U.S. vital to Subaru's plan

[iwhtcimtlfmwmaomopw]

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[isquat]

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Diesel? West coast? I nearly choked. Not a single word
on improving the vehicle dynamics and pleasing the hedonistic
California men in their 30s and 40s cornered by the swamp monkeys.
They should switch to mushrooms from LSD and I don't mean
the stuff they stuff in the back of WRX and Outback.

I see a beemer looming in my future.
Btw FHS knows that SH-AWD is about to trickle into TSX, don't they?
Then TL will likely follow. Then Acura might decide to take
a chop at the wagon trim some day. Slowly, slowly, slowly.
I'm not sure if Honda is sharpening its multipurpose axe for
the FHI or VW/Audi/Porsche benefit, but I can already
smell some blood of the upcoming slaughter.

Of course you can say that there were many attempts to make a usable
awd before and with an exception of Torsen and assorded subaru
systems they all sucked (Haldex comes to mind with a recent
demo reposted recently here). Lets wait and see.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Diesel? West coast? I nearly choked. Not a single word
on improving the vehicle dynamics and pleasing the hedonistic
California men in their 30s and 40s cornered by the swamp monkeys.
They should switch to mushrooms from LSD and I don't mean
the stuff they stuff in the back of WRX and Outback.

I see a beemer looming in my future.

BMW is also bringing diesels into North America, starting next year.

That's about all I could figure out from your post above. However, I'm
not sure what you're talking about in regards to 30/40-year old
hedonistic California guys, swamp monkeys, LSD mushrooms, etc.

Btw FHS knows that SH-AWD is about to trickle into TSX, don't they?
Then TL will likely follow. Then Acura might decide to take
a chop at the wagon trim some day. Slowly, slowly, slowly.
I'm not sure if Honda is sharpening its multipurpose axe for
the FHI or VW/Audi/Porsche benefit, but I can already
smell some blood of the upcoming slaughter.

Just about all of the Japanese high-end divisions already have at least
one AWD model, Acura, Lexus, & Infiniti. Not just in their SUVs but also
in their sporty models. If Acura makes all of their vehicles AWD like
Subaru or Audi, then you could say they're gunning for that market. I
don't see them ever doing that.

Of course you can say that there were many attempts to make a usable
awd before and with an exception of Torsen and assorded subaru
systems they all sucked (Haldex comes to mind with a recent
demo reposted recently here). Lets wait and see.

What's not usable about other brands' AWD systems?

Yousuf Khan

 

[bgd]

Beemers suck.

then again :

Diesel? West coast? I nearly choked. Not a single word
on improving the vehicle dynamics and pleasing the hedonistic
California men in their 30s and 40s cornered by the swamp monkeys.
They should switch to mushrooms from LSD and I don't mean
the stuff they stuff in the back of WRX and Outback.

if your attempting to put intelligence into words for something simply
strong worth a couple of decades... thier new stuff doesn't cut it, I agree.
that new v8 diesel by cummins proven into the 20's mpg by 2010.. hmmmm. If I
am going to have 5 main bearings I am going to have 500 ft lbs worth while.
Other than hardly a comparison, we are all stuck with the shrinking minds
of --- asexual.Forced to drive whatever dainty giddy smiling think that
keeps the auto world moving. Sure as hell isn't a man.
ho hum.

 

[isquat]

X-Arvhive-Yes: no

Beemers suck.

then again :


if your attempting to put intelligence into words for something simply
strong worth a couple of decades... thier new stuff doesn't cut it, I agree.
that new v8 diesel by cummins proven into the 20's mpg by 2010.. hmmmm. If I
am going to have 5 main bearings I am going to have 500 ft lbs worth while.
Other than hardly a comparison, we are all stuck with the shrinking minds
of --- asexual.Forced to drive whatever dainty giddy smiling think that
keeps the auto world moving. Sure as hell isn't a man.
ho hum.

Fair enough. I had a coffee high too. Pulled the post.
But I didn't test any AI programs on the fellow usenet lurkers.

 

[B A R R Y]

X-Arvhive-Yes: no

That ain't gonna' work. <G>

 

[S.Lewis]

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One area where Soobie royal screwed the pooch was in abandoning FWD in favor
of all models/AWD.

Perhaps they decided that it wasn't worth it to compete in the true economy
segment where profit margins may be much tighter.

You still have to wonder where they'd be if Impreza and Legacy 4x2/FWD
models (with a manual tranny) were still offered in the current era of high
fuel prices.

I think there would've been a place for those models........

 

[David R. Birch]

Diesel? West coast? I nearly choked. Not a single word
on improving the vehicle dynamics and pleasing the hedonistic
California men in their 30s and 40s cornered by the swamp monkeys.
They should switch to mushrooms from LSD and I don't mean
the stuff they stuff in the back of WRX and Outback.

I see a beemer looming in my future.

You're replacing your Subaru car with a BMW motorcycle?

Or did you mean bimmer, a BMW car?

David

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

One area where Soobie royal screwed the pooch was in abandoning FWD in favor
of all models/AWD.

Perhaps they decided that it wasn't worth it to compete in the true economy
segment where profit margins may be much tighter.

You still have to wonder where they'd be if Impreza and Legacy 4x2/FWD
models (with a manual tranny) were still offered in the current era of high
fuel prices.

I think there would've been a place for those models........

They should bring over the R1 or R2 , rename them 'The Fuji' - along
with a fun ad campaign.
http://www.motormagazinesha.co.jp/medialog/modules/tinyd3/img/s/0005_1a.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/3bqya5

Carl

 

[David]

You're replacing your Subaru car with a BMW motorcycle?

Or did you mean bimmer, a BMW car?

David

?

 

[S.Lewis]

?

There is a distinction, yes.

 

[David]

There is a distinction, yes.

I find it puzzling that it's so noteworthy.

 

[S.Lewis]

I find it puzzling that it's so noteworthy.

I've always thought it was pretentious, but then I can afford neither which
probably explains my perception.

 

[David R. Birch]

?

A Beemer is a BMW motorcycle. A Bimmer is a BMW car.

David

 

[Mark Olson]

A Beemer is a BMW motorcycle. A Bimmer is a BMW car.

A Wanker is someone who cares about the difference...

 

[isquat]

A Beemer is a BMW motorcycle. A Bimmer is a BMW car.

Smart. Good for you. No, there is no beemer in my future
despite the honda efforts to reeduficate it's customers
by forcing LBS down their throats.
Got A/C and an enclosed cocpit?