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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #60 on: August 19, 2007, 03:33:06 pm »
Quote from: DJ on August 19, 2007, 03:11:04 pm
:D  Just purchased the 2008 Tribeca Limited last week and have to say it is beautiful to drive, coming in at the same price as last years model made the decision easy.  Great vehicle, comfortable, solid, lots of room, handles beautifully on the roads and night driving is a dream with the headlights.  Everyone that has seen ours has fallen in love with it.

Congrats on the new rig DJ! Sounds like you truely love it.
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #61 on: August 19, 2007, 11:23:45 pm »
Quote from: sirAQUAMAN64 on July 20, 2007, 12:19:03 pm
Murano is closest competitor to my eyes, and the outgoing Highlander.

I've seen a few new Tribecas in my area... maybe the restyle will help them out?

The deities help me but I'm beginning to like the original design. :o :shuffle: :hide:   The front grille has a retro, almost art deco airplane motif to it that did nothing for me at first.  Now however,... :shuffle: ;D
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #62 on: August 19, 2007, 11:33:28 pm »
Quote from: random006 on August 19, 2007, 11:23:45 pm
Quote from: sirAQUAMAN64 on July 20, 2007, 12:19:03 pm
Murano is closest competitor to my eyes, and the outgoing Highlander.

I've seen a few new Tribecas in my area... maybe the restyle will help them out?

The deities help me but I'm beginning to like the original design. :o :shuffle: :hide:   The front grille has a retro, almost art deco airplane motif to it that did nothing for me at first.  Now however,... :shuffle: ;D

I am also in the camp that prefers the old design.  ::)

DJ - congrats on your new Tribeca. Should be a good rig.
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #63 on: August 20, 2007, 06:59:12 am »
Congrats on the new Subbie. The Tribeca in on my list to test drive as a replacement for my aging Pathfinder. I quite like the look of the new design.(my needs are really AWD SW or CUV rather than SUV) Unfortunately I'll probably have to do it in Maine because the local dealer doesn't stock them. He only ever seems to have Imprezas,base Foresters  and base Outbacks. I'm guessing from his point of view it's a case of stocking what you can sell.
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #64 on: August 20, 2007, 12:28:27 pm »
Congrats DJ....now pics!
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #65 on: August 20, 2007, 07:13:33 pm »
Quote from: DJ on August 19, 2007, 03:11:04 pm
:D  Just purchased the 2008 Tribeca Limited last week and have to say it is beautiful to drive, coming in at the same price as last years model made the decision easy.  Great vehicle, comfortable, solid, lots of room, handles beautifully on the roads and night driving is a dream with the headlights.  Everyone that has seen ours has fallen in love with it.

Congrats on the new Tribeca DJ….did you get it from the chicken barn?  :)
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #66 on: August 23, 2007, 04:50:15 pm »
Quote from: mmret on July 17, 2007, 09:33:23 pm
Quote from: airbalancer on July 17, 2007, 08:40:36 pm
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Using your headlights use more fuel, this is why they use a lower voltage DRL nothing to do with it being to bright or anything like that, the reason for the mandated DRL is because people would never turn on their headlights and it uses more fuel.

How much extra fuel can this really use?  :think:

Would be surprised. I think switching to LED tail lamps shaves 0.2 mpg or something. Same with the switch to electric steering.

I read it's estimated for the average driver, front DRLs alone cost $10 in fuel per year.

The reason for LED lights is less amperage,
less amperage small wire,
small wire less weight,
less weight more mileage

Less amperage lower power.

Unless someone really jacked up the voltage. But I doubt this.

Still, I would think that the energy required to run the lights is a very, very small fraction of the total energy required to run the car. ???

Since we were talking about it, article here states 5% of fuel consumption is used for lighting purposes...
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/23/can-leds-really-save-gas/
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/BUSINESS01/70823012/1014/BUSINESS01

IMO 100% LED can be a bit dangerous if snow accumulates over the lights. Incandescent rear fog light please  :)

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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #67 on: August 23, 2007, 05:44:34 pm »
"IMO 100% LED can be a bit dangerous if snow accumulates over the lights. Incandescent rear fog light please  "
How could it be dangerous? You think incandesent bulbs will melt the snow.
I have been in a storm and there was over a foot of snow on the back of wagon in the mid '80's, no snow was melt by the lights back then
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #68 on: August 23, 2007, 05:56:14 pm »
I too just got a 2008 tribeca.  Imported it from the US and saved over $15,500 off the Canadian list price.  The Canadian pricing is silly, its a much better deal when you see that its under $30K US for a base model and with the exchange rate its not much above $31.5K CAD.
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #69 on: August 23, 2007, 05:58:21 pm »
Quote from: thatguy on August 23, 2007, 05:56:14 pm
I too just got a 2008 tribeca.  Imported it from the US and saved over $15,500 off the Canadian list price.  The Canadian pricing is silly, its a much better deal when you see that its under $30K US for a base model and with the exchange rate its not much above $31.5K CAD.

Pixs please, what dealer did you buy from , details on the Tribeca  :)
 was there anything you had to change to bring it  across the border
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #70 on: August 23, 2007, 06:23:37 pm »
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Pixs please, what dealer did you buy from , details on the Tribeca 
 was there anything you had to change to bring it  across the border

I bought it from Joe Spitz at Carter Subaru in Seattle and drove it up to Edmonton.
He has a website: cars101.com and sells plenty of cars to canadians every month.

2008 5 passenger limited with navigation (I wanted the backup camera)
Didn't have to change anything.  The RIV inspection took less than 10 minutes.  Crossing the border took less than a minute on the US side to export, and about 20-30 minutes on the canadian side filling out a form and paying GST.

I'll see if I can get some pix up...
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #71 on: August 23, 2007, 06:49:05 pm »
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Pixs please, what dealer did you buy from , details on the Tribeca 
 was there anything you had to change to bring it  across the border

I bought it from Joe Spitz at Carter Subaru in Seattle and drove it up to Edmonton.
He has a website: cars101.com and sells plenty of cars to canadians every month.

2008 5 passenger limited with navigation (I wanted the backup camera)
Didn't have to change anything.  The RIV inspection took less than 10 minutes.  Crossing the border took less than a minute on the US side to export, and about 20-30 minutes on the canadian side filling out a form and paying GST.

I'll see if I can get some pix up...

Thank for the info :D
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #72 on: August 23, 2007, 08:17:32 pm »
Congrats on your new Tribeca! And damn!! 15k in savings?!  :o Thats the most I have seen on an imported vehicle so far.
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Re: CTC Review: 2008 Subaru Tribeca
« Reply #73 on: August 24, 2007, 04:41:14 am »
Quote from: thatguy on August 23, 2007, 05:56:14 pm
I too just got a 2008 tribeca.  Imported it from the US and saved over $15,500 off the Canadian list price.  The Canadian pricing is silly, its a much better deal when you see that its under $30K US for a base model and with the exchange rate its not much above $31.5K CAD.

Good for you!  ;D

Subaru Canada can kiss my a$$.  :-*
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