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Nark
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Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Sun, 24 October 2004 12:42

Unfortunately, it's not a Toyota... I gave up on trying to convince the missus that an IS200 would be a good thing (the car will be hers and the IS200 isn't the type of car that she's after anyway; I'd feel guilty if I actually did manage to convince her). So we put a deposit down for a Liberty 3.0R-B today. Managed to talk the salesman down $1.3k plus made him throw in: Bonnet protector Headlight protectors Matts 6 years of warranty And a Liberty keyring... hehe Not a bad bit of bargaining for a car that's in such high demand that no dealers actually have any in stock... And to top it all off, there's a black one (the colour we wanted) that's just had its order cancelled! That means we get to pick it up this week instead of waiting on the massive waiting list! Siiik! [Updated on: Tue, 02 November 2004 10:36] [Report message to a moderator]

ae86drift
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 12:46

woot nice man need blingin pics asap and some STI wheels!! :D:D [Report message to a moderator]

dimmy77_03
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 12:58

very nice...cant wait for pics [Report message to a moderator]

draven
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 13:05

slightly (ok, very) off topic - are you still working in the hole we call our nation's capital, or are you back to civilisation? [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 13:21

Oh, believe me, there will be plenty of pics when I get my hands on it! And, yes, I'm still stuck here with the cows, pr0n, and fireworks. Good thing is that there's lots of dirt around here, and now I have a 4WD with Bilstein suspension to play with.... [Report message to a moderator]

SIMDOG
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 13:30

Those Libertys are sexy cars... Subaru fu©ked up the styling of the WRX but sure did get it right on the Liberty. Nice choice. [Report message to a moderator]

serge
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June 2002

Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 13:38

3.0 liberty thats a boxer six ain't it? [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 13:45

Yup, boxer 6 with variable valve timing. 180kW@6600 & 297Nm@4200 It's basically a GT minus the engine but with the addition of: STi 6 speed gearbox Bilstein suspension 18" rims Smaller steering wheel Alloy pedals Oh, and costs $1k less than the GT! It's not as quick as a GT in a straight line, but would eat it through the corners. [Updated on: Sun, 24 October 2004 13:47] [Report message to a moderator]

serge
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 14:12

My mate has a 2.5 liberty with factory ordered leather that he picked up as used. Very smooth power all the way through to red line and very very comfortable car to drive. [Updated on: Sun, 24 October 2004 14:13] [Report message to a moderator]

draven
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sun, 24 October 2004 14:47

that sounds like an awesome car max! [Report message to a moderator]

MR 1JZ
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July 2004

Re: Bought a new car!	Mon, 25 October 2004 10:33

Nark two words dude! Scandanavian Flick and PICS OR BAN!!! [Report message to a moderator]

rob_RA40
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c'town, NSW
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Re: Bought a new car!	Mon, 25 October 2004 23:51

good stuff d00d, watch your foot i hear its teh fuel guzzl0r. [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car!	Tue, 26 October 2004 01:50

Yeah, that was one big thing I liked about the GT, it was more powerful, faster, and used less petrol... But petrol will be pre-tax, so I'm not that worried... [Report message to a moderator]

sated
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Perth
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Re: Bought a new car!	Sat, 30 October 2004 06:43

Good choice dood! - Good car. [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Pix!	Tue, 02 November 2004 10:36

Alright guys! Picked the car up today, so here are a few pix! http://www.users.on.net/~nark/Liberty%203.0R%20Spe c%20B/ [Report message to a moderator]

Cyber-punk
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Brisbane, QLD
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 10:44

taken it for a healthy thrash yet? [Report message to a moderator]

Conquest
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 11:04

Sweet car. The missus gets a thumbs up for driving a manual (your choice or hers???) [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 11:04

Nah, letting the engine settle first. I'm not babying it, but I'm not bouncing off the limiter like I do in the Celica... Given it a few healthy squirts up to 5,000rpm. [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)

Tue, 02 November 2004 11:07

Conquest wrote on Tue, 02 November 2004 22:04

Sweet car. The missus gets a thumbs up for driving a manual (your choice or hers???) hehehe

Neither of us want an auto. But I'm a bit more adamant. I will not buy an auto...

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dimmy77_03
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 12:03

very nice car...and the interior looks awesome future wife: Must only drive manual [Report message to a moderator]

Sw4y
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Newcastle
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February 2004

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 12:12

Yeah i hate chicks that refuse to drive manual cars ....Im the same as you, It will be a cold day in hell befor i ever buy an auto...my dad can be credited with me being like this Sweet Ride! [Report message to a moderator]

JAZE
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cronulla
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 18:41

Nice car, love the colour, best family lookin sorta car ive seen in a while ( although th IS might have been a tad sweeter) ive always had a thing for subarus, ( way way down from toyotas mind) but I had a massive acco in my scuuby, a 13 tonne truck ran through a red light, so i plowed him while driving the through the green. and the crumple zones worked so awesome, the engine block was split down the middle but the windscreen didnt even break. well made cars. oh yes, one more thing, in pic 155 - 5580 did someone behead alf and toss his scull beside ur car? [Report message to a moderator]

rob_RA40
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 21:49

put a WRX scoop on it, but do a really bad job of it. [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)

Tue, 02 November 2004 22:33

JAZE wrote on Wed, 03 November 2004 05:41

Nice car, love the colour, best family lookin sorta car ive seen in a while ( although th IS might have been a tad sweeter)
ive always had a thing for subarus, ( way way down from toyotas mind) but I had a massive acco in my scuuby, a 13 tonne truck ran through a red light, so i plowed him while driving the through the green. and the crumple zones worked so awesome, the engine block was split down the middle but the windscreen didnt even break. well made cars.
oh yes, one more thing, in pic 155 - 5580 did someone behead alf and toss his scull beside ur car?

Yeah, the IS200 is still my dream. I'll prolly wait for the next one to come out and see what that's like. I was a bit hesitant to buy a car that's about to be superseeded with a new model, so that factored into it a bit too.
Subarus and Toyotas are about on par in terms of reliability. It's just that Subaru isn't a very technological company.
The crash safety is great though. It got awarded 5 stars in the ANCAP test.
Oh, and that little fluffball is our dog. Garfield. Smile

He needs a haircut badly. We never groom him, so all his fur is in knots.

[Updated on: Wed, 03 November 2004 01:19]

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StuC
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Melbourne
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December 2003

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Tue, 02 November 2004 22:54

Great car mate, my dads lookin at gettin the exact same one, or the GT version, still deciding. ATm we have an my00 liberty rx (2.5) and we've taken both the GT and 3.0R-B for a spin. great power through revs and they both handle like a dream. Nice choice for colour, i think black is the only wayh for them. Have fun with your new toy....oh and you're right about the auto thing, they suck and its great to see a chick driving manual. My missus does! [Report message to a moderator]

justcallmefrank
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Wed, 03 November 2004 01:07

Bahahaha! Thats not a dog! No wonder it's name after a cat On a side note, I really like the new Libertys, nice cars [Report message to a moderator]

Camry_omega
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Campbelltown, NSW, Austra...
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January 2004

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Wed, 03 November 2004 07:52

Very nice, but u need some engine bay pics. I wish they would bring out the 3.0 in the forester, would give it some extra much needed torque, i noticed they did away with the dual range transmission for this reason. [Report message to a moderator]

Cyber-punk
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Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)

Wed, 03 November 2004 10:50

Sw4y wrote on Tue, 02 November 2004 22:12

Yeah i hate chicks that refuse to drive manual cars Evil or Very Mad

....Im the same as you, It will be a cold day in hell befor i ever buy an auto...my dad can be credited with me being like this Very Happy

Sweet Ride!

auto's can be tolerable sometimes...like in 450rwhp torana's :S
the only car with an auto that i've driven that i needed a change of pants after Razz

sneeze at the accelerator and the rears light up, BAD Very Happy

i also felt at home driving it in my wife beater Sad

as to letting it settle in first...pffft, who needs to? Razz

mates parents bought him a brand new kia, so he thought to try kill it within 5 minutes of getting the keys
the poor POS was kept at redline for the 20 minute drive back to his house :/

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Clown
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Ballarat, Vic.
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September 2002

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Thu, 04 November 2004 06:51

Nice choice. Love my Liberty's!!! [Report message to a moderator]

Lucid
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Sydney
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May 2002

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Thu, 04 November 2004 09:50

Very nice dude Looks like Kristy must've been driving it before those pics were taken? [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Cabramatta, NSW
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May 2002

Re: Bought a new car! (Now with pix!)	Thu, 04 November 2004 22:17

Actually, it was my Dad! I've had a few people ask me about engine bay photos. There were no engine bay photos because, like most modern cars, the "engine" bay is just this big plastic thing. If you want to see plastic, then I'll take a photo, but you're not going to get an engine photo. [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Impressions	Tue, 09 November 2004 02:55

OK. Impressions after a week. Good: * Chassis is brilliant. Very well balanced. And very stiff. * Very responsive engine. Great mid-corner punch! * Extremely comfortable. Great NVH levels. * The brakes! Bad: * The engine sounds like a tractor. Damn Subaru engines. * The understeer sux. In the Celica, I can accelerate before the apex and have the nose tuck in as I'm going through, not so with this car! Damn 4WDs. I have to learn to take a 4WD line. * Suspension can get a bit floaty sometimes around corners (but I think it's because I'm used to rock hard suspension). * Can't see the boot! * Can't turn traction control off. I tiny little gripe is that I'd like the electric seats to have memory settings. Each time we have a drive swap, we have to adjust the seat again and it takes ages. But that's being picky and complaining about the fact that I have electric seats... hehe All in all, I'm very happy with the car. If only it was RWD and had tuned length headers (to remove the thump thump thump exhaust). You can't get a better all-round sports sedan under $100k IMO. [EDIT: The reason I can't turn traction control off is because I don't have it! Also, a major gripe I missed was that the steering sux. There's absolutely no feel to it.] [Updated on: Wed, 10 November 2004 03:27] [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Impressions	Tue, 09 November 2004 23:15

For those who are interested in the RB. I was surfing the web in my spare time and found a few interesting reviews on the Subaru website. Sydney Morning Herald Wheels Melbourne's Herald Sun The Australian MOTOR Australian Financial Review [Report message to a moderator]

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