Dec 21
Subaru Impreza towing semi-truck
A nice example of a well executed symetrical all wheel drive (4x4) and a driver who dares to floor it :)
Nov 15
Also remember to tighten the bolts once you have put the car down from the jack, when it stands on the ground. On alloy rims, re-tighten after 100km.
Good luck
PS with 4wd you can usually wait until you have snow until you change tires, compared to the 2wd cars since they wont be making any headway at all in snow with summer tires. Check local regulations, in Sweden you have to have winter tires if there are winter conditions after the 1st of December. DS
cant get the tire off the car? this is how u do it
When changing to winter tires getting the bolts off is usually the main problem. However sometimes you might find that the tire wont come off even if the bolts are fully loosened. Rather than banging the tire with rubber hammers, real hammers etc etc and potentially breaking the rim - there is a simple solution.
Loosen the bolts one single turn (360 degrees) and then, with the bolts loosened, drive slalom slowly for 10-50 meters or so. After that it should be much easier to get the tire off the car. If not, repeat procedure. If this happened it means it is extra important to lube the whole thing and clean it and take away rust and old metal. Nothing fancy just make it feel and look clean and lubed and this problem will hopefully not repeat it self.Also remember to tighten the bolts once you have put the car down from the jack, when it stands on the ground. On alloy rims, re-tighten after 100km.
Good luck
PS with 4wd you can usually wait until you have snow until you change tires, compared to the 2wd cars since they wont be making any headway at all in snow with summer tires. Check local regulations, in Sweden you have to have winter tires if there are winter conditions after the 1st of December. DS
Nov 8
A jet plane, no a cold-start forester
This is not the case with all foresters from 09 and onwards. But as with everything you can always find a lemon and a guy over at www.subaruforester.org did. When cold outside his car would sound like an airplane. Told this to the mechanics and they said it was natural. Obviously he couldn't give them the real noise since the car was hot when he got to the dealer.
But this recording should help :)
(download)
A problem with the AC or some air pump it seems. With this recording they should be able to tell and change the faulty bits
Oct 24
David Rinnan
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Nice Light-bar / Bullbar for the Forester MY09
This person on this video have managed to get a custom made bull bar for his forester 2009 / 2010.
It looks very nice even though it sticks a bit above the hood but at least you still see the Subaru tag in the front.
David Rinnan
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Oct 23
David Rinnan
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Not your average car
When you are just transporting from a to b, the car is running so smooth that you get chocked when you give lots of gas and suddenly realizes the verh nice drag the powerplant provides. Then you check the gage for average fuel consumption (in this case the diesel version) and understand how little it consumes overall - a broad smile over the lips starts to form. As you get on the gravel roads and make a nice drift over a crested corner, that smile increases and you think; God I am glad I didn't go for that other mainstream car!
A typical subaru day :)David Rinnan
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