For one thing, those cheap oil change places don’t usually carry oil filers that fit my diesel in stock, at least in my area. If I wanted to hit an Uncle Ed’s, I had to call around first to see if one near me had the part, which is a pain in the ass and negates the entire point of a quick lunch-break oil change. (You…

For the more involved 30,000 mile maintenance ...... fuel injectors cleaned out

/barf

Is it what makes your Subaru a Subaru?

I think the whole idea of this car is comfortable enough for a DD, and capable of being driven at 100% by a 50% driver without getting in trouble and letting any driver rip good lap times. Seems like they should be selling a lot more of them to people who are currently buying other $150k+ sports cars that aren’t…

Has to be the right diameter to interact with the TDI’s own protections against cross fueling.

The truck pump adapter nozzle runs around $12 on Amazon. Get one, toss it somewhere memorable and you’ll never be stymied by an unexpected nozzle girth again.

“More like an even more useful version of the first xB, this time with a more rugged persona. A thinking man’s alternative to the awful CH-R.”

It may have been a BP gas station. When they have both nozzles at the pump, they tend to use green for the gas nozzle. I understand green features prominently in their branding, but it’s idiotic when green is used to signify diesel everywhere else.

When I had a Mercedes diesel I’d buy my own oil filter and bring it to the oil change place. Sometimes my own oil, too, since a lot of them didn’t stock 15W4o. And I’d usually have to show them how to change the cartridge-type filter. Finally I just started doing it myself instead of paying to hold someone else’s hand.

Actually... heh... that color is Valencia Red.

Completely agree. I’m one of those people. Build it. (2007 EX AWD)

Agree. It’s more like the spiritual successor to the Toyota Previa.

I’d like to retro-mod (modern-mod) one of these with modern technology and take it on a drive about the US and Canada.

I’m kinda high at the moment and I had to check to make sure that was a GIF and I wasn’t just seeing the flashing.

Yeah, though in that regard it’s not quite as good as the earlier models that had rather large trunks. I had a 1997 XK I bought used and it could hold a ton of stuff in it’s trunk. It was an awesome road trip car. And I even used it to move once. Imagine this car with a mattress and box spring covering the trunk and…

You don’t need the clutch at stops, and you can start in any gear. Low gears give better acceleration, high gears give a better top speed.

Totally missing the point (as usual) now I’m completely obsessed with having a pickup bed that is hinged and can pop up like a dump truck. WATCH ME MULCH MY YARD LIKE A BOSS NOW. Oops, slipped off into a daydream about it even. Need. Hinged. Ranger.

Words are increasingly bastardized, even outside of the automotive realm. Words like “racist” or “fascist”, for instance, are just thrown out there without consideration for what those words actually mean. In 2019, “racist” and “fascist” typically just mean “I disagree with you”. Occasionally, like “coupe”, the words…

“Accords are FWD only and the manual version is basically $30K OTD.”