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WAY too much obnoxious black plastic body cladding on front and back of the car.

 

I actually think it's kind of refreshing that Subaru acknowledges their paint is thin and is just going to chip and flake off anyway.

I love me a pasty. But it's not a sandwich. It's the orginal hot pocket!

I think he's serious. I think he really believes this.

I bet he thinks Chef Boyardee is top notch

I am impressed with the absolute derailment here.

 

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Petroleum transfer specialist

 

Your crop dusting the office is not the same as "Gas Distribution"

Traditionally, I've been in Industrial Sales. Mechanical Power Transmission, Bulk Material Handling (Conveyor Systems), Flexible Metal Hose products (Industrial and Commercial HVAC applications).

 

Currently, I do tech support for GPS tracking devices and software for Fleet Management and Electronic Logging for the Trucking industry.

Probably depends on state, but I think most states prohibit the use of boosters until age 8 or some certain weight. If that's the case, it would still be tough for about 2+ years until one of them can be in the booster.

Call me an ass, but seriously you're comparing the words limited and premium, not the vehicles. This post has to be one of the silliest things I've read.

2005 Limited Sedan to a 2012 OB premium to an 2019 Assent Limited.

In the words of one of favorite TV adds - "That's not how it works, that's not how any of this works."

 

 

 

You have to drive the same vehicle in different trims to make any comparison of trims.

 

 

 

You might as well throw a Ford Limited into the comparison. Heck there has to be other manufacturers with Premium and Limited as trims, bring those in as well.

Uhh ... projecting much? I won't call you an ass, just a moron . I just read that as being clear about, exactly, which vehicles he was comparing. And really, because they're all built by the same freaking brand, it's indicative of the direction the vehicles are going.

 

'05 LGT doors were pretty much all the same across trim levels except for the cloth or leather inserts in the door cards.

 

Probably not a lot of difference between door construction in '12 across trim levels either.

 

Now comparing '19 against '12 and '05 (because, again, there's probably little difference except surfaces).

 

So yeah, the sound of a solid, clean "thunk" as compared to a tinny rattle when closing the door tells me something across the comparisons.

You guys need to realize Subaru isn’t going to make manuals anymore other than wrx and STi, they just aren’t.

 

I did wish they had a standard automatic transmission instead of the cvt, but it is what it is.

The cvt has been solid, not many issues like the other manufactures.

 

You forgot the BRZ .... though I wouldn't be surprised that car only has another year or so before it gets the ax.

I hadn't had my coffee, before typing... you're correct about the first part. I guess my point is the Subaru guys that have the non CVT trans don't have issues with climbing up and/or over obstacles, like the CVT'rs. The CVTS just can't hang with them and it's a fact - I know this first hand.

 

I still don't really understand what you're saying. I haven't really heard complaints from the 14ers.com crowd about the CVT's being able to get to trailheads like Matterhorn Creek, Nellie Creek, Willow Creek, South Colony Lakes, etc. And those are typically about the limit of those vehicles anyway.

 

If you're trying to get them on more severe 4wd roads, you're bringing the wrong tool for the job.

... and she’s helping me with my runs.

 

And? Even at 0%, assuming you roll Tax, Title & License into your financing, the Touring has an MSRP of $44,695. I'll assume (conservatively) 6% to cover those additional costs, which brings you to just north of $47,000. Subtract your $8k, and you're left with $39K, divided by 60 months and you have a $650 monthly at 0% apr.

 

Math is math. Good credit doesn't magically make it go away. You'll pay MORE for bad credit, but good credit doesn't cost *less*.

Excellent credit doesn't reduce the price of the vehicle. Either way, the payments have to add up to the total cost plus the interest.

This is really useful, thank you for this tidbit! Looks like 64 in West Virginia hits up to 7%, but still that's way less then the 30%.

 

7% is actually also the max grade, but only for downhill sections! Odd quirk of the federal standards. I-70 has a few sections of 6% near the Continental Divide and the highest point of the Unites States Interstate System. I was long confused by the one section that I did see listed at 7% (posted) and originally assumed it was a special exemption due to the limited options of terrain through the mountains. I don't remember where or how I learned of the 7% downhill quirk, but you'll find then highway doesn't parallel itself on both sides in those areas.

The angle shown on the dash seemed to average 17°, up to 20°. A 17° slope is actually a 30% grade (and 20° is 36%)

 

Max grade for interstates is 6%. That's a far cry from 30%, or even 20%.

"Two posts are better than one"

- 700watts

"I never said most of the things I said." - Yogi Berra

 

I love this quote, and I always wonder how many people miss the point he was making.

It was a rental. I didn't pay too much attention until I noticed it did it at all, then I figured out how to turn it off for comparison sake. Overall, the system was pretty slick, and I liked it. The only thing that wasn't good was if you pulled up somewhere and parked for a while, the heat would eventually get cold. I don't remember if I ever had the same thing at a time of year when I was using the AC.

It doesn't turn off the electronics. With the radio up a little, you might not even notice the car is starting and stopping as I did not at first. I think it's probably not a whole lot different than how a hybrid functions with regard to the electronics. The hvac kept working as well.

Those that have driven the Ascent, does it shut off the motor at stop lights? I was standing next to a brand new Highlander (oddly enough was poop brown like the Ascent too), and it was shutting the motor off after about 10 seconds of idling.

 

Personally I hate the feature period, the amount of gas it saves will never cover the cost of a replacement starter. Thus hoping Ascent doesn't have it!

 

Eh, I don't know about that. The Fords I drove that had that feature were so smooth, the first time I had one, it took nearly a day for me to realize it was doing it. It's starting a warm motor, and the lag is so minimal, it doesn't seem it's putting a real load on the starter. I definitely noticed a good amount of fuel economy improvement when driving around Philly compared to when I turned it off.

Finally saw an Ascent on the road yesterday. I think the most remarkable thing about the Ascent, is how unremarkable the styling is. Meaning, for a company that has made some ... interesting ... styling choices in the past, this vehicle is boringly not fugly.

You lost me at StreetSpeed717 ... aka ... "Clickbait and Douchebaggery in 9 seconds"

Here's my project from the last week.

 

I recently started a new job working from home. I had wanted to upgrade to dual monitors at home for a while, so that was the motivation that finally pushed me forward to take on the project.

 

My challenges: I have a USB Docking Station on my personal laptop. Then I got another laptop from my new employer, and I wanted to use them both on real monitors without connecting and disconnecting cables all the time. I also didn't want two laptops sitting on a desk surface eating up a lot of space. I had an old 6 drawer dresser next to my old desk. The desk was too narrow for dual monitors, and the dresser was too wide for the space to allow a wider desk.

 

A new wider desk was non negotiable. Replacing the dresser was a compromise solution. Ended up buying a desk from Ikea, and begrudgingly bought a dresser from the same collection to match. The desk is solid, the dresser is ... typical Ikea. At least it was only $200?

 

I bought some new monitors and started playing with the setup. I was going to have laptops to the left of the monitors at first, but started to find reasons that to the right might be a better configuration. I also wanted a shelf above the desk for bookshelf speakers and my printer, like my old setup. I also knew that I wanted to somehow stack the laptops above each other when docked.

 

I went back to the Ikea well for the shelf. But after I started to look at the option of using closed end brackets for the shelf, I was inspired to stack the laptops on shelves and open up a little more desk space entirely. I cut down the shelving to the appropriate lengths. I also knew I wanted some bias lighting under the main shelf and behind the monitors, so I continued to fund the Swedes with some LED strips. I didn't want the leds to shine in my face, so I bought a 1/2" x 3/4" strip of pine and stained it to match the rest of the furniture and shelving and used that as a shield for the lighting.

 

I still have a little cable management to tend to, but happy to have my office set up and working well now. Also working on recovering the speaker grilles.

 

Attached are the obvious before and after pics.