Big announcement from Subaru at Chicago Auto Show...
 

the Tribeca gets a new grille and chrome wheels. :rolleyes:


its still ugly as ****, though.

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia.../images/01.jpg

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia.../images/06.jpg

looks even more like a walrus now.

i still think it's beautiful.










and alan, quit blaming teh re-92s! :mad: :D

:confused: i still have mine!

i replaced the wife's at about 4k miles, though, after we almost went into a tailspin driving slowly down a straight piece of slippery road. :rolleyes:

continued hijacking
 

i wonder if it has anything to do with tire size. my 2000 legacy gt limited had 205/55-16s and i was making a left turn on ice from a stop and ended up doing a 270. :( teh 215/45-17s didn't seem so bad on the 2005. perhaps, i was just more familiar with their limitations.

i think the LGT tires are different than the older ones. aren't they RE-92A's now? they do seem slightly better than the ones that were on the WRX.

if it weren't so cold outside, i'd go check my tires. :D

um....i thought you sold the LGT?

oops. i keep forgetting. i pretend teh hyundai is a subaru when i'm driving it. :D

you should have bought a Suzuki - it had the new Subaru grille before Subaru did. :D

http://images.securedwebform.com/sto...a/2005/4sa.jpg

The tires on the legacy are alot better now...our legacy was great in the snow last time in december.

Or the Asian Chevrolet Optra:

http://www.asianauto.com/viewpic.php...carmonth&id=47

Daaaaaaaaaaaum, they are the SAME :eek:

i should have considered it. i was originally going to buy a scion xA, but it couldn't get out of it's own way. and teh hyundai was $2000 less expensive. just wish we would have spent the extra $1500 for teh gt the first time.

if i had known last may what i know now, i should have waited another two months and purchased teh saab 9-2x linear for $15k at employee pricing. :(

From the front, the tribeca looks like one of those old robots you see in 40's and 50's vintage low budget science fiction movies.

It has to be the second ugliest thing I've ever seen. And that's only because I keep 1st place in the ugly section open for newcomers. I mean... you never know.