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yeah, it was too damn slow.
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Hey, you have a valid point, but that is something you must learn to love... "gotta love those Japanese, they know the way of the samurai"
Tom |
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to be serious, the SVX is an awesome GT "highway cruiser", but i am almost never on the highway - just stop-and-go traffic. i needed acceleration and handling, not high speed cruising in comfort.
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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yeah, but after you sink enough money into it, they get "spunky" lol
Tom |
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Yes, what he said.
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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only problem was, i had neither the time or the know-how to make a 300+hp SVX. i couldn't even do the longassname ECU thing, 'cause it was OBDII. with the LGT, slap some bolt-on parts on, and
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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you could have reverted back to OBDI don't be silly
Meh, if I could have done it all over again I would have chosen a different path anyway Tom |
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I traded my SVX strait up for a 97 Ford Explorer XLT with v8 and AWD. I had just put $1000 in tires on the explorer, $1200 worth of brakes and suspension, and the truck road like a dream. But, I needed a car, I needed to go faster, I needed more than 10mpg highway.
Now that some time has passed, I'm looking to get back into a v8 explorer, expedition, yukon, or tahoe, not as a daily driver, I have my legacy for that, but for a hauler. How do people get by with just one car?
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I basically sold my 94 Explorer XLT and a bunch of side projects to purchase the SVX.
Had I not gone for the SVX, (First day) I would have probably pursued a 300ZX, a Lexus SC or an RX7. I had my eye on a number of different cars at the time, but my first SVX came up for only $1250 and it just needed a MAF! I would have also kept another one of my projects around...
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I was just looking for a good, used Subaru and figured on paying six to eight grand, so when I found online that I could snag a decent SVX (about which I'd completely forgotten since its introduction because there aren't many down here) for half that, the deal was sealed. Had the SVX market been at $8000+ I'd probably be driving a late-90s Legacy, maybe backed-up by a late-80s GL wagon.
dcb |
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one car FTW!
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Since It Seems Relevant I Just Bought My Second Svx Today For The Same Price I Paid For The First, almost nothing
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Ah, but if they went for $15k each, then what?
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We didn't all get in cheap, my first was $9000 plus a $3000+ transmission but that was January 1999, now I'm driving the SVX of the truck world, but that's more out of need than want, I'd love to have a few SVXs to drive again and I have an engine in the barn to install in my Vanagon at some point, so I can drive an SVX even when I'm not driving an SVX that and the 20k motorcycle I want to buy this summer
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"Cheap" was a term I swiped from the other thread. The point is that they're not selling for typical collector prices - try buying a 15 year old Ferrari for 1/8th its original price? Let me rephrase it and ask...
If you didn't buy your new, and if they were selling for collector prices instead of those that we paid ($12k in your case), would you still have paid some $45k for it (3-4x the price), and if not, what would you be driving instead?
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