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    Center differential and e-brake

    am virtually certain the 07 has ebrake/DCCD disconntect function. certainly sounds as if that function on your car is not working. we have a similar setup on the LDR rally car--hydraulic handbrake (aka the "Happy Handle") with switch that disconnects rear wheelz when actuated. pull happy...
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    Center differential and e-brake

    testing testing, more info needed to process remote trouble assessment.....
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    "Rattle" from back end while accelerating

    yaaay for The Simple Solution To What Sounds Like a REELY bbig Plobrem! :thumbsup:
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    clutch adjustment rs

    it's an engineering concept known as "entropy" :occasion14: if something can break, it will. this concept has yet to fail in 500,000 years of human history :whip2:
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    clutch adjustment rs

    subaru is actually pretty good about covering major driveability/safety issues up to 100k miles. clutch linkage failure would qualify on both counts. so yes, subaru dealers actually DO offer some advantages! :happy3:
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    2000 RS - headlight issue

    you tested at the lites, that's not the prob zis issue ees soundin switch-related 2 moi :icon_scratch: probage in region of switch sounds productive we all expect full report on the morrow
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    The fun of trying to sell your car privately

    so...ok, how long do you think the M3 motor will last? I can offer $4400 for it, but won't have the money until a couple of other business deals happen so I want dibs ok when do you want to meet, I'll bring some goons, I mean buddies and we'll check out the Beemer dood. :headbang: seriously...
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    Google Street View - Portland

    don't worry, The Man still knows where U are.... :whip2:
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    snow is starting to suck

    if roof doesn't have much pitch, if it's metal-covered it can still be cleared easily with a snow rake usual mode of installation is to just nail strapping over existing roof, then metal panels go over that. the air space underneath insulates in summer (less heat gain = cooler temps in house)...
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    snow is starting to suck

    heh, dam ice dams. my living room ceiling still bears the scars. solved the ice dam issues a couple years ago by putting metal roof on the house. not only did the extra layer add insulation, the tin roof sheds snow really well except that....this has caused a few issues of its own: 1) a pile...
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    What color should they be?

    well of course that't the proper option...it's just the expensive one, that's all.
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    What color should they be?

    OK you axed for opinions, here ya go the white wheels give it a proper rally car look. but with the white wheels you really need to add a cage and race seats, logbook etc goldies are overdone green/pink etc too ghey red rims with black spokes gives sort of a different look..gettting there...
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    Google Street View - Portland

    my google street view shows my driveway filled with dear departed white Miata, plus even dearer and more departed Tulip the rally car. sigh.........but at least the project RS is waiting in the wings.
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    Snow?

    jeesh you guys need to get out more! I mean out of town, away from curbs/hydrants/buried VWs, and out into the boonies where there is more interesting stuff lurking in snowbanks...like ditches, rocks, mailboxes, etc. :happy3: in-town snowbanks are bad bad bad. country snowbanks generally MUCH...
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    What color should they be?

    design of those wheels makes it easy to mask off the rim and paint just the spokes semi-gloss black black centers w/silver rims is a classic Porsche/Audi color combo, and besides that it fits with vintage of the cah.
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    Snow?

    umm, lads...there IS more to winter driving than donuts!? discovered a secret cul de sac at a new housing development locally....no houses, only one way in, about a mile and a half of twisty road with big old snowbanks and about 6" of freshies laid over top. Now lemme tellya THAT was fun! Used...
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    1-16 early am low temperature bragging thread

    holy schnoikies, it was -24 and blowing 72 mph on top of Mt Washington. At the weather station, I guess everybody's gonads froze off.
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    What killed my car?

    entropy is what killeded your Teg no question.
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    1-16 early am low temperature bragging thread

    a balmy -16.8 F here in downtown Camden coldest morning in several years. walked to work so as to spare the wrx a rude awakening.
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    Car Totaled

    gawd, those pics is SKEERY that looked like a nasty hit, gotta love the stout Suby shell and multiple air bags. Whut wuz it whut hitchew? I am generally not afraid to hurtle thru the woods at a buck 10 (where we may well LAND roof-down in same) but driving in traffic sometimes make me sweat...
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