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Old 04-18-2005, 08:45 AM
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Interesting SVX Article

Got this e-mail from a buddy of mine with a link to the following article
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It's a pretty favorable article, thought all of you might enjoy the read









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Old 04-18-2005, 09:12 AM
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Thanks. It was an interesting article.
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Old 04-18-2005, 09:54 AM
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"Extending the life of your replacement transmission is relatively simple: use '3' rather than 'D' in urban driving to stop the transmission constantly shifting between its upper ratios and avoid using the 'Manual' button."....first time i have ever seen that in an article....very good read...thanks!
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Old 04-18-2005, 10:22 AM
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Cool, it's an Aussi article
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Old 04-18-2005, 10:23 AM
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Isn't that the same magazine that published the article Ianorris wrote about the UK SVX meet?

A great article and some nice photos of Jason's car, but a one interesting quote:

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The full-time 4WD system starts out with a 35/65 front-to-rear torque split which moves closer to 50/50 in response to loss of front-wheel traction.
So it applies more power to the wheels which are slipping?

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Old 04-18-2005, 11:05 AM
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I should hope it was a favourable article...I was the one who he interviewed for it!!

Unique Cars contacted me (this is during my ownership of SVX-33H) as we had the club listing in the magazine, met up with a photographer down at Sydney Harbour and got some nice photos (and some very nice ones that I will frame when I get back to Sydney!)

A lot of the stuff he had dug up from the Net but the part about the drive in 3, not D was from me...but then I got that from here so it is the Network speaking *rolls eyes into head, adopts demonic voice, twitches*..."this is Alcyone, spirit of the SVX, slayer of the 4EAT"



You would have been amazed at the number of people who came up asking what it was and when it was being released!!!!

I miss it!!!

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Old 04-18-2005, 12:49 PM
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I should hope it was a favourable article...I was the one who he interviewed for it!!

Unique Cars contacted me (this is during my ownership of SVX-33H) as we had the club listing in the magazine, met up with a photographer down at Sydney Harbour and got some nice photos (and some very nice ones that I will frame when I get back to Sydney!)

A lot of the stuff he had dug up from the Net but the part about the drive in 3, not D was from me...but then I got that from here so it is the Network speaking *rolls eyes into head, adopts demonic voice, twitches*..."this is Alcyone, spirit of the SVX, slayer of the 4EAT"



You would have been amazed at the number of people who came up asking what it was and when it was being released!!!!

I miss it!!!

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I knew it! I could tell reading the article that someone with genuine, long term experience with the SVX helped write that article. There were too many real time facts about the car printed to be otherwise.

Excellent article. One of the best and most "dead on" I've read. Thanks for sharing!
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$12,000.00 to $30,000 what would that be in US dollars?
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Old 04-18-2005, 06:09 PM
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$12,000.00 to $30,000. What would that be in US dollars?
If the above numbers are Australian dollars, then the figures would be $9,200 to $23,000 US

(1 AUD = 0.767500 USD)
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Old 04-18-2005, 08:14 PM
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Great article. Thanks for posting it.
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It was that very article that convinced me to buy THAT SVX, and not one of the others that were for sale at the time.

When I saw the photo of it for sale, I thought - SVX-33H.......I have seen that car before somewhere!

I then remembered that article, and checked - it was the same SVX!

At that point- my mind was made up - I had to buy that one!

.................and I am very glad that I did!



By the way James, if you are wondering where the SVX-33H plates are..........

..........I have them in storage at the RTA!



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The SVX actually does 0-60mph in 9.1 sec? subaru states 0-60 in 7.6s ? which is true?
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Old 04-18-2005, 11:54 PM
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"Extending the life of your replacement transmission is relatively simple: use '3' rather than 'D' in urban driving to stop the transmission constantly shifting between its upper ratios and avoid using the 'Manual' button."
.....is this good advice from the article?
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Joe your gonna get alot of views on that subject but i have been doing this for a year now with no ill results. Keeping the tranny in 3rd while driving around the city is good because it will keep the tranny from shifting so much...as we know the shifting is what causes the heat. I will only shift up to D once i hit the highway and am going 60 MPH.
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Joe your gonna get alot of views on that subject but i have been doing this for a year now with no ill results. Keeping the tranny in 3rd while driving around the city is good because it will keep the tranny from shifting so much...as we know the shifting is what causes the heat. I will only shift up to D once i hit the highway and am going 60 MPH.
Well I think I might have started this in the first place. The main reason is because of the very high final drive ratio, that is used. 4th gear in the US model is 2.38:1 ( 2.5:1 in the Euro), so driving around town, has the engine turning about 1500 rpm. To compensate, the torque converter works hard to lower the ratio and increase the torque. This is where the heat is produced, in the converter, not in the actual gear changing.

Of course the other benefit, is that the engine is running around 2000 rpm around town, to provide a more lively performance. The fuel consumption will stay around the same level, as it takes more throttle, to accelerate, in 4th than in 3rd. Fuel consumption is controlled by the throttle opening, not the engine rpms.

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