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Sounds like you lubed the lock mechanism? But is the cable what needs lube. If it is not moving freely it may keep the lock from latching.

To complete the week I washed the car Sunday morning. Then my wife and I took a drive from the mountains to the valley. The spring time bugs were an issue.

Up date time. Last week the LGT though only at 52,000 miles the last time the timing belt had been replaced we eight years ago. In the process of planning this maintenance I ran into an old friend that informed me there was a Subaru Certified Mechanic that was running a shop in the town we grew up in. Then two mechanic friends recommended this guy said they take their wife's Subaru's there. So I had the pulleys, tension pulley, water pump, and belt replaced with original Subaru parts. Then I did an oil change and as the weather was cooperating I broke out a lip spoiler I purchased during the winter and installed it.

OR they find out you have a car trailer with proper tie down straps.

Very cleanly done!

Oh! You did not back into the parking spot in the traditional Japanese way, maybe that is why you were snubbed. I mean besides you car is waaaaaaay cooler, classic, and rare. His is a dime a dozen and ugly.

Well, they just look better and that counts for something.

I try to act close to my age but I frequently fail. But when leaving a car show I always behave for at least a 1/4 mile as there is always LEO laying in wait.

We have been having 60-70 degree weather so I took the car cover off. Put the Summer wheel package on then got a hose out washed and dried the LGT. Then took it for a spin windows and sun roof open. I think I will do a little vacuuming today of the interior.

I gave the LGT a few days off as I thought it would not be in it's best interest to use it to cut trail into our local ski area. So I took the supercharged Tundra with ARB lockers front and rear. With both axels locked I made it just past where the snow cat was parked so we could start clearing the parking lot. I can't get the last photo to load right-side up.

Katzkin makes some really nice seat covers. They do not post any for Subaru but you can send your information into them to see if they will make you something.

Ya know those days you are glad you are in a narrow, nimble, car with good acceleration. Yesterday was one of those days. I was driving home on a remote two lane in the LGT. I was behind a new non-turbo Subaru with paper plates and they were behind a motor home. The car in front of me had peeked around the motor home a few time over many miles as if looking to pass but there was traffic coming. So we come to a long straight with no traffic and the car in front of me does not move left to look no blinker so I drop to 4 gear as there is more than a mile that I can see so no need to grab 3. Had I dropped to 3 rd I would have been further around the car when the following occurred. I was above 3000 RPM in 4 th and went to pass the car in front of me and the motor-home. Just as I am overtaking the car in front of me they turn on their blinker. I saw one blink out of the right corner of the front window as I am accelerating by them. They never looked to the left, never looked in their mirror as the car pulls out to pass the motor-home. We know how fast our cars accelerate And my right foot is on the floor so you can guess how fast I was going as the car I am along side pulled out to pass. As they pulled into the space I am occupying their front bumper was at about the back of my front passenger door. So luckily there was a 4 foot paved shoulder and I put the LGT's tires at the very edge of the roadway. I was around the Subaru prior to them even getting to the back of the motor-home. Then I was able to put the LGT back in the lane while I proceeded around the motor-home and continued on my way home. Had I been in my truck as I had planned on driving the car would have hit my rock sliders as there would not have been enough room for a full size truck and their car in the space available.

Put the wheels yesterday to take some photos and take a short drive. The fitment is great. SSR GT7 from 2003-4, 17x7.5-+ 50 offset with 225-45-17. In the photos with a string line dropping from the finder you can see a 2-3 cm gap.

I lived in Bellingham for a spring and summer back in 1985 or 6. I built the Simiahmoo golf course in Blane WA and lived in Birch Bay the year prior. I liked the area until the sky turned gray in the fall and it appeared like it stayed that way until spring.

POR 15 does a good job of protecting but is is a nasty paint to work with. POR 15 dries with humidity and without moisture in the air it stays tacky. It is extremely arid where I live and I painted a engine block and it would still leave finger prints three weeks later. So I read more about this product that informed me the product likes a specific amount of humidly to dry. The first summer rain storm we had the paint finally set up like a rock and still looks great 15 years later. Most people think the block is powder coated, just a lot of prep work POR 15 and a paint brush.