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Yeah and that is the sort of diesel a diesel mechanic would buy, plus they smell nice compared to the new ones.My diesel has only one wire which can stop it running once it's is. Just saying.
Yeah and that is the sort of diesel a diesel mechanic would buy, plus they smell nice compared to the new ones.My diesel has only one wire which can stop it running once it's is. Just saying.
:woot:Yeah and that is the sort of diesel a diesel mechanic would buy, plus they smell nice compared to the new ones.
No, Foresters are tiny inside! Great car but space is limited. Padded bra.Forester XT be done with it
Maybe older ones are small, but newer models are very roomy inside.No, Foresters are tiny inside! Great car but space is limited. Padded bra.
Forgot to ask if it's auto......? I don't know a huge amount about the boxes but I know they go boom a lot and if it is one of the stupid filled or sealed for life get the fluid changed, I think a rebuild is 7-8k. Euro stuff is good when it's good but it will make you cry when it goes bad. Even with trade discount and being able to work on vehicles myself I still wouldn't touch a modern Euro car if it's needed on a daily basis, they are fine over there but parts in Oz are stupidly expensive to the generally more reliable Asian cars. My sister still has a spare car because it's cheaper than doing a couple of runs to a VW dealer rather than waiting to go to the Indie.I have a 2.5ltr Turbo VW van, goes like a shower of shit for what it is Yeah I know, no restrictions ha ha. and uses sweet F A fuel.
Same with an Exs VW Diesel Golf.
But yeah, hear the diesel mechanic wont own diesel thing pretty often.
Loved my 2ltr Forrester GT, but drank like a mofo. I do have a heavy right foot, but never made the VW diesels drink to excess.
I'd get either really.
We could fit more in the back of the old 2007 Impreza wagon than we can in the 2013 Forester. The Forester is a much nicer car for general driving, but as you'd expect, not as much fun around twisty roads.Maybe older ones are small, but newer models are very roomy inside.
Found the opposite. Got an 01, downhill bike slides in with wheels still on around the fully sic subwoofa and both front seats back as far as they go. New ones, can't get it in. Real tall but not as wide I thought.Maybe older ones are small, but newer models are very roomy inside.
MyForgot to ask if it's auto......? I don't know a huge amount about the boxes but I know they go boom a lot and if it is one of the stupid filled or sealed for life get the fluid changed, I think a rebuild is 7-8k. Euro stuff is good when it's good but it will make you cry when it goes bad. Even with trade discount and being able to work on vehicles myself I still wouldn't touch a modern Euro car if it's needed on a daily basis, they are fine over there but parts in Oz are stupidly expensive to the generally more reliable Asian cars. My sister still has a spare car because it's cheaper than doing a couple of runs to a VW dealer rather than waiting to go to the Indie.
EDIT- That is very poorly worded but I can't be stuffed fixing it.
Had a wish list similar to yours, and bought a Koleos back in July. Great car, wife and I both love it. They come in both 2 and 4 wheel drive, so obviously you'd want the 4x4 version.What about repair expenses? I'll do oil etc myself though. but say an exhaust or belts etc.
Will check em out.
I'd imagine he wouldn't warrant it because he left the old tensioner in, some mechanics will take the easy route if the can. I recently had to do a forced timing belt change as the car popped out a cam seal and started dumping oil inside the belt cover, it wasn't replaced at 100000km and had gone hard and shrunk a little so it popped out. Some mechanics will throw the cam seals out to speed the job up a bit or just buy a belt and a tensioner instead of a kit, I figure do everything while you're in there, on some cars it's a good idea to do the water pump(at 1 or 200000 depending on the car) too as they are pretty labour intensive to do if you aren't doing a timing belt.Thanks Macca(brother Rat) for that write up. Good points. Glad you're happy.
Found a nice turbo forester, not checked it out yet, loved my last one(2ltr this ones 2.5), but some natural induction power would be nice.
For what it's worth my last Forrester died after I got the belt changed. Lasted 6 months then the little tensioner failed, piston and valve love didn't work out. Shortened long story peruses bail out now.
Happened after dam wall in Jindabyne on way home to Canberra. I sold it to local mechanic for $1000 after talking to my mechanic and hitched home(nobodies picking up a Nigger with an attitude), was a long day. Mechanic sold my car to canberra mechanic who came to get keys off me. He told me of the tensioner, I demanded warranty from my other mechanic and got car back. Loads of shit fights in there getting it back, but won't bore you.
Point being, even the best cars can be screwed by a shitty little part.
swaybars, spring, shocks - I can put $100 bet my foz would leave the imprezza for dead in the corners lolWe could fit more in the back of the old 2007 Impreza wagon than we can in the 2013 Forester. The Forester is a much nicer car for general driving, but as you'd expect, not as much fun around twisty roads.
Was a new tensioner, and yup, I did water pump too.I'd imagine he wouldn't warrant it because he left the old tensioner in, some mechanics will take the easy route if the can. I recently had to do a forced timing belt change as the car popped out a cam seal and started dumping oil inside the belt cover, it wasn't replaced at 100000km and had gone hard and shrunk a little so it popped out. Some mechanics will throw the cam seals out to speed the job up a bit or just buy a belt and a tensioner instead of a kit, I figure do everything while you're in there, on some cars it's a good idea to do the water pump(at 1 or 200000 depending on the car) too as they are pretty labour intensive to do if you aren't doing a timing belt.
The Forester you are looking at should have a timing chain I think.
Sweet, thanks for the heads up. Captivas are off the list.Own an outback - love it.
2nd choice was an X-trail.
What ever you do don't buy a craptiva. My brother is a mechanic at a holden dealer and say they do more warranty work on them than anything else they sell. He also says that it should be more considering how poorly built they are. For reference his pick was a Forrester for his family car.
Wow, pretty odd he wouldn't chase warranty, just an A-Hole I guess.Was a new tensioner, and yup, I did water pump too.
Sweet, thanks for the heads up. Captivas are off the list.