Okay, let’s face it, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I generally don’t like Subarus. I’m fully aware that it makes me a little bit hypocritical; despite saying we would like a car to be stripped down with a fantastic engine and platform, when Subaru offers that exact formula I realize I don’t like it. While the engine and drivetrain are quite excellent, the interior appears to have been made from recycled tires, cardboard boxes, some bits of cloth from the thrift store and some left-over pieces of string. It should be the perfect car guy formula… but I don’t like them one bit.
This commercial is almost enough to make me re-think that. Almost. Except for the fact that it’s cold out there, and my fireplace is nice and warm. Sure am glad I didn’t buy that Snuggie though…
Needs more flannel… and Birkenstock sandals… and cats… and Patchouli oil… and a good recipe for baba ghanoush to take to the potluck mixer next weekend at the hardware store…
Sooo…. More lesbians? And not the Girls Gone Wild ones.
Just sayin'…
Damn, I forgot about the "pu**y magnet yellow" paintjob…
And the rainbow bumper stickers?
dont forget to set it and forget it!
A friend and I were in the process of deriding that ad last week – a blanket with sleeves, how pointless! Then outdoorsy man rips the screen down. We laughed.
Regarding Subarus, I'm with you, Dearthair. I had a 2.5 RS for all of four months in late 2007. It wasn't so much the cheapness of the interior, but more to do with the fact the ergonomics were all wrong. There was no way to make myself comfortable in that car. Legs bent at a comfortable angle? Can't reach the top of the steering wheel. Arms at the right distance? Legs are bent up nearly double. I had to tilt the seat back almost gansta-style to be able to get in the car with my helmet on for winter autocross, and that was never an issue with my MINI. It annoyed me everytime I got in it, hence the short term of ownership.
"Totally versatile"? .That didn't work out the way they wanted.
You don't like Subarus?
You do know that one of the owners of this site owns a WRX wagon? The very man who cuts your che- wait… carry on,
If the owners of the site had any kind of taste or common sense at all, they wouldn't have hired me.
This might have the makings of a good future post- The Hooniverse Frankencar – Because we know better than everyone else. What sort of sedan/hatch/suv/etc. would we build if we could with present day engineering.
example – drivetrain/engine from an Subaru Outback grafted into a Chevy Equinox with a Honda CR-V interior
I would go with body of a Ferrari 250 GT California and the drivetrain from a Bugatti Veyron…
relax man… I'm a professional day dreamer…
Ahh Subaru. It seems almost all of them are loved by people who hate driving and cars in general. They tend to think a Saturn Aura is “flashy” and “nice” whatever the hell that means.
My girlfriend’s older sister called me one day in need of a used car after her Honda finally kicked the natural aspiration habit. I came up with hundreds of options for her that sat well in her price range and all of them were either too much car or too much motor. Then I realized I had to take off my hoon hat and stop thinking of what was a list of only cars a majority of this here social club would approve of.
I finally recommended a Subaru Outback she found on Craigslist against my will. But for my girlfriend’s vegetarian, organic farm growing, material things hating, sister it couldn’t be more useless and simple to own and therefor the perfect car for her. She loves the numb steering, the Vibe interior and exclusive entry in to the I’m Better Than You Because My Farts Smell like Trader Joe’s club. She is a good shit. I try not to bust her chops to much.
Why'd that guy tear the hell out of that TV then get in his wife's car? Where's his truck, in the shop?
My first car was a '95 Intrepid, and I've owned a Cavalier – cheap interiors are nothing new to me. I just don't care for the dewagonization of Subaru, between the current Impreza being hatch or sedan only, and the Legacy coming as the sedan or Outback. Although, I drove the last generation when it first came out in '04, and loved it back then – a 2.5GT wagon with a stick and that bigass sunroof would be just about the perfect car for me.
My dad has one with just those options. They are nice.
I'm thinking this might backfire on them, the instant I hear one of those snuggie commercials I zone out or mute the TV.
I've got to admit, there are only a few Subarus that interest me and none of them are still in production. I'd love a 2.5RS with a 2.2 Turbo swap, about as close as you're going to get to a 22B in the US
I'm with you. Up until the WRX was uglified (well, more ugly than it already was) for the latest version, it was one hot machine.
Speaking of turbo 2.5RS's, check this out:
http://www.powerlabs.org/jdmsubaru.htm
But the all-wheel drive system is symmetrical!
Snuggie huh? Why not just wear a damn bath robe backwards?
Or put on a sweater. Isn't snuggie another term for wedgie?
That was exactly my line. "Isn't that just a bathrobe, worn backwards? What's so special about that?"
Those horrible humps on the fenders do about as much for this Subaru as they did for the AMC Javelin in '71. I should've stayed in design school!
I'll take the snuggie and drive what I've got.
Working on getting a login here, but felt it appropriate to chime in. I own a Subaru WRX wagon that is stage 2.1 (protuned) and is a total blast. I love my car and enjoy driving it even more than I enjoy making astronomical insurance payments on it, but I am always a little ashamed to let a guest hop in. Call it the 'ugly duckling' effect – I feel that I have to point out the shortcomings (road noise, stiff ride, cheeseball interior) and then counter with the performance attributes. It's like dating a butterface, if you will. You notice the obvious problems, but they are nearly rendered moot by the obvious qualities. I can respect your distaste for the construction of current Subarus, but for bulletproof reliability and under-the-radar hoonage, I have yet to find a better alternative.
Having never seen Canada, i always believed it was a very pretty country (perhaps even more so than New Zealand), but then i see that they shot that advertisment in Milford Sound in the very south west of New Zealand i realise that it cant be that pretty after all!
So i ask, what is the point of Canada?
So i ask, what is the point of Canada?
I think they call it Nova Scotia.
[rimshot]
Funny, the WRX is our nicest car. I mean, yeah it is loud compared to other cars, and the interior isn't super nice, but when compared to its predecessor, my 2000 V6 Dodge Ram, the interior is much less cheesy. Also, when compared to the other cars in the fleet (Jeep Wrangler with the carpet out most of the time and a soft top, '67 Ford Country Sedan with a crappy replacement dash and too small of a blanket covering the falling apart front seat (oh and don't forget the gas leak…), and an Uberbird….) I think the WRX is super quiet and nice inside. Its just a matter of what you compare it to.
Though I do agree with faster,Tobias! the angle at which you need to keep your foot is totally awkward and tends to make my leg fall asleep on long car trips…
I believe a VW Vs Subaru smackdown is in order…
Depending on the models, I suspect the Subie would be faster and the VW more enjoyable to drive. That was certainly true of the the Legacy GT vs. R32 faceoff that a buddy and I had.
/Shyly raises hand
I own a Snuggie. It was a Christmas present from my sister-in-law last year. I wore it once. Last Christmas. I don't even know where it is. We all sat around in our Snuggies that day looking like some sort of cult. They are cheap, but, sadly, a good idea. Saturday while I was out running errands with the wife we were checking out at Kohls and I saw a University of Michigan Snuggie. I have to admit, I was tempted.
Oh, is that not what this is about? Cars?
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Here’s our chance. If we all come together, pool our resources and work for the common good, we can buy two of the Ford Mustangs used in the filming of the thankfully-deceased Knight Rider remake. Why would we want to lay our hands on the distastefully-modified NBC creations? To kill them with fire. Think of it: a world in which the only bad Knight Rider was the original Knight Rider; a world where children are safe from thinking that KITT was anything other than the world’s most awesome self-aware Trans Am. We can do this.