kraju rzucal rasistowskimi

Actually it was my husbands dog, my dog is well trained an does not do
such things.  He ate the rear passenger belt on my 2001 Subaru
Outback.  I live in the middle of nowhere and it is a 2 hour drive to
a subaru dealer.  I have no idea if any of the local places are even

has anyone tried towing a trailer behind a subaru outback wagon?
I'm driving from Mass. to Colorado, 2,000 miles and renting a smal 4x8
traiiler.
The trailer weighs about 800lbs. I'm not filling it but need stuff .