Alex1 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Hey everyone... so i've been here a while and FINALLY I GOT MY.... 05 legacy gt ltd Black on Black I picked it up and i was supposed to get it earlier before it POURED here but the clear coat autobond or whatever its called didnt dry.. so i picked it up at the height of the storm... 6 pm ish... with 80 miles on it (it came from the cape which is like 60 miles away) Anyways they pulled it into the garage and we played with it and stuff.... Quirks: 1) Water pours into the trunk when you open it 2) WTF its liek 40 degrees here and im driving out of the dealer ship and have the temp at like 65 (lowest it will go) and its not getting cold in teh car.. im like sweating... i had the defroster on cuz the windows were fogging up... then wen i turned it off it got alot cooler and a lot faster... im sad i hada open the window to get it cooled off lolol 3) lights could be brighter... (im coming from my dads Porsche Cayenne S with the niiice huge lights...but im still dissapointed) 4) rolls too much on turns... not low/hard enough High Points: 1) Power is definitly there!!! 2) AWD!!! 3) No Clutch Stink!!!! 4) radio is pretty kick ass (no upgrade or anything1!!) 5) Turning singles on the mirrors 6) dimmer and the dimmer button !!! 7) fog lights look cool 8) auto down for drivers side window 9) unlock/lock feature and beep with the keyless entry system!! (just liek the audi same sound!!!) 10) mean looking hood scoop 11) awesome displays and lights and perfect huge of black leather and the smell and everythign I LOVE THIS CAR!!! Pictures are at my cardomain... i dont know how to upload them here... check it out and rate me.. and im gona take more tomorrow http://www.cardomain.com/id/05legacygt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Nice looking car Alex - black is a good choice. Consider the rain a blessing - it'll keep the sand and salt off your car for another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdawg Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats, it looks great! Unfortunately it wont stay clean for long around here Which dealership did you buy from? I'm thinking of getting a lgt but the closest dealer to me is carmart subaru and I've dealt with them before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1 Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 bishdawg i want to be honest so ill give u two dealers lol... Vipernevy (Corey Warren) is on these boards and he works for Planet Subaru... hes a great guy and is willing to do whatever it takes to get the sale... However.. for me it was more practice (planet subaru is in hanover) for me to buy from Natick Subaru... Natick gave me the best price with the best options and best service... The owner just bought the dealership 6 weeks ago and hes the nicest guy you'de ever meet.... If you dont mind the commute try either or those, i dont know how far billerica is from either... i want to get my windows tinted by the tint king in billerica? someone said he was good... welcome to the forums.... everyone else please tell me about my "quirks" thanks -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05LegacyGT330Ci Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congratulations, you finallly made your mind up. Be safe and enjoy it. Song of Post- Led Zeppelin- In My Time of Dying '05 Black Legacy GT Wagon 5-spd '02 Topaz/Black 330Ci 5-spd Drift Ryder's School of Rally Arts, coming to an Australia near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Oh yeah - the quirks... 1) I have a wagon so I can't comment. The rain does have its plusses - it also keeps the bugs down. 2) I've had problems getting the climate control system to obey - it may have just been taking a second to kick in if you'd been idling. There's a good sticky in the interior section I think on operating the CCS. 3) I know you're probably way ahead of me on this - but are you sure you weren't driving with just the DRLs? When I first test drove it at night I didn't know it had DRLs and I too thought the lights weren't that bright. When I finally hit the light switch I was satisfied. 4) Not sure why you'd characterize the roll as a quirk. Are you saying it rolls more on your car then it did when you test drove others? Folks have said the Legacy rolls more than the STI and I've noticed it rolls less than the Forester. I guess it depends what you're comparing it to. PS. Also great to hear Natick Subaru has changed ownership recently - they used to be real crap. Maybe they got rid of a lot of the lame salesmen they used to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1 Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 haha mabye, this new guy even has a 9 month old english bull dog hes bringing up as a store pet... hahaa it has really turned around! DRLS i totally forgot to do that mod!! No i definitly didnt have them on cuz i turned the switch and was playing with the high beams and the fog lights ect also im coming from the Audi TT... that thing HAD RAILS... i know they are hard to compare -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1anatic Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Don't worry I cannot get the climate control to obey either. The windows keep fogging up. I think this car is really designed to operate the A/C a lot. By the way, the section on ACC is useless. I never operate the car in automatic mode...still...at 65 deg and speed 2 , directed to windshield only, they are still fogging up. Car blows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 are those HID's I see in the 2nd picture? This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 If your windows fog easily - clean them. Especially if you've got the defrost on (with AC; warm humid air isn't going to defog anything). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats Alex. This has taken a while but I'm glad you were finally able to convince the grandparents (?) this was the right car... or is my recollection of someone else who's grandparents were going to help them get into an LGT. I think the "quirks" as you've mentioned them have been pretty much responded to. WRT the ACC - my wagon fogs up if I've got a car full of people and it's humid outside, i.e., raining and the windows are up and the recirc button is set to internal. When it starts to fog, I just hit the "mode" button until it's set to feet and windshield and leave the a/c switched off unless it fogs really fast, then I just hit the a/c button for 20-30 seconds then turn it off. The windshield and windows will then typically stay clear at the foot/winshield setting. Enjoy your car. Treat it well and break it in right... you'll enjoy it more for much longer. SBT - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I agree with the recirc button being the issue with your windows fogging. You gotta get outside air in to flush out some of the humidity inside. I know that doesn't make much sense when its raining outside, but your windows will fog if you aren't doing that. I don't know that you should be noticing the 'roll' problem you mentioned. You said you picked the car up at night and its raining. I think a longer 'break in' period is recommended before driving it like that and certianly not at night or in those conditions. AWD is great, but that car will roll and flip just like anything else if you get it in the right conditions. _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axis008 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats on your purchase! I am very jealous . -ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBDarkwinter Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 hehe my dad has a Cayenne S as well with the awesome bi-xenon headlights... now I just need a Legacy GT like you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats. Your "ASAP mods" list includes interior neons!!! Don't do it man, it's not a Honda. Meh, on second thought, it's your car... do what you want. Just don't come over to my house wanting to put neons in mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 congrats alex...nice lookin ride. everyone has issues with the foggy glass break it in nice....subaru tech told me that the real break-in goes on till about 3K miles....but i choose not to listen to him lol. Enjoy ur new toy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axis008 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats. Your "ASAP mods" list includes interior neons!!! Don't do it man, it's not a Honda. Meh, on second thought, it's your car... do what you want. Just don't come over to my house wanting to put neons in mine! Haha. We've gone over this in a previous thread that Alex posted. As long as he does it tastefully, it will be okay. No worries. We know he will not do anything that will get him flamed too much. -ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1 Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 haha thanks for the responses everyone!! im on my way to school right now so ill post later no there arent any HIDs on mine yet... i guess it was just the florescent bulbs or somthing in that dealer's garage... as for the neons... we will see... haha i might not do them cuz i want to save for a radar detector.. but no worries no ricing heere :-d thanks again everyone! -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-lo Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 congrats alex! glad to see you finally picked up your car. I think the climate control is a little tempermental, but doesn't bother me that much. I think the headlights give out plenty of light, although after seeing the thread yesterday on the sale on hids............. have fun! 258k miles - Stock engine/minor suspension upgrades/original shocks/rear struts replaced at 222k/4 passenger side wheel bearings/3 clutches/1 radiator/3 turbos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congrats on the car! Open the trunk faster. #4, I do not think these cars roll that much and I've driven a ton of cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Congratulations, you finallly made your mind up. Be safe and enjoy it. Song of Post- Led Zeppelin- In My Time of Dying +1 Have fun, but no more 'I wrecked my Legacy' stories on the board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epitaph Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Hey everyone... so i've been here a while and FINALLY I GOT MY.... 05 legacy gt ltd Black on Black soo...jealous.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdawg Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Yeah the tint king is on middlesex tpke. I've heard great things about them too but have never used them. Your car looks great btw I love black on black, more pics plz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scans007 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 See...told ya...WAY better then a JEEP.... Nice pics.....I forgot how freak'n tall the stock shifter is.....the thing looks like it's 15 feet tall after hav'n my STS in for so long........ CONGRATS and keep the pics coming..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1 Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 haha aight guys.. im such a tool... i duno how it got so dirty (i know black gets dirty) but i mean wtf i didnt like drive anywhere!!! mabye it was the rain storm that i drove through? whatever.. i came out from school and realized it was wicked dirty... so i went home and cleaned it.... This is what i did: hose was turned off so i used a bucket... i put water and Dawn soap in the bucket and threw it on the side of the car... then i refilled the bucket and took a cloth and wiped the dirt off making sure the cloth was wet.. then i threw clean water on it and let it dry... seemed to look ok.. i havent seen it in the light since it dried cuz i just got off work... buuut its an amazing car!! i loved coming out to the parking lot where i work and seeing my car by itself and having those stock rims glitter at me!! also the paint is amazing!! its not just green sparklies... it has blue in it too!! its gorgeous lol the rims look alot better in person then they did in pics (also i think the contrast with the black is great for the overall look too!!) I LOVE DRIVING AROUND AND SEEING PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE IM DRIVING A FLYING CAR its amazing that no one knows what it is really hahaaaa!!! anyways i am dumb and forgot to take pics when i washed it.,.. but tmrw is friday1! and i have vacation next week!!! so ill figure out everything then... also my next q: 1) DRLs? i dont seem to have them on... also wen i turn the car off if my lights are on.. will; they turn off too/ i dont want my battery to go dead during the night cuz i didnt turn the nob back to the off position.... -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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